The South West YMCA Trust Fund

Analysis

The South West YMCA Trust Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in July 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The South West YMCA Trust Fund reported income of £16k and spending of £27k, spending 174% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £22k to £16k (-29%), an average of -8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The South West YMCA Trust Fund sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 29% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include House of Champions Bible Ministry (Hocbm) (£16k), Teleola Martha Christian Organisation (£16k) and Peacehaven Baptist Church (£16k).

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.