Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 5
  • Pension deficit: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

PLYMOUTH YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION - YMCA 

Through targeted health and well being activities, accommodation, training and education, family work and support and advice services we actively look for opportunities to make a transformable impact on young peoples lives. In so doing we will provide safe environments that inspire and nurture body, mind and spirit and enable young people to play an active role in their communities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has an endowment fund which generates most of its income
  • 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

  • There is a pension deficit of £155,065

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£2,454£1,690£764£16£2,573£1691.25016
31/03/22£1,643£1,582£61£21£1,748£-156-1.25048
31/03/21£1,423£1,297£126£11£1,748£-156-1.44445
31/03/20£1,428£1,491£-63£17£1,622£-341-2.73430
31/03/19£1,530£1,576£-46£41£1,686£-328-2.54028
31/03/18£1,535£1,628£-93£43£1,902£-309-2.3410
31/03/17£1,539£1,926£-388£0£1,874£-233-1.5470
31/03/16£1,588£1,744£-156£0£2,574£1190.8480
31/03/15£1,632£1,788£-156£0£2,919£2401.6460
31/03/14£1,629£1,668£-39£0£3,075£3342.4430
31/03/13*£1,595£1,633£-38£14£3,114£3042.2500
31/03/12£1,812£1,781£30£0£3,152£2821.9490
31/03/11£1,917£2,022£-105£14£2,829£-226-1.3670
31/03/10£2,002£2,178£-177£17£2,934£-116-0.6860
31/03/09?£3,101£2,593£508£33£3,313£2871.3790
30/09/07£1,519£1,551£-32£28£2,805£2091.6740
30/09/06£1,394£1,460£-66£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/05£1,421£1,388£33£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/04*£1,160£1,309£-149£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 13%
Liabilities/Income: 17%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 7%
Reserves/Spending: 1.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.1
Asset Split ?
Established: 26 years

www.ymcaplymouth.org.uk

enquiries@ymcaplymouth.org.uk

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • Religious Activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Social youth organisations
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cornwall, Devon,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 50 employees
  • 16 volunteers

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
Sport England£58,940
DCMS£43,000
Devon Community Foundation£22,990
Co-Operative Group£8,006
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to YMCA Plymouth
£2,742 22/10/2022
We want to develop our garden to grow more produce using greenhouses, planters and trees. Additionally, we're building an outdoor classroom to deliver more workshops and projects in this space.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to YMCA Plymouth / Discovery College
£1,398 23/10/2021
YMCA Plymouth would like to deliver three bespoke employability and mentoring programmes to reduce the number of 16 to 19-year-olds 'not in employment, education or training' in Plymouth.
Devon Community Foundation - Re-Activate
£4,450 11/10/2021
12
refurbishment of outdoor sports space to enable provision of safe, purposeful activity for young people
Sport England - Covid-19 Return to Play
£43,000 19/11/2020
4
Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled Covid-19 Return to Play. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports
DCMS - ALB-SportEngland-Covid-19 Return to Play
£43,000 19/11/2020
Funding under Sport England's Community Asset Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled Covid-19 Return to Play. This project lists its main activity as Multi Sports
Sport England - Girls Dance Workout - It's All About Us!
£5,940 18/08/2020
25
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Girls Dance Workout - It's All About Us!. This project is a Exercise & Fitness project, with a focus on ....more
Devon Community Foundation - 'COVID19 Emergency Youth Isolation Package' - pt 2
£9,090 17/06/2020
2
Grant to Plymouth YMCA
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£10,000 02/06/2020
4
Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project lists its main activity as Sport participation and capacity ....more
Devon Community Foundation - COVID19 'Emergency Youth Isolation Package'
£9,450 02/04/2020
1
Grant to Plymouth YMCA
Co-Operative Group - Grant to YMCA Plymouth
£3,866 15/11/2019
We want to provide fun and inclusive weekly multi-sport sessions for young people with additional needs and their families.
Sport England - Manadon Football Development Centre
£350,000 01/04/2019
6
Funding under Sport England's Improvement Fund funding programme for a Capital project titled Manadon Football Development Centre. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to YMCA Plymouth
£12,164 19/11/2018
We want to provide specialist sessions, such as trampolining and climbing, for young people who have additional needs.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/12 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 30-78
  • VIC HIBBERT (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Hr Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/12/1997, number: 1066919
  • Registered at Companies House on 28/08/1997, number: 03426094
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
19 returns made; AR13: 1 days late, AR04: 8 days late,
Main office

Ymca
Honicknowle Lane
PLYMOUTH
PL5 3NG

Objectives

TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR PERSONS WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.TO PROVIDE RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION FOR PERSONS OF ALL AGES WHO ARE CONDITIONS OF NEED, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR RELIEF.TO LEAD YOUNG PEOPLE TO THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND TO FULLNESS OF LIFE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

PLYMOUTH

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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