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YORKSHIRE WATER COMMUNITY TRUST

Registered charity 1047923 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Set up to deal with the Relief of Poverty, by way of making payment against outstanding water bills.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.3m
Latest spending
£1.3m
Registered
1995
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves were £15,354, which is in line with the trustees' policy to maintain a minimum level of approximately £5,000. The charity reported a surplus of £5,640 for the year, funded entirely by donations from Kelda Group, with no external fundraising undertaken.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Kelda Group (100% of income)
“The principal funding source for the Trust is Kelda Group” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: approximately £5,000 (held: £15k)
“The minimum level is approximately £5,000 (2024: £5,000) and is used to meet short term financing needs. This is unrestricted and available to be applied for the general purpose of the charity.” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Nicola Browne is a Trustee and is employed by Kelda Holdings Limited, the group that provides funding and staff services to the Trust.
“Of the Trustees, Nicola Browne is also employed by the Kelda Holdings Limited group of companies.” — page 10
“All resources are funded by Kelda Group Limited (Kelda Group) and work within a Service Level Agreement for the Trust.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Support costs and staff resources are provided by Kelda Group, a related party, with costs reimbursed/donated.
“Of the Trustees, Nicola Browne is also employed by the Kelda Holdings Limited group of companies.” — page 10
“All resources are funded by Kelda Group Limited (Kelda Group) and work within a Service Level Agreement for the Trust.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income
£1.3m
Total spending
£1.3m
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 0.0% 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: Barnsley · Bradford City · Calderdale · City Of Wakefield · Doncaster · East Riding Of Yorkshire · Kirklees · Leeds City · North Yorkshire · Rotherham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.3m£1.3m
31/03/2024£1.3m£1.3m
31/03/2023£1.2m£1.2m
31/03/2022£950k£951k
31/03/2021£895k£894k

Common questions

Is YORKSHIRE WATER COMMUNITY TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves were £15,354, which is in line with the trustees' policy to maintain a minimum level of approximately £5,000. The charity reported a surplus of £5,640 for the year, funded entirely by donations from Kelda Group, with no external fundraising undertaken. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services Limited.

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 JUSACA CHARITABLE TRUST1£170k
THE WIGHT AID FOUNDATION1£12k
THE RANDAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£12k
BNA CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION1£5k
THE NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUST1£4k
M J CAMP CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE WATER CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
YORKSHIRE WATER COMMUNITY TRUST£1.3m—0above—no doubt
THE SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE WATER CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£240k—0unclear—no doubt
UNITED UTILITIES TRUST FUND FY2025£3.5m—0unclear—no doubt
WATERSIDE COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025£773k—0below1.6%no doubt
THE CHESTERFIELD CANAL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£1.0m—0above—no doubt
FAIRY WATER TRUST FY2025£239k—0unclear—no doubt

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