YMCA Fairthorne Group

Analysis

YMCA Fairthorne Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southampton. It was registered in March 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04336719). It says it provides other finance, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending April 2025, YMCA Fairthorne Group reported income of £13.8m and spending of £13.5m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £12.8m to £13.8m (+8.1%), an average of +2.0% a year. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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 Fairthorne Group 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 The Church of Pentecost - UK (£13.8m), Kirkwood Hospice (£13.8m) and The Royal Society of Medicine (£13.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £100k. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £800k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 368 people.