# YHA (ENGLAND AND WALES)

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 306122
- **Other names:** YHA (ENGLAND AND WALES) LIMITED, YOUTH HOSTEL TRUST OF ENGLAND AND WALES, Y H A
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Aug. 13, 1963
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=306122


## Contact

- **Address:** YHA (England and Wales), Trevelyan House, MATLOCK
- **Postcode:** DE4 3YH
- **Phone:** 01629 592700
- **Email:** customerservices@yha.org.uk
- **Website:** www.yha.org.uk



## Activities

**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.

**Activities:** 'TO HELP ALL, ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE OF LIMITED MEANS, TO A GREATER KNOWLEDGE, LOVE AND CARE OF THE COUNTRYSIDE, AND APPRECIATION OF THE CULTUAL 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.'

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Accommodation/housing, Amateur Sport, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. 28, 2025 | £66109000 | £65612000 | £12011000 | 1110 |
| Feb. 29, 2024 | £61186310 | £64223730 | £12282000 | 1164 |
| Feb. 28, 2023 | £56908000 | £59480000 | £16808000 | 1088 |
| Feb. 28, 2022 | £35561000 | £44897000 | £19814000 | 825 |
| Feb. 28, 2021 | £26263000 | £40625000 | £26171000 | 977 |



## Trustees

- **Margaret Helen Hart** (Chair) — appointed July 9, 2016
- Barney Christopher Brown — appointed Nov. 8, 2025
- CLARE ELIZABETH HELEN FORDHAM — appointed Nov. 7, 2020
- Clare Louise Parsons — appointed Nov. 4, 2023
- Darren Richard Barker — appointed Nov. 13, 2021
- Graham Turnock — appointed July 11, 2015
- James Redfearn — appointed Nov. 9, 2024
- Kathryn Louise Morgan — appointed Nov. 8, 2025
- MX SARAH CLAIRE BREWIN — appointed Nov. 9, 2024
- Nisbah Noseef Hussain — appointed Nov. 9, 2025
- Paula Newton — appointed Nov. 4, 2023
- Reena O'Neill — appointed Nov. 8, 2025
- Robert Andrew Varley — appointed June 29, 2019
- Sarah Lusty — appointed Nov. 5, 2022
- Simon Gareth Reeve — appointed June 30, 2018