YWCA England & Wales

Analysis

YWCA England & Wales is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in 50-52 Wharf Road. It was registered in August 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00137113). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, YWCA England & Wales reported income of £1.8m and spending of £2.9m, spending 166% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.6m to £1.8m (+8.2%), an average of +2.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 170% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, YWCA England & Wales 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 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include SSG Sustainable Living (£1.8m), St Hilda's East (£1.8m) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of North Lambeth (£1.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 66%, investments 22%, trading 7.4% and charitable activities 4.5%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £6,000. Charitable activities took 74% of spending and raising funds 22%. Reserves of £971k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 32 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.