YMCA St Helens

Analysis

YMCA St Helens is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Merseyside. It was registered in June 1986, 40 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 01947323). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, YMCA St Helens reported income of £4.5m and spending of £4.1m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.9m to £4.5m (+55%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, YMCA St Helens 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 Leeway Domestic Violence and Abuse Services (£4.5m), Link House Trust (£4.6m) and Domestic Abuse Safety Unit North Wales Ltd (£4.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 78%, donations and legacies 12% and trading 4.8%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £762k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 52 people.