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Registered charity · Birmingham

Heart of England Young Men’s Christian Association

Heart of England Young Men’s Christian Association is a registered charity (number 218808) based in Birmingham, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by Dawn Ward since 2018. Latest income £7.5m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as YMCA Heart of England (Charity Commission)

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £7.5m (2025)
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Who leads it

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing and 5 more
Where
Birmingham City
Website
www.birminghamymca.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Heart of England Young MEN's Christian Association
Registered
1965

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£7.5m£6.1m
  • 2024£7.2m£6.1m
  • 2023£5.9m£5.3m
Earlier years
  • 2022£5.5m£5.5m
  • 2021£6.7m£5.3m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 2%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, INCLUDING BY: (A) PROMOTING A CHRISTIAN ENVIRONMENT INSPIRED AND MOTIVATED BY THE LIFE, EXAMPLE AND TEACHING OF JESUS CHRIST, WHERE PEOPLE OF FAITH AND PEOPLE OF NONE CAN WORK TOGETHER FOR THE TRANSFORMATION OF COMMUNITIES, AND (B) ENABLING PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND IN PARTICULAR YOUNG PEOPLE, TO FLOURISH THROUGH EXPERIENCING AND RESPONDING TO THE LOVE OF GOD DEMONSTRATED BY THE LIFE, EXAMPLE AND TEACHING OF JESUS CHRISTTO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR MEN AND WOMEN WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFETO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND IN PARTICULAR YOUNG PEOPLE, WITH THE OBJECT OF DEVELOPING THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL OR SPIRITUAL CAPACITIESTO RELIEVE OR ASSIST IN THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND IN PARTICULAR YOUNG PEOPLE, WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL, PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, SPIRITUAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCESTO PROVIDE RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION, INCLUDING SOCIAL HOUSING, FOR 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

Grants received

11 grants · £637,678 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

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £341,775 (6 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £165,000
  • Department for Work and Pensions · £54,353
  • Barrow Cadbury Trust · £32,000
  • Garfield Weston Foundation · £30,000

Most recent

  • Sport England £14,5502025-05-15
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,8002022-08-05
  • Department for Work and Pensions £54,3532021-04-01
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £297,1762021-03-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £165,0002020-09-29
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.

8 trustees on the board

4.4y median 4y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

8
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 8Education/training 7The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 7Accommodation/housing 1Economic/community Development/employment 1

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

Hospitality 8Education 7Health and social care 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£7.5m latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

14.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 8.7 in 2021

92 from 108 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
218808
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 22/10/1920AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/06/1931AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/09/1936AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/03/1950AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/01/1952AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 31/10/2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/09/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/06/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/11/2015 as amended on 02 Jun 2020
Companies House
Company number 00170981 · Active
Contact on the register
0121 478 4244 · SABRINA.MCKERNAN@YMCAHEARTOFENGLAND.ORG.UK
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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