Overall GiG Score: 0 ?
Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 5
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
    • Grant maker support: +5

    BOLTON YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION 

    Our main activities :youth and community work, play and children's work, health sports and fitness, Youth Cafe, detached youth work. personal and social development for people who are disadvantaged by poverty, disability, health issues, young offenders, members of minority community groups enabling them to develop and make a positive contribution to the community in which they live.,
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

    Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

    • This charity uses a corporate trustee

    Financial issues to consider:

    • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
    • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
    Established: 33 years

    www.boltonymca.co.uk

    john.cronin@fyldecoastymca.org

    01204 522855

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    UN SDGs
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    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£219£256£-37n/an/an/an/an/a0
    31/03/22£227£292£-65n/an/an/an/an/a0
    31/03/21£340£998£-658n/an/an/an/an/a0
    31/03/20*£278£175£102n/an/an/an/an/a2
    31/03/19£208£218£-10n/an/an/an/an/a1
    31/03/18£276£261£15£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/17£290£264£26£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/16£285£294£-9£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/15£319£312£7£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/14£254£292£-38£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/13£321£307£15£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/12*£299£305£-6£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/11£386£401£-15£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/10£279£324£-45£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/09£291£328£-37£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/08£295£342£-46£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/07*£297£556£-259£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/06£326£283£43£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/05*£310£273£37£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/04£199£186£13£0£0£0n/a00

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    What it does
    • Amateur Sport
    • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
    • Economic/Community Development/Employment
    • Education/Training
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • Other Charitable Purposes
    • Recreation
    • Religious Activities
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
    • People With Disabilities
    • The General Public/Mankind
    How it operates
    • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
    • Other charitable activities
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
    • Provides human resources
    • Provides services
    • Sponsors or undertakes research
    Where it operates
    • Bolton, Bury, Lancashire, Manchester City, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford City, Stockport, Tameside, Wigan,

    Who's supporting 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
    Garfield Weston Foundation£100,000
    The Clothworkers Foundation£90,000
    Tudor Trust£2,000
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Tudor Trust - Grant to YMCA: Bolton
    £2,000 25/01/2021
    as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
    The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Bolton YMCA
    £90,000 25/06/2020
    construction of housing for a charity that works with disadvantaged young people in Greater Manchester
    Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
    £100,000 27/03/2020
    Bolton Y-PAD Development
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Bolton YMCA
    £73,956 20/03/2018
    36
    The grant will fund the costs of training support worker, bursary fund and support/management costs.
    Tudor Trust - Grant to YMCA: Bolton
    £120,000 23/02/2018
    36
    over three years towards the salary and associated costs of a new senior management post to support the development of Bolton YMCA
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Bolton YMCA
    £50,000 29/06/2011
    the costs of the Hindley YOI Resettlement Project including salaries and on costs of the Resettlement project Coordinator and Youth Worker, project costs and overheads

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (1)

    • Blackburn YMCA
    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/02/1991, number: 1001884
    • Registered at Companies House on 16/01/1991, number: 02574169
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
    • Campaigns and political activity 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; AR20: 54 days late, AR12: 51 days late, AR07: 163 days late, AR05: 1 days late,
    Main office

    Ymca
    125 Deansgate
    BOLTON
    BL1 1HA

    Objectives

    1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION AMONGST YOUNG PEOPLE IN BOLTON. 2. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS OF THE PUBLIC IN BOLTON. 3. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROMOTION OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN BOLTON. 4.THE PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE. 5. PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR PERSONS IN BOLTON.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    BOLTON

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
    Authorised officials of this charity can add information to this page (including a Donate Now button) for no cost

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