YORKSHIRE BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1069082 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

A channel for charitable giving of Yorkshire Building Society ('YBS'). Its priority area is the prevention or relief of poverty. It makes donations for a specific purpose/item to registered charities, recommended by members and colleagues, who support beneficiaries such as children, the seriously ill, the elderly, the homeless and the disabled in the UK.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Charity reported a deficit of £119,017 for the year ended 31 December 2025, primarily due to planned spending on the Building Bradford Skills Fund. Despite this deficit, the Charity maintained unrestricted reserves of £439,041, which the Trustees confirm remain in line with their stated policy of holding a minimum of £10,000. The Trustees and auditors both confirm that the Charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern for at least twelve months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Yorkshire Building Society — “The funding was made possible thanks to a donation from Yorkshire Building Society.” (source page)
• Yorkshire Building Society members and colleagues — “The Society’s members and colleagues fund the Charitable Foundation’s Small Change Big Difference® (SCBD) Fund through the Society’s SCBD® s…” (source page)

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~6.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Erin Colette Grinion Fuller
• Laura Newton
• Linzi Morgan
• Neil Irving · trustee of 2 other charities
• Polly Samantha Conner

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LEEDS BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

• LEEDS BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £534k
• THE YORKSHIRE YOUNG ACHIEVERS FOUNDATION income £115k
• YORKSHIRE CHILDREN'S CHARITY income £2.4m
• THE ROYAL YORKSHIRE REGIMENT CHARITABLE TRUST income £235k
• WEST BROMWICH BUILDING SOCIETY FOUNDATION income £354k
• COVENTRY BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £908k

Side by side with its peers

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