Worcestershire YMCA Limited

Analysis

Worcestershire YMCA Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Redditch. It was registered in October 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01944516). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Worcestershire YMCA Limited reported income of £4.6m and spending of £4.9m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £4.4m to £4.6m (+2.8%), an average of +0.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Worcestershire YMCA Limited 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 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Education Support Partnership (£4.6m), Westbank Community Health and Care (£4.6m) and David & Ruth Lewis Family Charitable Trust (£4.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 59%, trading 35% and donations and legacies 6.1%. Charitable activities took 72% of spending and raising funds 27%. Reserves of £368k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 130 people.