THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH (YORKSHIRE PROVINCE) TRUST LTD

Registered charity 1068103 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Association exists to support the United Reformed Churches of the Yorkshire Synod in their search to obey the will of Christ in their witness to the world. The main objective of the Association is to provide resources, funded by the Association's assets, to enable the churches to do this.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION AND PROPAGATE THE GOSPEL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINES PRINCIPLES AND USAGES OF THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH WITH PARTICULAR RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE YORKSHIRE PROVINCE OF THAT CHURCH

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £655,238 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £301,651. The trustees confirm that assets are available and adequate to meet future obligations, and the auditors found no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by SMH Jolliffe Cork Audit Ltd. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01562723

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.

• MICKLEM, Alison Curwen, Rev — director, appointed 20/05/2025on trustee list
• JUSTHAM, Gordon — director, appointed 21/05/2024on trustee list
• KISSACK, Jamie, Rev — director, appointed 15/09/2020on trustee list
• COPLEY, Simon Keith, Revd — director, appointed 01/01/2020on trustee list
• CHARLESWORTH, Justin — director, appointed 20/05/2015on trustee list
• CRAWSHAW, Rachel Suzanne — secretary, appointed 01/04/2025

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold); recorded price paid £560k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (72% 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: 5.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Gordon Justham · trustee of 2 other charities
• JUSTIN MARK CHARLESWORTH · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Alison Micklem · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Jamie KIssack · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Simon Keith Copley · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH ( NORTHERN PROVINCE) TRUST LTD..

• THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH ( NORTHERN PROVINCE) TRUST LTD. income £2.0m
• THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH (EASTERN PROVINCE) TRUST income £3.9m
• THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH (SOUTH WESTERN SYNOD) INCORPORATED income £9.0m
• THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH (SOUTHERN SYNOD) TRUST LIMITED income £7.4m
• CROSSWAY UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY income £264k
• THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH (NORTH WESTERN PROVINCE) TRUST LIMITED income £1.6m

Side by side with its peers

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