Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 13
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Pension deficit: -1
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +13
Overall GiG Score: 28 ?

LINCOLNSHIRE Y.M.C.A. LTD 

Lincoln YMCA is a Christian charity seeking to serve the community through its work on housing, education,youth work,community work, health and fitness, international work and recreational programmes
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • 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
  • Fundraising costs are 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • There is a pension deficit of £139,138
Established: 59 years
(61 years as a company)
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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£5,016£4,808£209£256£9,392£5,38213.414526
31/03/22£4,093£4,435£-342£165£9,161£5,62215.21329
31/03/21£4,554£4,255£299£60£9,636£5,52615.612413
31/03/20£6,144£3,680£2,464£29£9,399£5,12016.7130100
31/03/19£3,106£3,101£5£389£7,277£3,95715.3121140
31/03/18£3,175£2,936£239£63£6,906£3,52914.41200
31/03/17£2,913£2,876£37£362£6,693£3,40214.21210
31/03/16£2,908£2,791£117£373£6,618£3,29114.11150
31/03/15£3,071£2,992£78£436£6,742£3,37213.5920
31/03/14£2,988£3,037£-49£53£6,204£2,97211.7950
31/03/13£3,213£2,577£636£66£6,251£2,87513.4830
31/03/12£2,291£2,333£-42£48£5,655£2,31911.9760
31/03/11£6,702£1,803£4,899£21£7,141£2,29115.3880
31/03/10£1,951£1,699£252£28£2,242£2,07814.7850
31/03/09£1,571£1,531£41£5£1,984£1,96815.4870
31/03/08£1,512£1,373£138£0£2,331£2,30520.1780
31/03/07£1,371£1,343£29£0£2,106£2,07718.6510
31/03/06£1,256£1,281£-25£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£1,337£1,095£242£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£1,036£927£109£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 5.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 5.3%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 14%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 57%
Reserves/Spending: 13.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 3.7
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • Recreation
  • Religious Activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Lincolnshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 145 employees
  • 26 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
National Lottery Community Fund£1,280,736
Garfield Weston Foundation£100,000
Wolfson Foundation£75,000
BBC Children in Need£65,518
The Clothworkers Foundation£60,000
Mercer's Charitable Foundation£60,000
Masonic Trust£54,600
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to YMCA Lincolnshire
£75,000 06/12/2023
Creation of self-contained supported accommodation (Sheridan House) for homeless adults with mental health needs
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to YMCA Lincolnshire
£60,000 28/11/2023
Construction of 16 modern self-contained homes from an ageing 8-bed shared accommodation for a charity which works with those experiencing homelessness in Lincolnshire
Co-Operative Group - Grant to YMCA Lincolnshire
£1,029 21/10/2023
Our free monthly EAT Community Meal brings people from across Lincoln and the surrounding areas together for a great hot meal, helping to combat loneliness and isolation, and build community spirit.
National Lottery Community Fund - MH (Million Hours) - Climbing to New Heights
£8,870 11/08/2023
This funding will be used to deliver collect and climb sessions and mobile climbing wall sessions for local young people. The project aims to offer diversionary activities for local young people ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Lincolnshire YMCA Ltd.
£42,930 01/12/2022
History, Her Story, My Story, Our Story
Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
£39,600 16/11/2022
To fund a Specialist Youth Worker (supported by a sessional youth worker as needed) to support vulnerable and disadvantaged young people in Lincoln and deprived coastal areas through a programme of ....more
Masonic Trust - MCF Freemasons COVID-19 Community Fund
£15,000 03/12/2020
36
Grant to support 3 individual rooms within the YMCA Lincolnshire centre providing emergency accommodation for homeless people for three years to support 120 people per year. Beneficiaries will also ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,933 30/09/2020
"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
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Lincolnshire Y.M.C.A. Ltd
£65,518 09/09/2020
18
COVID19 - This project will deliver Outreach Support and activities to vulnerable young people experiencing income poverty, isolated due to Covid-19. This will result in increased self-belief, ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£21,839 01/07/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
Lincolnshire Community Foundation - YMCA Lincolnshire Covid Project
£9,990 06/05/2020
Increased demand for service/collection of data to inform recovery phase
Lincolnshire Community Foundation - YMCA Lincolnshire Covid Project
£9,990 06/05/2020
Increased demand for service/collection of data to inform recovery phase
Mercer's Charitable Foundation - Grant to Lincolnshire YMCA
£60,000 08/10/2019
24
Community Connections project, which aims to engage with local people in two areas to build local networks and support social action.
National Lottery Community Fund - T.E.D. (Talk, Eat and Drink) in East Lindsey
£950,109 04/10/2019
24
T.E.D. (Talk, Eat and Drink) in East Lindsey
National Lottery Community Fund - Good Neighbours Scheme (GNS) Lincolnshire
£321,757 04/10/2019
36
Good Neighbours Scheme (GNS) Lincolnshire
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£100,000 28/06/2019
The Nomad Centre
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Lincolnshire Y.M.C.A. Ltd
£29,034 15/03/2019
36
This project will provide music and arts activities for children living in deprived neighbourhoods. The aim is that children learn new creative skills, increase friendships and learn to express ....more
Youth Music - Youth Music Collaboration Academy (YMCA)
£29,920 08/03/2019
Youth Music Collaboration Academy (YMCA)
National Lottery Community Fund - LGBT Parent&School Support Sessions
£4,933 06/07/2018
12
Support sessions via a youth worker will be funded designed to support young people who are living with the effects of distress or discrimination, aiming to improve confidence and self-esteem.
Tudor Trust - Grant to YMCA: Lincolnshire
£5,572 30/07/2015
over one year towards a resilient resettlement and community integration project for ex-homeless people in Lincoln
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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: 37-72
  • CHRIS BURKE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: City Of Lincoln Councillor
  • WENDY HAWTIN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Social Housing Development
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/07/1965, number: 243017
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/09/1962, number: 00734870
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Other Regulators
  • Financial Conduct Authority
  • Homes England
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE LINCOLN SPIRITUAL ASSOCIATION on 02/07/2019
  • Asset transfer in from GRACE CHURCH, LINCOLN on 24/07/2019
  • Asset transfer in from COMMUNITY LINCS on 12/05/2021
  • Asset transfer in from ST GILES HOSPITAL on 16/03/2022
Main office

The showroom
Tritton Road
Lincoln
LN6 7QY

Objectives

2.3.1 To advance the Christian faith, including by:(a) promoting a Christian environment inspired and motivated by the life, example and teaching of Jesus Christ, where people of faith and people of none can work together for the transformation of communities; and(b) enabling people of all ages and in particular young people, to flourish through experiencing and responding to the love of God demonstrated by the life, example and teaching of Jesus Christ;2.3.2 To provide or assist in the provision in the interests of social welfare of facilities for recreation and other leisure time occupation for men and women with the object of improving their conditions of life;2.3.3 To provide or assist in the provision of education for people of all ages and in particular young people, with the object of developing their physical, mental or spiritual capacities;2.3.4 To relieve or assist in the relief of people of all ages and in particular young people, who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress by reason of their social, physical, emotional, spiritual or economic circumstances; and2.3.5 To provide residential accommodation , including Social Housing, for people of all ages and in particular young people, who are in need, hardship or distress by reason of their social, physical, emotional, spiritual or economic circumstances.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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