YMCA North Tyneside

Analysis

YMCA North Tyneside is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Shields. It was registered in May 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02703063). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, YMCA North Tyneside reported income of £4.9m and spending of £4.8m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.4m to £4.9m (+101%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, YMCA North Tyneside sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Luke's Oxford (£4.9m), Caring Connections Limited (£4.9m) and Chain of Hope (£4.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 89%, trading 8.3%, donations and legacies 1.3% and investments 1.1%. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 8.2%. Reserves of £448k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 128 people.