YMCA Leicestershire

Analysis

YMCA Leicestershire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in September 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, accommodation/housing, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under housing and shelter. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00159933). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, YMCA Leicestershire reported income of £4.2m and spending of £4.3m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £3.7m to £4.2m (+13%), an average of +3.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, YMCA Leicestershire 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 Chad's College Durham (£4.2m), Changing Lives Housing Trust (£4.3m) and Newbold College (£4.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95%, donations and legacies 2.6% and trading 1.8%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.4%. Reserves of £1.1m would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 68 people.