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City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc)

61 /100

Clarity score

Needs improvement

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61/100 Clarity Score · 3 stars · Charity Commission filings · How we score

Register checked 4 October 2026 · latest accounts 2025

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Is City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc) a good charity?

City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc) scores 61/100 (3 stars, Needs improvement) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, calculated from its UK regulator filings. Its latest accounts year is 2025 (£16m total income, 100% cause spend, latest year). This reflects financial transparency and stewardship on paper — not the real-world impact of its programmes. See the full breakdown.

Income

£16m

Accounts 2025-03-31

Spending

£15m

Accounts 2025-03-31

Charitable activities

100%

latest year · share of spending

Accounts filing

Late

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What does City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc) do?

To serve the city of Liverpool by providing services for local communities that promote their welbeing in mind body and spirit. We achieve this through a spectrum of activities, such as housing, health initiatives, sport, the arts and various other activities across the city.

Activities reported by the charity on the official register · extract . This is separate from the accounts data used for its rating.

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How much does City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc) raise and spend?

Accounts period 2024-04-01 to 2025-03-31 · Source: Charity Commission filings

City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc) revenue and expenses for 2025
Category Amount % of spend
Total income £16m —
Total expenditure £15m —
Charitable activities Not disclosed —
Fundraising £0 0%
Reported governance £0 0%

Governance can already be allocated within other expenditure categories. It is not a separate measure of all administration costs; do not add these rows without checking the accounts notes.

What changed in City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc)’s latest accounts?

Reported totals for 2025 compared with 2024. Changes can reflect the accounting period, restricted grants or restructuring as well as the charity’s work.

Income change
+29.1%
£12m → £16m
Spending change
+28.7%
£12m → £15m
Charitable activities share
Not disclosed
Both years need a disclosed spending split.

These are annual figures. The Clarity Score may use averages across several disclosed years. Source: official accounts.

Where does the money go?

Latest accounts (2025) · £15m spent. Not disclosed in this filing — the Charity Commission return omits the charitable-activities split.

From the annual return

What does City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc) pay its staff, and where does its money come from?

Answers City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc) gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 March 2025, plus its register entry. These are the charity's own disclosures, not part of the Clarity Score.

How much are City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc)'s highest-paid staff paid?

City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc)'s annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 1 employee paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £100,001–£110,000 (1 employee).

City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc) employees paid over £60,000, by salary band
Salary bandEmployees
£100,001–£110,000 1

The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. The chief executive's pay is normally disclosed in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report.

Where does City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc)'s money come from?

City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc) reported £16m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were donations and legacies £16m (100%).

  • Donations and legacies £16m · 100%

Cash at year end: £1.6m · unrestricted funds: £4.8m · restricted funds: £0. Restricted funds can only be spent on purposes set by the donor.

Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?

The register records City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc) as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration. Work out your Gift Aid

City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc)'s annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.

Registration details

Registered as a charity
Company number
00560870 (Companies House)
Also known as
City of Liverpool Y M C a
Previous names on the register
Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Incorporated)
Where it says it operates
Liverpool City · Sefton

Source: Charity Commission register and annual return data, Open Government Licence v3.0. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.

How have City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc)'s finances changed over five years?

Income rose 142% from £6.4m in 2021 to £16m in 2025; spending was £15m in 2025.

£0 £5.0m £10m £15m £20m 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Income 2021: £6.4m Spending 2021: £6.3m Income 2022: £8.9m Spending 2022: £8.6m Income 2023: £10m Spending 2023: £10m Income 2024: £12m Spending 2024: £12m Cause spend 2024: £12m Income 2025: £16m Spending 2025: £15m
  • Income
  • Spending
  • Cause spend
City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc) income and spending by accounts year
Year Income Spending Charitable activities
2025 £16m £15m Not disclosed
2024 £12m £12m £12m
2023 £10m £10m Not disclosed
2022 £8.9m £8.6m Not disclosed
2021 £6.4m £6.3m Not disclosed

Cause spend is plotted only when the filing discloses a split · Source: Charity Commission filings

Financial context

How do its finances compare with similar charities?

Compare City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc) with 67 other homelessness charities in our detailed dataset: the same regulator, £10m+ income band and accounts ending in 2025. Each period covers 50–54 weeks. These are reference points, not targets or a ranking of impact.

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Latest annual figures, accounts ending 2025-03-31. Peer medians exclude this charity; the median is the middle value.
MeasureThis charityPeer medianPeer coverage
Annual income £16m £34m 67 of 67
Annual spending £15m £34m 67 of 67
Charitable activities share Not available 98.8% 66 of 67

The annual spending share can differ from the multi-year average shown elsewhere. Missing disclosures are excluded, never counted as zero. We show a median only with at least ten peer disclosures. Different year-end months, restricted funding and delivery models can still limit comparisons.

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How does City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc) compare?

The share of each group scoring at or below City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc), including tied scores. A group matched on cause, income band and accounts year appears when at least ten records qualify. Broader groups below may mix reporting periods and operating models. Groups include this charity; percentiles measure our financial rating, not impact.

Same cause, income band and accounts year (2025) 3rdpercentile

Scores at or above 3% of 69 charities with the same primary cause, income band and latest accounts year · 61/100 vs 80 peer average.

Income band (£10m+) 9thpercentile

Scores at or above 9% of 930 charities in its income band · 61/100 vs 77 peer average.

Homelessness charities 12thpercentile

Scores at or above 12% of 237 charities in this cause · 61/100 vs 78 peer average.

How does City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc) compare, and where else can you look?

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Where City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc) sits

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Evidence and interpretation

What the evidence says about City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc)

In 2025, reported income was £15,530,972 and expenditure was £15,186,492. Income exceeded expenditure by £344,480. This annual balance is not the charity’s available cash or unrestricted reserves.

More financial context

Income rose 29.1% compared with 2024. Read the accounts notes for restricted grants, legacies and one-off receipts before treating the movement as a trend.

Calculated from our dated accounts dataset, refreshed 2026-09-06. This is not an audit or a manual review of every filing. Original register and accounts · How calculations work.

Find the right support

Who it supports and how to access its work

Reported beneficiaries: Children/young People; The General Public/mankind.

How it works: Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space; Provides Services; Provides Advocacy/advice/information; Other Charitable Activities.

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Explore source-checked support routes

Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. Register contact and activity details · Website listed for this charity

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Results and impact evidence

We have not added a source-checked programme outcome for this charity. That is a gap in this profile, not evidence that the charity has no impact. Its annual report may contain results that have not been assessed here.

Reported grants to institutions: £0 (2025-03-31). This is spending reported in the annual return, not a measure of beneficiary outcomes or an open grant opportunity. It may already be included in charitable expenditure. Check the source accounts.

What these results can tell you

Counts of services delivered describe activity. They do not by themselves establish lasting change, what would have happened without the programme, or cost-effectiveness. Results with different definitions, populations or years should not be ranked against each other.

How to judge charity impact evidence

Linked funds and trusts

These 1 linked records sit under parent registration 210443. They are not separate charity registrations in our directory. Source extract 2026-10-04.

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What is City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc)'s Beacon report?

Detailed accountability and finance metrics from UK regulator filings — structured for transparency in our four-beacon report.

Accountability & Transparency

Baseline trust from filing discipline, board oversight, and declared governance policies.

75/100

Accountability & Transparency metrics for City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc)
Metric Score Value
Filing history (5 years)

No recorded lateness in available history = 15 pts · one late filing = 5 pts · two or more or unknown status = 0 pts. Missing data is not proof of late filing.

 33% 5/15 pts
Trustee oversight

Three or more trustees on the register = 15 pts, scaled down for fewer (governance red flag below three).

 100% 9 trustees · 15/15 pts
Declared policies

Safeguarding (4) · conflict of interest (3) · volunteer management (3) — from Charity Commission annual return.

 100% 10/10 pts

Financial Health

Stability and solvency — reserves, revenue trend, and debt from Charity Commission accounts.

37/100

Financial Health metrics for City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc)
Metric Score Value
Reserves (months of expenditure)

3–24 months = full marks, tapering on both sides · 0 months or 4+ years = 0 pts. Reserves are not necessarily cash; needs vary by operating model.

 0% 0 months · 0/15 pts
Income stability / growth

+20% or more over the window = 10 pts · flat = 5 pts · −20% or worse = 0 pts, scaled between.

 100% 10/10 pts · 3-year average
Liabilities to assets

0% liabilities-to-assets = 5 pts, scaling down to 0 pts at 60%+ debt.

 20% 48% · 1/5 pts

Financial Efficiency

How efficiently funds reach the cause — program spend and fundraising cost ratios.

100/100

Financial Efficiency metrics for City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc)
Metric Score Value
Program expense ratio

90%+ on charitable activities = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 50% or below.

 100% 100% · 10/10 pts (3-year average)
Fundraising efficiency

≤10p to raise £1 = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 40p or above (fundraising cost ÷ income).

 100% 0p per £1 income · 10/10 pts (3-year average, disclosed years)

Community Support

Grassroots backing from Charity Commission workforce data — volunteers vs paid staff.

0/100

Community Support metrics for City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc)
Metric Score Value
Volunteer-to-staff ratio

Volunteers at 2x staff or more = full marks · no volunteers = 0 pts, scaled between.

 0% 8 volunteers / 226 staff · 0/10 pts

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What trust indicators does City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc) have?

Pulled from the Charity Commission register — filing behaviour, board size, and workforce where reported.

  • Accounts filed on time

    Filing status: late

  • Trustee board size (3–12)

    9 trustees on the Charity Commission register

  • Workforce on register

    226 employees · 8 volunteers (0:1 volunteer-to-staff)

Fundraising Regulator

Not listed as member

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Official register

Reg 210443

Full trustee list, accounts, and regulatory history on the Charity Commission.

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Trustees & officers

  • Rev Michelle Montrose since 2018
  • Mike Barker Chair · since 2020
  • Clare White since 2020
  • Martin Farran since 2022
  • Helen Klepper since 2022
  • Tony Allen since 2023
  • Julie Fadden since 2023
  • John Hussey since 2024
  • David Brigden since 2025

How reliable is City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc)'s data?

Source
Charity Commission (England & Wales)
Accounts year
2025
Filing date
Data refreshed

Medium confidence — some data missing or late

Scores reflect the accounts in our dated data extract. The live register may contain newer filings. Clarity Score measures how clearly the charity accounts for money in those filings — not programme impact.

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Financial source extract: 2026-09-06. Organisation identifier: 210443. Method version: 1.1. View method changes.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator and Charity Commission for Northern Ireland. Open Government Licence v3.0 .

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How we score charities +

The Clarity Score is a 100-point rating from UK regulator filings (Charity Commission for England and Wales, OSCR and CCNI). Four pillars — Accountability & Transparency (40), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10) — each scored on a continuous scale, not pass/fail cutoffs. A statutory inquiry sets the score to 0 automatically.

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Accountability & Transparency

Scored from filings

40 points — filing history (15), trustee oversight (15, scaling up to a board of three or more), declared policies (10).

Financial Health

Scored from filings

30 points — reserves (15, full marks 3–24 months, tapering on both sides), income stability (10), liabilities to assets (5, scaling down as debt rises).

Financial Efficiency

Scored from filings

20 points — program expense ratio and fundraising cost, each on a graduated scale (not a single cutoff). Kept at 20% of the total: financial-ratio scoring alone is not a reliable effectiveness signal (see "why not just an overhead ratio?" below).

Community Support

Scored from filings

10 points — volunteer-to-staff ratio from Charity Commission workforce data, scaling continuously up to a 2:1 ratio.

Overall score

Sum of all pillar points. Display stars use the same bands as the labels: 90–100 → 5★ Exceptional; 75–89 → 4★ Good; 60–74 → 3★ Needs improvement; 1–59 → 2★ Poor; 0 → not rated.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc)'s rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.

Is City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc) a good charity? +

City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc) scores 61 out of 100 (3 stars — Needs improvement) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 100% of its spending goes to charitable activities (latest year) and its accounts are late. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.

Is City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc) a legitimate charity? +

The register data used for this profile lists City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc) as a registered charity (charity number 210443). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=210443&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.

What is City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc)'s charity number? +

City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc)'s charity number is 210443. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.

What is City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc)'s charity rating? +

City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc) scores 61 out of 100 on CharityCompare (3 stars — Needs improvement). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.

Does City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc) have reviews and complaints? +

CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc). Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (one red flag on this profile: late accounts filing). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.

How much of my donation reaches City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc)? +

Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 100% of City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc)'s total spending went to charitable activities. That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.

What are City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc)'s overheads? +

Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 0% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 0% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc). City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc)'s annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 1 employee paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £100,001–£110,000 (1 employee). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.

How much income does City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc) receive? +

City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc) reported £16m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.

Are City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc)'s accounts up to date? +

Filing status: late (last filing 2025-11-07). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.

Where is City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc) based? +

City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc)'s registered contact address is in Liverpool (L5 9TF). It tells the regulator it operates in Liverpool City, Sefton, with a focus on homelessness.

How much is City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc)'s chief executive paid? +

The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc)'s annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 1 employee paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £100,001–£110,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.

Where does City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc)'s money come from? +

City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc) reported £16m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were donations and legacies £16m (100%).

Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc)? +

The register records City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc) as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.

Are City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc)'s trustees paid? +

City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc)'s annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.

What was City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc) previously called? +

The register lists this previous name for City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc): Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Incorporated).

When was City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc) registered as a charity? +

City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc) was entered on the register on 1 October 1964. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 00560870).

How does CharityCompare score City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc)? +

We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc)'s regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.

How often is this page updated? +

This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc)'s most recent accounts cover 2025. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.