YMCA South Midlands Limited

Analysis

YMCA South Midlands Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Milton Keynes. It was registered in September 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, accommodation/housing and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under housing and shelter. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02769788). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, YMCA South Midlands Limited reported income of £4.6m and spending of £4.4m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.7m to £4.6m (+67%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, YMCA South Midlands Limited sits at the 97th 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 Link House Trust (£4.6m), Step by Step Partnership Limited (£4.6m) and YMCA St Helens (£4.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 76%, donations and legacies 16%, trading 4.3% and investments 3.7%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.7%. Reserves of £1.7m would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 80 people.