YMCA London City and North

Analysis

YMCA London City and North is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, accommodation/housing and amateur sport, which this site groups under housing and shelter. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03169665). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, YMCA London City and North reported income of £9.5m and spending of £8.6m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £4.8m to £9.5m (+98%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, YMCA London City and North sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Roundabout Limited (£9.4m), The Leicester Diocesan Board of Finance (£10.0m) and YMCA Thames Gateway (£9.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95%, donations and legacies 3.9% and investments 1.1%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 1.0%. Reserves of £7.6m would cover about 11 months of spending at that rate. It employed 101 people.