Lincolnshire Y.m.c.a. Ltd

Analysis

Lincolnshire Y.m.c.a. Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincoln. It was registered in July 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00734870). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Lincolnshire Y.m.c.a. Ltd reported income of £9.2m and spending of £5.9m, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £4.6m to £9.2m (+103%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Lincolnshire Y.m.c.a. Ltd 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 SKT Welfare (£9.2m), The John Armitage Charitable Trust (£9.2m) and YMCA East Surrey (£9.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 57%, donations and legacies 40% and trading 2.4%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 3.7%. Reserves of £974k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 138 people.