YORK CITY KNIGHTS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1112571 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · filing overdue (register status)

Promote the health, education and community participation of people in the community including teachers. Provide and assist with sports facilities for persons who have need for such facilities by reason of youth, age, infirmity or disablement, poverty and social welfare

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE "OBJECTS") ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY AND, IN PARTICULAR THE INHABITANTS OF YORK AND NORTH YORKSHIRE AND THEIR SURROUNDING AREAS:A. TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF RUGBY LEAGUE AND OTHER HEALTHY SPORTS ("FACILITIES" IN THIS CLAUSE MEANS LAND, BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT AND ORGANISING SPORTING ACTIVITIES).B. TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR SPORT, RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF SUCH PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED FOR SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF THE IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; ANDC. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF CHARITY.D. PROTECTING AND PRESERVING THE HEALTH OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN SUCH CHARITABLE WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT.E. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF TEACHERS WHO ORGANISE AND SUPERVISE PLAYING OR COACHING RUGBY LEAGUE AND OTHER SUCH GAMES OR SPORTS BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF COURSES, LECTURES AND DEMONSTRATIONS.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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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Registered contact address: York, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £379 for the year, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £261,387. The Trustees confirm that free reserves are well in excess of their stated policy target of £50,500, representing approximately three months of expenditure. The Trustees also express a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the next 12 months.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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.

• 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 4 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 30/11/2023 (received 02/09/2025, 337 days after the 30/09/2024 due date); year ending 30/11/2022 (received 22/01/2024, 114 days after the 30/09/2023 due date); year ending 30/11/2021 (received 14/09/2023, 349 days after the 30/09/2022 due date).

1 further annual return is past its due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Clinton Robert Goodchild
• John William Stearman

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

Operates in: 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 SHEFFIELD CITY KNIGHTS PROJECT.

• SHEFFIELD CITY KNIGHTS PROJECT income £91k
• YORK CITY GYMNASTICS FOUNDATION income £608k
• CITY YEAR UK income £1.7m
• YORK CITY CHURCH income £489k
• YORK CARES income £326k
• YORK CIVIC TRUST income £500k

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