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Cardiff Young MEN's Christian Association

  • 13 trustees
  • Income £737k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Economic/community Development/employment and 1 more
Where
Throughout Wales
Website
www.ymcacardiff.wales (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Cardiff Young MEN's Christian Association
Registered
2014

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£737k£796k
  • 2024£784k£823k
  • 2023£721k£797k
Earlier years
  • 2022£996k£807k
  • 2021£859k£695k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 19% · Government grants 13%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (‘OBJECTS’) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARISE FROM ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THE PARIS BASIS OF 1855 INCORPORATED INTO THE NATIONAL STATEMENT OF THE AIMS AND PURPOSES OF THE YMCA IN WALES, ADOPTED AS PART OF THESE ARTICLES NAMELY:“THE YMCA IS A WORLDWIDE CHRISTIAN, ECUMENICAL, VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT FOR PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE GENUINE INVOLVEMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND THAT IT SEEKS TO SHARE THE IDEAL OF BUILDING A HUMAN COMMUNITY OF JUSTICE WITH LOVE, PEACE AND RECONCILIATION FOR THE FULLNESS OF LIFE FOR ALL CREATION. THE CHARITY WELCOMES, SERVES AND WORKS WITH PERSONS OF ALL RELIGIOUS FAITHS AND OF NONE."ACCORDINGLY, THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE OF FACILITIES FOR RESIDENTIAL OR RECREATIONAL USE AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR ADULTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITION OF LIFE;TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION FOR PERSONS OF ALL AGES WITH THE OBJECT OF DEVELOPING THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITY;TO RELIEVE OR ASSIST IN THE RELIEF OF PERSONS OF ALL AGES WHO ARE IN CONDITION OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL, PHYSICAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES;TO PROVIDE (AND MANAGE) HOUSING, RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION AND PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO HELP HOUSE PEOPLE AND ASSOCIATED FACILITIES AND AMENITIES OR SERVICES FOR ALL PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND IN PARTICULAR YOUNG PEOPLE, WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL, PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, SPIRITUAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES; ANDANY OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECT THAT CAN BE CARRIED OUT FROM TIME TO TIME BY A CHARITY REGISTERED AS A SOCIAL LANDLORD WITH THE REGULATOR ("RSL”).

Grants received

18 grants · £535,491 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

13 trustees on the board

1.5y median 0y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (13)

6
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 13General Charitable Purposes 13The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 13

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 5Health and social care 2Education 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£737k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 0.9 in 2021

19 from 29 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
32%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1155885
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20 JUL 2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 20 MAY 2023
Companies House
Company number 08151495 · Active
Contact on the register
02920465250 · enquiries@ymcacardiff.wales
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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