THE MASHAMSHIRE COMMUNITY OFFICE

Registered charity 1098666 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To further the interests of residents and businesses in, and visitors to the Mashamshire region of North Yorkshire, to establish and operate a Mashamshire Community Office and to work in liaison with the Police and other authorities to provide information and services for tourists, residents and businesses.

Objects

THE PROMOTION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF URBAN AND RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION (AND IN PARTICULAR MASHAMSHIRE IN NORTH YORKSHIRE) BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTYB) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RE-TRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCEC) THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OR BUSINESS ADVICE OR CONSULTANCY TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN CASES OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE NEED THROUGH HELP IN(I) IN SETTING UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS, OR (II) TO EXISTING BUSINESSES.D) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR THOSE WHO BY THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMICAL CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIESE) THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES AND CHILDCAREF) SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES

Area of benefit: MASHAMSHIRE, NORTH YORKSHIRE

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£193k
Latest spending
£151k
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total net assets of £396,810, comprising £266,317 in tangible fixed assets (primarily a building) and £140,711 in unrestricted funds. The trustees report that reserves policy targets six months of expenditure, and the current unrestricted reserves of £140,711 exceed the stated policy target of £60,000. The charity received an independent examination with no material matters reported.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months budgeted expenditure (held: £141k)
“The policy of MCO is to hold reserves of £60,000 covering six months expenditure plus contractual liabilities.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Mashamshire Community Office (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

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)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £215k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£193k£151k
31/03/2024£283k£105k
31/03/2023£174k£100k
31/03/2022£92k£101k
31/03/2021£95k£79k

Common questions

Is THE MASHAMSHIRE COMMUNITY OFFICE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds total net assets of £396,810, comprising £266,317 in tangible fixed assets (primarily a building) and £140,711 in unrestricted funds. The trustees report that reserves policy targets six months of expenditure, and the current unrestricted reserves of £140,711 exceed the stated policy target of £60,000. The charity received an independent examination with no material matters reported. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund19/10/2012£10k"The Making of Mashamshire: 'Family Business'"