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YORKSHIRE MESMAC

Registered charity 1040407 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Yorkshire MESMAC is a health organisation providing sexual and mental health promotion and support for most at risk populations and those living with HIV. We also work with LGBT communities around related health and social inequalities.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.5m
Latest spending
£1.4m
Registered
1994
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £30,479 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted net income increasing to £117,725. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds free reserves of £2,100,050, which significantly exceeds its stated policy target of three months of budgeted expenditure.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“One employee has employee benefits between £60,000 and £70,000 (2024: One in excess of £60,000).” — page 40
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“One employee has employee benefits between £60,000 and £70,000” — page 40
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of budgeted expenditure (held: £2.1m)
“Based on this our policy is to aim to maintain at minimum three months of budgeted expenditure as net current assets in reserves” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Yorkshire MESMAC Trading Ltd
“The Charitable company owns UK subsidiary company Yorkshire MESMAC Trading Ltd.” — page 43
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Slade & Cooper Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

YORKSHIRE MESMAC TRADING LTD — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Turnover: £8.8m
  • Profit before tax: £-1.3m
  • Debtors include £1,736,000 owed by group undertakings.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £131k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Yorkshire MESMAC — Deregistered, 1 registered location, last inspected 29/05/2012.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£1.5m
Total spending
£1.4m
Cost of raising funds
£905
Reserves (reported)
£1.1m
Employees
33

Reported reserves equal ~9.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.5m£1.4m
31/03/2024£1.4m£1.4m
31/03/2023£1.5m£1.4m
31/03/2022£1.5m£1.5m
31/03/2021£1.8m£1.5m

Common questions

Is YORKSHIRE MESMAC financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £30,479 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted net income increasing to £117,725. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds free reserves of £2,100,050, which significantly exceeds its stated policy target of three months of budgeted expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Slade & Cooper Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of YORKSHIRE MESMAC earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund22/01/2026£316kYorkshire Queer Minds
The National Lottery Community Fund27/01/2023£10kCreative Voices
The National Lottery Heritage Fund08/12/2016£386k"Queer Stories (Yorkshire): LGBTQ+ Social History Project"
The National Lottery Community Fund12/08/2015£350kTime 2...
The National Lottery Community Fund29/07/2015£865Bradford African Women Health Awareness
The National Lottery Community Fund02/07/2009£5kOur Allotment
City of York Council—£720Youth Service grant

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE REED FOUNDATION1—
GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION1£200k
The Leathersellers' Foundation1£50k
THE VIRGIN MONEY FOUNDATION1£40k
THE J F BRIGNALL CHARITABLE TRUST1£32k
THE GREIG TRUST1£27k
THE MAURICE AND HILDA LAING CHARITABLE TRUST1£20k
CRH CHARITABLE TRUST1£18k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MANCHESTER ACTION ON STREET HEALTH.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
YORKSHIRE MESMAC£1.5m£60,001 - £70,0001above—no doubt
MANCHESTER ACTION ON STREET HEALTH FY2025£1.5m—0within—no doubt
YORKSHIRE CHILDREN'S CHARITY FY2023£2.4m—0above52.7%no doubt
YMCA DERBYSHIRE FY2024£7.2m£90,000 - £100,0002unclear7.2%no doubt
COMMUNITY MATTERS (YORKSHIRE) FY2025£144k—0unclear—no doubt
YMCA LONDON CITY AND NORTH FY2025£9.5m£103,490—below—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.