Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 7
Support Score: 6
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good Reserves: +1Pension deficit: -1
  • Qualified accounts: -3
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Multiple returns filed late: -2
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

YMCA THAMES GATEWAY

We focus on young people & help them play an active & fulfilling role within their communities. We call this a youth minded community approach.We are proud of our Christian heritage & ethos. Our vision is of an inclusive Christian movement transforming communities so that all young people can belong, contribute & thrive.We provide community-based activities & service to meet local need.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end but unrestricted reserves are available
  • There is a pension deficit of £859,135
  • The latest accounts were qualified
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
?31/03/23*£9,176£10,238£-1,062£89£15,052£14,95717.525729
31/03/22*£8,219£7,051£1,168£84£14,601£14,53424.718445
31/03/21£6,510£6,878£-368£84£13,504£13,49023.515786
31/03/20£6,330£6,502£-172£67£13,556£13,5512521787
31/03/19£5,662£5,500£162£50£13,871£13,86330.221489
31/03/18£5,589£5,549£40£29£13,599£13,55429.32090
31/03/17£4,827£4,922£-95£0£13,569£13,56133.11940
31/03/16£4,803£4,803£0£1£13,481£13,46533.61950
31/03/15£3,243£3,285£-42£28£4,367£4,35415.9650
31/03/14£3,259£3,224£35£10£4,300£4,28115.9710
31/03/13*£3,131£2,941£190£15£4,215£4,18217.1700
31/03/12£3,013£3,052£-40£30£3,910£3,89015.3700
31/03/11£3,013£2,966£47£15£3,957£3,92715.9790

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.9%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 33%
Liabilities/Income: 86%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 17.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -5 months
Quick Ratio: 0.1
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 15 years
(17 years as a company)

www.ymcatg.org

info@ymcatg.org

01708766211

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Social youth organisations
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Barking And Dagenham, Bexley, Essex, Greenwich, Havering, Kent,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£195,000
City Bridge Trust£20,150
DCMS£18,958
Co-Operative Group£6,108
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Essex Community Foundation - YMCA Thames Gateway
£5,600 13/07/2023
to contribute to a mental health and wellbeing programme for vulnerable young residents in supported accommodation in Brentwood
Co-Operative Group - Grant to YMCA Thames Gateway
£1,454 22/10/2022
We aim to pay to hold workshops for our young people. These include street dancing, graffiti classes and a range of coaching in different areas of sport.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to YMCA Thames Gateway
£3,558 22/10/2022
We want to offer our young people a chance to take part in more activities and programmes to develop their skills, encouraging participation in a positive activity.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to YMCA Thames Gateway
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
Co-Operative Group - Grant to YMCA Thames Gateway
£1,096 23/10/2021
We aim to take a group of 20 of our disadvantaged young people on a residential trip for a couple of days as this is something many of them would never have been able to afford.
National Lottery Community Fund - Family Inclusion Officer
£195,000 29/03/2021
60
The project is using funding to continue supporting their existing children and family services working across Romford Thamesmead Dartford. The funding allows the group to implement a parent partnership forum host family workshops operate a ....more
DCMS - ALB-SportEngland-COVID19 Return to Play
£3,958 10/12/2020
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID19 Return to Play. This project lists its main activity as Exercise & Fitness
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£15,000 05/08/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to YMCA Thames Gateway
£15,150 11/06/2020
£15,150.00 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, in order to carry on providing support to Londoners
City Bridge Trust - Grant to YMCA Thames Gateway
£5,000 13/04/2020
A grant of £5,000 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the application, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to YMCA Thames Gateway
£6,859 15/11/2019
We want to take young people on residential weekends to help them grow in confidence and gain trust in themselves and others.
National Lottery Community Fund - Y Social
£9,070 31/01/2019
12
The funding will be used to establish a club for adults of any age to meet during the working week when adults are most likely to experience isolation. Beginning with two drop-in sessions to enable people to get to know each other, it will then ....more
Greater London Authority - Young Londoners Fund
£117,930 01/01/2019
Fuller Futures will employ a full-time youth worker with a therapeutic specialty to lead on delivering 1:1 and group trauma-informed support for young people to enable them to form secure attachments with no barriers of any form of statutory ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to YMCA Thames Gateway
£27,274 22/11/2018
36
This youth club will offer healthy activities to young people who live in areas of deprivation and rising crime rates. The activity will provide a safe space and help them to build resilience, develop positive relationships and feel empowered.
Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
£40,000 22/10/2018
A grant to fund a Family Inclusion Officer to provide Family Learning Programmes for disadvantaged children.
LandAid Charitable Trust - LivHome scheme
£75,000 12/03/2018
7
An affordable move-on housing scheme for residents from the YMCA. Providing self contained one bed flats for residents who are able to live more independently and are entering the employment market.This will be a new build scheme made from modern ....more
London Marathon Charitable Trust - Renovation and remarking of sports hall at YMCA Romford
£18,750 24/01/2018
A grant towards the refurbishment and re-marking of the sports hall at YMCA Romford which will support varied audiences and encourage inactive people of mixed abilities to participate in a range of sports.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 38-66
  • ALICE GEORGINA STREVENS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Head Of Ethical Trade
  • DOMINIC SCOTT-MALDEN Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Market Research
  • DR KIRILL SERGEEVICH PYSHKIN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Investment Portfolio Manager
  • DR RODRIGO RODRIGUEZ-FERNANDEZ Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Medical Director
  • GEMMA BUCKLAND Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Freelance Consultant
  • JENNIFER SAMUELS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Commissioning Manager
  • KIN MING WONG Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Chief Operating Officer
  • MARIE MOSTAEDDI Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Head Of Hr
  • MARK RICHARD FARRAR Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Accountant
  • MARK SAUNDERS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Solicitor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/12/2009, number: 1133269
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/02/2007, number: 06102037
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Homes England
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
13 returns made; AR23: 201 days late, AR22: 105 days late, AR13: 0 days late,
Main office

YMCA
RUSH GREEN ROAD
ROMFORD
RM7 0PH

Objectives

A) TO UNITE THOSE WHO, REGARDING JESUS CHRIST AS THEIR GOD AND SAVIOUR ACCORDING TO THE HOLY SCRIPTURES, DESIRE TO BE HIS DISCIPLES IN THEIR FAITH AND IN THEIR LIFE, AND TO ASSOCIATE THEIR EFFORTS FOR THE EXTENSION OF HIS KINGDOM. B) TO LEAD YOUNG PEOPLE TO THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND TO FULLNESS OF LIFE IN HIM. C) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE. D) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION FOR PERSONS OF ALL AGES WITH THE OBJECT OF DEVELOPING THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL OR SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES. E) TO RELIEVE OR ASSIST IN THE RELIEF OF PERSONS OF ALL AGES WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL, PHYSICAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES. F) TO PROVIDE RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION FOR PERSONS OF ALL AGES WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL, PHYSICAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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