The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

YHA (England and Wales)

Registered charity 306122 Registered since 1963

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

14 trustees on the board

4.6y median 3.5y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (3)

14
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 14General Charitable Purposes 14Accommodation/housing 12Amateur Sport 1Recreation 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 17Education 4Health and social care 3

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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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£66.1m latest income
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.

1.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 6.1 in 2021

1110 from 977 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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.yha.org.uk
Emailcustomerservices@yha.org.uk
Phone01629 592700
AddressYHA (England and Wales), Trevelyan House, Dimple Road, MATLOCK, DE4 3YH

Finances

£66,109,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£26,263,000£40,625,000
2022£35,561,000£44,897,000
2023£56,908,000£59,480,000
2024£61,186,310£64,223,730
2025£66,109,000£65,612,000

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingAccommodation/housingAmateur SportEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

A) TO HELP ALL, ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE OF LIMITED MEANS, TO A GREATER KNOWLEDGE, LOVE AND CARE OF THE COUNTRYSIDE, AND APPRECIATION OF THE CULTURAL VALUES OF TOWNS AND CITIES, PARTICULARLY BY PROVIDING YOUTH HOSTELS OR OTHER ACCOMMODATION FOR THEM IN THEIR TRAVELS, AND THUS TO PROMOTE THEIR HEALTH, RECREATION AND EDUCATION;B) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 12/12/1933AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/02/1967AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/09/1993AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15/09/1993AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/09/1995AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18/09/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12/09/2009NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 16/07/2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/07/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13/07/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/07/2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09 JUL 2016AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30 JUN 2018 as amended on 13 Nov 2021

Trustees (14)

14trustees
53median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

YHA (England and Wales) · 00282555 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 12/12/1933

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (4)

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