Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 3

Reasonable growth: +1

Good trustee age range: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 6

BIRKENHEAD YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION

Providing quality supported housing for homeless people, many of whom present with a range of complex health and mental health issues and addictions.Training and other support services to aid residents to progress towards "move on" to permanent residence, employment and independent living within a defined timescale. Additional services to the wider community

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
The Board is predominantly male

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£2,006	£1,898	£109	£0	£2,008	£1,767	11.2	44	1
31/03/22	£1,932	£1,856	£77	£0	£1,899	£1,652	10.7	44	1
31/03/21	£1,853	£1,654	£199	£0	£1,822	£1,470	10.7	40	2
31/03/20	£1,612	£1,576	£36	£0	£1,648	£1,298	9.9	38	4
31/03/19	£1,472	£1,411	£61	£0	£1,612	£1,254	10.7	33	10
31/03/18	£1,322	£1,236	£86	£0	£1,551	£1,161	11.3	30	0
31/03/17	£1,448	£1,211	£237	£0	£1,465	£1,068	10.6	30	0
31/03/16	£1,236	£1,195	£42	£0	£1,228	£825	8.3	39	0
31/03/15	£1,222	£1,251	£-28	£16	£1,601	£882	8.5	35	0
31/03/14	£1,215	£1,157	£58	£5	£1,629	£885	9.2	34	0
31/03/13	£1,258	£1,155	£103	£4	£1,571	£804	8.4	35	0
31/03/12	£1,279	£1,180	£99	£5	£1,468	£675	6.9	38	0
31/03/11	£1,265	£1,203	£62	£4	£1,369	£532	5.3	41	0
31/03/10	£1,199	£1,242	£-43	£6	£1,276	£387	3.7	35	0
31/03/09	£1,234	£1,278	£-44	£5	£1,319	£922	8.7	36	0
31/03/08	£1,322	£1,042	£280	£4	£1,363	£398	4.6	34	0
31/03/07	£1,514	£863	£652	£4	£1,083	£254	3.5	29	0
31/03/06?	£1,130	£951	£179	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04	£636	£688	£-52	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 56%
Liabilities/Income: 126%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 88%
Reserves/Spending: 11.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 1.1

Asset Split ?

Established: 34 years

www.birkenheadymca.com

info@birkenheadymca.co.uk

01516501015

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Amateur Sport
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Other Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Social youth organisations

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Wirral,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£21,592
DCMS	£9,980
Sport England	£8,175
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside	£2,100

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside - What`s cooking at YMCA Wirral
£2,100	10/08/2023	The funding will be used to offer clients a basic household management toolkit that will combine basic cookery skills with bite sized hints & tips on how to run a home.
National Lottery Community Fund - Get a move on
£5,044	29/04/2022	The funding will be used to support people who live in homeless hostels and have grown up in the care system or spent long periods in the care of government institutions. The project will help them ....more The funding will be used to support people who live in homeless hostels and have grown up in the care system or spent long periods in the care of government institutions. The project will help them to live independently manage personal care and what it takes to be a good neighbour. It will consist of 8 sessions on home skills healthy relationships sex drugs and mental health and anger management. All sessions will be delivered by an experienced trainer and will be open to all drop-ins.
National Lottery Community Fund - Furnished Rooms for Homeless men and Women in Crisis
£6,700	19/02/2021 2	The funding will be used as a contribution to furnish five new emergency bed spaces within the organisation's triage service to support those most vulnerable in society and at risk of further decline.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,980	01/09/2020	"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 ....more "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 services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Sport England - `Y` Get Active
£8,175	05/11/2019 35	Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled `Y` Get Active. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
National Lottery Community Fund - Make do and Mend
£9,848	01/08/2019 12	The organisation will use the funding to deliver cycle maintenance workshops for the local community, with the aim of developing skills and reducing social isolation and loneliness.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to YMCA Wirral
£2,556	19/11/2018	We would like to buy a new greenhouse and raised beds to enable more community volunteers to learn gardening skills and make friends.
National Lottery Community Fund - The 'Y' Garden Project
£5,662	13/09/2017 12	The group will provide additional volunteering opportunities for people who are vulnerable, support community engagement and extend their community garden and food growing facilities for wider ....more The group will provide additional volunteering opportunities for people who are vulnerable, support community engagement and extend their community garden and food growing facilities for wider community use.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Birkenhead YMCA
£20,400	03/11/2014	First World War and the YMCA

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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 46-75

ANDREW CHAPMAN HODSON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Company Director

ERIC DAVID DECORTE Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Youth Director

KERRY GREENOP Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Clinical Nurse

MICHAEL ANDREW HUSTON Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

PETER HANSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Police Officer

RICHARD JEREMY LESLIE Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Solicitor

SUSAN NICHOLAS FCIHORT (Chair), Occupation: Horticulturist, Other trusteeship: THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF HORTICULTURE,

VINCENT JOHN HESSEY Appointed: 2009, Occupation: Substance Misuse Practitioner

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/10/1990, number: 1000601
Registered at Companies House on 28/08/1990, number: 02534811

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; all on time

Main office

56 WHETSTONE LANE
BIRKENHEAD
MERSEYSIDE
CH41 2TJ

Objectives

4.1 THE ASSOCIATION’S OBJECTS ARE: 4.1.1 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.4.1.2 TO LEAD YOUNG PEOPLE TO THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND TO FULLNESS OF LIFE IN HIM.4.1.3TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF MEN AND WOMEN WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.4.1.4 TO PROVIDE RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION INCLUDING SOCIAL HOUSING, FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL, PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, SPIRITUAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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