YMCA Robin Hood Group

Analysis

YMCA Robin Hood Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottinghamshire. It was registered in August 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, accommodation/housing and amateur sport, which this site groups under housing and shelter. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00310342). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, YMCA Robin Hood Group reported income of £25.3m and spending of £24.6m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £11.3m to £25.3m (+124%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, YMCA Robin Hood Group sits at the 100th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 100th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Unipol Student Homes (£24.1m), East End Homes Limited (£30.7m) and National Council of Young Men's Christian Associations (Incorporated) (£22.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £2.6m would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 349 people.