YMCA Bournemouth

Name

YMCA Bournemouth

Legal name

YMCA Bournemouth

Website

https://ymcabournemouth.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1879

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Charity Services

NAICS

Temporary Shelters (624221), Community Housing Services (62422), Other Residential Care Facilities (623990)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Hotels, Rooming Houses, Camps & Other Lodging Places (7000), Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997)

akta.pro primary industry

Traditional Dormitory Hostels (THAMAIAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

University Dorms & Affiliated Summer Housing (THAMAGAA), Summer/Conference Housing & Guest Accommodations (EDALACAI)

Keywords

• Community charity services
• Supported housing accommodation
• Youth and family support
• Professional training courses
• Community fitness facilities

Headquarters

HQ city

Bournemouth, Dorset

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Giving: Individual donations through JustGiving platform, corporate donations, payroll giving, and legacy gifts in wills. Provides reliable income for planning and service delivery.
2. Fundraising Events: Revenue from events including Sleep Easy (annual rough sleeping awareness event), pier-to-pier walks, Christmas concerts, and school/college partnerships. 16 schools raised £78,094 in 2025 Sleep Easy events.
3. Training Courses: Fee-based professional training including Safeguarding (£85), Paediatric First Aid (£125), National Pool Lifeguard (£225), Mental Health First Aid (price on application). Revenue supports charitable aims.
4. Social Impact Club Memberships: Fifty Niners Corporate Social Impact Club (59 businesses) and Small Business Social Impact Club - monthly donations from member businesses directing funding to specific projects.
5. Facility Hire: Revenue from hiring facilities including Sandyholme retreat center, The Junction sports centre, and meeting rooms at Delta House and YMCA Winton.
6. Grants and Funding: National Lottery Community Fund (£19,880 for Townsend Youth Partnership), government contracts for housing services, and support from trusts and foundations listed in supporters.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

YMCA Bournemouth is a registered charity providing supported housing (114 units of short-term accommodation) for individuals at risk of homelessness, youth services, family support programmes, mental health counselling, sports and leisure facilities, and accredited professional training courses. The organisation also operates chaplaincy and community outreach services including a weekly soup kitchen. Services are delivered across Bournemouth, Poole, Christchurch, and the wider Dorset region through multiple owned facilities and partnerships.

Product overview

YMCA Bournemouth is a charity offering a diverse portfolio of community services rather than a single unified product or platform. The organisation operates across multiple service lines: Housing & Support (114 units of short-term accommodation), Family Services (Teddy's Pre-School, Child Contact Centre with 1,566 hours of contact time, Holiday Clubs, Compass family support), Youth Services (The Chatterboxes for 11-25 year-olds with disabilities, Townsend Youth Partnership serving 100+ young people weekly), Sports & Leisure (The Junction Sports & Leisure Centre, Bayside Fitness Club, Lifewise Gym & Sports Hall engaging 7,000+ individuals), Training Courses (Fire Marshal, First Aid, Health & Safety, Mental Health, Safeguarding courses with 400+ certifications in 2025/26), Chaplaincy (including weekly soup kitchen serving 50-70 people), Full Circle Counselling (2,270 sessions annually, closing May 2026), Sandyholme retreat facility, and fundraising events (Sleep Easy, Prezzies for Rezzies Christmas campaign). The organisation also supports 180 individuals at risk of homelessness annually, assists 59 families with dedicated family support workers, and enables over 1,250 local children to learn swimming.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The Chatterboxes: A youth action project run by young disabled people aged 11-25 years old from Bournemouth, Poole and other parts of Dorset.
• Full Circle Counselling Service
• Teddy's Pre-School
• The Junction Sports & Leisure Centre
• Bayside Fitness Club
• Lifewise Gym & Sports Hall

Products and services

• Housing & Support Supported housing service providing 114 units of short-term accommodation for homeless individuals and at-risk individuals, with support to help them return to independent living.
• Teddy's Pre-School Early years education and childcare services for children aged 9 months to 5 years.
• Child Contact Centre Supervised contact services for families going through separation or divorce, providing 1,566 hours of family contact time.
• Holiday Clubs Holiday activity programmes for children aged 5 to 12 years during school holidays and half-terms, plus clubs for 2 to 4-year-olds at Teddy's Pre-School.
• Compass Family Support Personalised family support programme providing no-judgement assistance to families seeking to build networks, explore strategies, and find ways forward to help their child's development.
• The Chatterboxes Youth action project run by young disabled people aged 11-25 years old from Bournemouth, Poole, and other parts of Dorset, providing over 60 young disabled individuals with 270+ hours of direct support.
• Townsend Youth Partnership Youth services at Townsend Youth Club supporting young people aged 5-18 (up to 25 with a disability) on the Townsend estate in Bournemouth, with over 100 young people benefiting weekly.
• The Junction Sports & Leisure Centre Sports and leisure facility located in Broadstone, offering fitness classes, gym facilities, and hosting Holiday Clubs. Engages over 7,000 individuals annually.
• Bayside Fitness Club Fitness centre located in Poole providing health and wellbeing services as part of YMCA Bournemouth's sports and leisure offerings.
• Lifewise Gym & Sports Hall Gym and sports hall facility located in Bournemouth offering health and wellbeing services to the local community.
• Training Courses (Fire Marshal, First Aid, Health & Safety, Mental Health, Lifeguarding) Professional and affordable training courses including Fire Marshal, First Aid at Work, Health and Safety, Manual Handling, Mental Health Awareness, Mental Health First Aider, National Pool Lifeguard Qualification, Paediatric First Aid, and Safeguarding courses. Over 400 individuals achieved certification in 2025/2026.
• Mini Medics First Aid Training for Young People Age-appropriate first aid training programme for young people, using interactive activities and hands-on learning to teach essential first aid skills. Delivered by YMCA Bournemouth's in-house NUCO approved instructor at The Junction Sports and Leisure Centre.
• Chaplaincy Spiritual support, pastoral care and moral guidance service offered to staff, volunteers, clients and their families. Includes a Friday night soup kitchen serving 50-70 people weekly.
• Full Circle Counselling Service Free and subsidised mental health counselling service providing 2,270 counselling sessions for children, families and vulnerable adults, with approximately 100 people using the service weekly.
• Sandyholme Retreat Facility Activity holiday, team getaway and spiritual retreat facility located in the Purbecks at Studland, available for facility hire.

Quantifiable outcome

• 180 individuals provided safe homes at risk of homelessness (2025-2026)
• +8 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• Diverse AbilitiescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 October 2025Partnership with Dorset's disability charity for BIG Sleep Easy 2025 held at Diverse Abilities grounds. Funds support YMCA's 114 accommodation units and Diverse Abilities' Information Hub for people with disabilities at risk of homelessness.
• Lester AldridgeflagshipGTM or Marketing Partner · 11 October 2025Headline sponsor of BIG Sleep Easy 2025. Also flagship event partner for schools Sleep Easy 2026. Leading South Coast law firm supporting community events.
• Wessex PackagingcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerExclusive box sponsor for School Sleep Easy Events, providing cardboard boxes for participants to build shelters during fundraising events.
• Bournemouth OneminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSponsor for Small Business Social Impact Club supporting corporate social responsibility initiatives.
• YMCA England and WalescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational YMCA affiliation providing brand licensing, shared values (Christian values, youth empowerment), and network resources across YMCA movement.
• HealthBus TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for Prezzies for Rezzies Christmas campaign to provide gifts to homeless individuals served by HealthBus outreach services.
• Preston Redman SolicitorsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerEvent sponsor for BIG Sleep Easy 2025.
• The Print AgencyminorGTM or Marketing PartnerEvent sponsor providing printing services for BIG Sleep Easy 2025.
• Steele Raymond SolicitorsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerEvent sponsor for BIG Sleep Easy 2025.
• Woodstock Legal ServicesminorGTM or Marketing PartnerEvent sponsor for BIG Sleep Easy 2025.
• Forelle EstatesminorGTM or Marketing PartnerEvent sponsor for BIG Sleep Easy 2025.
• JustGivingcoreTechnology or IntegrationOnline fundraising platform used for donations to Sleep Easy, pier-to-pier walks, and general campaign support.
• St Mungo'scoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHomelessness charity providing pathways and support services for individuals referred from YMCA chaplaincy soup kitchen and accommodation services.

Scale indicators15 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Crisis UK: National homelessness charity focused on single homeless people, with housing, education, training and well-being programmes across the UK. Comparable in the bundled housing-plus-skills service model YMCA Bournemouth delivers.
• Better (GLL): UK charitable social enterprise operating public leisure facilities, gyms, swimming lessons and training under community-ownership principles. Directly comparable to YMCA Bournemouth's Bayside Fitness Club, The Junction and Lifewise Gym operations and 7,000+ user base.
• Centrepoint: UK national charity providing supported accommodation and services for homeless young people aged 16-25. Directly comparable to YMCA Bournemouth's 114-unit youth homelessness housing model and holistic support framework.
• Depaul UK: Charity supporting people experiencing homelessness and exclusion through accommodation, education and training. Closely mirrors YMCA Bournemouth's combination of supported housing and training/skills pathways.
• St Mungo's: Major UK homelessness charity providing supported housing, rough-sleeper outreach and recovery services across the South of England. Comparable in supported accommodation scale and partnership with health/employment services; St Mungo's is also an existing YMCA Bournemouth referral partner.

Regional players

• Places Leisure: Non-profit leisure operator running local-authority leisure facilities across England with fitness, swimming and community programmes. Comparable operating model to YMCA Bournemouth's facility-based health and wellbeing arm, but anchored in different geographies.

Broad incumbents

• YMCA England & Wales: National federation of which YMCA Bournemouth is a member. Operates brand licensing, shared services and national programmes spanning housing, youth work, health and training - directly comparable service mix at greater scale and geographic reach.
• St John Ambulance: National first-aid training and community health charity offering paid and subsidised training courses (First Aid at Work, Paediatric First Aid, Mental Health First Aid). Comparable to YMCA Bournemouth's fee-based training catalogue that cross-subsidises charitable activities.
• The Prince's Trust: UK youth charity delivering training, employability programmes and personal development for 11-30 year-olds. Comparable to YMCA Bournemouth's Townsend Youth Partnership, Holiday Clubs and youth-focused outcomes.
• Shelter: UK national housing and homelessness charity providing advice, campaigning and supported housing services. Comparable on the housing/homelessness mission though Shelter's primary role is advisory and policy rather than direct accommodation delivery.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/YMCABournemouth
• Facebookfacebook.com/ymcabournemouth
• Instagraminstagram.com/ymcabournemouth
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bournemouth-ymca

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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