Common questions about YMCA London City and North's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is YMCA London City and North a good charity? +
YMCA London City and North scores 90 out of 100 (5 stars — Exceptional) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 98% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) and its accounts are up to date. 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 YMCA London City and North a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists YMCA London City and North as a registered charity (charity number 1053864). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1053864&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 YMCA London City and North's charity number? +
YMCA London City and North's charity number is 1053864. 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 YMCA London City and North's charity rating? +
YMCA London City and North scores 90 out of 100 on CharityCompare (5 stars — Exceptional). 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 YMCA London City and North have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for YMCA London City and North. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (none flagged on this profile). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches YMCA London City and North? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 98% of YMCA London City and North's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). 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 YMCA London City and North's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 2% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 3% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at YMCA London City and North. YMCA London City and North's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 6 employees 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 YMCA London City and North receive? +
YMCA London City and North reported £9.5m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are YMCA London City and North's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2025-09-30). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is YMCA London City and North based? +
YMCA London City and North's registered contact address is in London (EC1Y 8SE). It tells the regulator it operates in City of London, Hackney, Islington, Barnet, Haringey, with a focus on homelessness.
How much is YMCA London City and North's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. YMCA London City and North's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 6 employees 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 YMCA London City and North's money come from? +
YMCA London City and North reported £9.5m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £9m (95%), donations and legacies £370k (4%), investments £100k (1%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to YMCA London City and North? +
The register records YMCA London City and North 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 YMCA London City and North's trustees paid? +
YMCA London City and North's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was YMCA London City and North previously called? +
The register lists this previous name for YMCA London City and North: City YMCA, London.
When was YMCA London City and North registered as a charity? +
YMCA London City and North was entered on the register on 19 March 1996. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 03169665).
How does CharityCompare score YMCA London City and North? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in YMCA London City and North'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 YMCA London City and North'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.