Mountain Ash YMCA

Analysis

Mountain Ash YMCA is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in RCT. It was registered in November 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, accommodation/housing, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under housing and shelter. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Mountain Ash YMCA reported income of £18k and spending of £15k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £27k to £18k (-35%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 142%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Mountain Ash YMCA sits at the 26th percentile: it is larger than about 26% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include James Bradford Helpston Trust (£17k), The Almshouse Charity of Ann Darwin (£18k) and Aldbury Almshouse Charity (£17k).