The Young Men's Christian Association Metropolitan Region Trust Fund

Analysis

The Young Men's Christian Association Metropolitan Region Trust Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Young Men's Christian Association Metropolitan Region Trust Fund reported income of £40k and spending of £63k, spending 157% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £28k to £40k (+41%), an average of +9.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 90%. Over the whole period it spent 176% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Young Men's Christian Association Metropolitan Region Trust Fund sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Darul Ehsan Foundation (£40k), The Metta Centre for Trauma Therapy (£40k) and Schroder Charity (£40k).

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.