Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 9
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 21 ?

YMCA LEICESTERSHIRE

The Y is a diverse community organisation whose mission is to empower young people to achieve skills, independence and fulfillment through access to supported accommodation, education, arts and sports.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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*£3,535£3,496£39£42£3,341£3,33711.56112
31/03/22£3,644£3,505£139£41£3,325£3,32111.46515
31/03/21£3,687£3,593£94£33£3,164£3,16010.66618
31/03/20£3,617£3,600£16£24£2,737£2,7339.16618
31/03/19£2,806£2,770£36£22£2,721£2,71611.86410
31/03/18£2,742£2,740£2£30£2,685£2,68011.7540
31/03/17£2,882£2,758£124£10£2,683£2,67811.6570
31/03/16£2,908£2,775£134£0£2,711£2,70611.7560
31/03/15£2,271£2,330£-59£0£1,593£1,5898.2550
31/03/14£2,101£2,147£-47£0£1,622£1,6179520
31/03/13£2,055£2,035£20£0£1,639£1,6329.6620
31/03/12£2,021£2,034£-14£0£1,555£1,5469.1690
31/03/11£2,365£2,408£-44£0£1,599£1,5887.9600
31/03/10£2,291£2,250£41£0£1,614£1,5998.5550
31/03/09£2,350£2,394£-44£0£1,483£1,4627.3550
31/03/08£2,280£2,187£93£0£1,649£1,6228.9940
31/03/07£2,106£2,069£37£0£1,612£1,5779.1920
31/03/06£2,116£2,003£113n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£2,265£2,012£253n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£1,975£1,586£388n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 51%
Liabilities/Income: 99%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 11.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 1
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 58 years
(105 years as a company)

www.leicesterymca.co.uk

info@leicesterymca.co.uk

01162556507

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Social youth organisations
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Leicester City, Leicestershire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • 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
DCMS£340,864
National Lottery Heritage Fund£160,407
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£80,000
Co-Operative Group£1,693
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to YMCA LEICESTERSHIRE
£160,407 01/03/2023
Your Heritage Your Future (YHYF)
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Y
£1,693 22/10/2022
Our aim is to deliver regular 'Cook and Eat' sessions to boost the wellbeing of young people living at The Y who have experienced homelessness, family breakdown, mental health issues or trauma.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£34,044 15/09/2020
"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
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding
£20,000 28/05/2020
3
Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
DCMS - Save The Y
£115,563 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Reopening The Y
£25,000 01/04/2020
To support Arts and Culture throughout England
DCMS - Y heritage - Heritage Sector Young People Engagement Project
£124,693 31/03/2020
Y heritage - Heritage Sector Young People Engagement Project
DCMS - Y heritage - Heritage Sector Young People Engagement Project
£41,564 31/03/2020
Y heritage - Heritage Sector Young People Engagement Project
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Regional YMCA Young Experts by Experience Panel
£60,000 16/03/2020
The Y Leicester supports 16-25-year olds who are homeless and provides safe supported accommodation, education, mentoring and cultural activities in Leicester and across Leicestershire. This grant will support the organisation to work with former ....more
DCMS - Tampon Tax Fund - Ending Women's Homelessness
£92,955 02/10/2019
Safe and Sound is a proposed pilot accommodation provision in Leicester for young women aged 16-21 meeting 3+ from following criteria: Homelessness, Substance misuse, Mental health, Self-harm, Offending behaviours, Disabilities, CSE, Childhood ....more
DCMS - Tampon Tax Fund - Ending Women's Homelessness
£46,478 02/10/2019
Safe and Sound is a proposed pilot accommodation provision in Leicester for young women aged 16-21 meeting 3+ from following criteria: Homelessness, Substance misuse, Mental health, Self-harm, Offending behaviours, Disabilities, CSE, Childhood ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to The Y
£126,373 28/02/2019
36
60 disabled children anyoung people aged will gain independent living skills in an specially adapted flat. Project workers provide bespoke plans and activities to increase young peoples confidence and enable them to make informed future choices.
National Lottery Community Fund - Regional Complex Needs Project
£494,769 26/10/2018
24
This project will help seven YMCAs across the Midlands region to improve support to young people with complex needs. Each organisation will be helped to understand the complexity of a young person's needs and what skills they can develop to cope ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Leicester YMCA
£827,305 28/06/2017
Y heritage - Heritage Sector Young People Engagement Project
National Lottery Community Fund - Be Someone!
£10,000 12/01/2012
12
This is a project by a charity in Leicester. The group will use the funding to provide performance activities for looked after young people. This will engage the beneficiaries to develop their life and social skills by increasing their ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Y-PoD (Y Point of Delivery)
£1,095,621 05/05/2011
48
'Y-PoD' is a three year project, based in and covering Leicester led by Leciester YMCA. The project will create a multi-agency partnership which will provide a single access point for young people leaving care or leaving YOIs, leading to improved ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 44-74
  • CAROLYN CLIFTON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired
  • DAVID GLOVER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Relationship Director
  • DR MARY FIONA MING-CHI WONG Appointed: 2021
  • EMMA LING Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Producer
  • EMMA LOUISE HOLLIS Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Tbc
  • HAYLEY ELIZABETH ROBERTSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Behavioural Consultant
  • JENNIFER LOUISE MACKAY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Principal Lecturer
  • LISA CAPELL Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Regular Giving Officer
  • PHILLIP CLIVE HAWKINS Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Retired
  • RICHARD ANTHONY GRAVES Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired Professor
  • THOMAS PETER ANTHONY MOORE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/09/1966, number: 213513
  • Registered at Companies House on 24/10/1919, number: 00159933
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Homes England
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • 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
20 returns made; AR23: 23 days late,
Main office

PAUL BROWN
7 EAST STREET
LEICESTER
LE1 6EY

Objectives

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE ASSOCIATION IS ESTABLISHED ARE: I) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE OCCUPATION FOR YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFEII) TO PROVIDE, IMPROVE AND MANAGE ACCOMMODATION PROVIDING RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES FOR YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN IN HOUSING NEED.III) TO ADVANCE LIFE FOR YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;IV) TO PROVIDE, MANAGE AND DELIVER RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN, PROVIDING THEM WITH A SAFE AND CARING FOUNDATION FOR THEIR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.V) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE THE SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COACHING, EDUCATION, EMPOWERMENT AND ARTISTIC EXPERIENCES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CITY OF LEICESTER OR ELSEWHERE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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