YORK COMMUNITY CHURCH

Registered charity 1143070 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as YCC

The activities include Sunday church services held at The Centre, Burnholme, York and a range of activities during the week held in homes, Cornerstone and other local venues, such as fellowship groups and young peoples activities. We run a local foodbank and offer support to our local community. We help individuals and organisations whose objectives align with our charitable aims.

Objects

1. TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.2. TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT; AND3. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£349k

Latest spending

£348k

Registered

2011

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income exceeded expenditure by £809, resulting in a positive net movement for the year. Free reserves stood at £133,884, which is significantly above the trustees' recommended policy target of £55,000. The charity reports adequate resources to continue in existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies (83% of income)

“voluntary income from giving and donations of £289,420” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: £55,000 (reserves figure: £134k)

“The Trustees have recommended that a free reserve of £55,000 is required to meet the Church’s operating costs, based on its current income levels.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donations from trustees and related parties

“Donations totalling £52,866 (2024: £39,431) were received from trustees and related parties during the year.” — page 17

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.

Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2025

Volunteers: 150
Government income: £5,320 — grants £5,320 (2); 2% of the £348,545 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

Volunteers: 150
Government income: £2,505 — grants £2,505 (2); under 1% of the £279,891 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2023

Volunteers: 125

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

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 07660843

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.

FLATMAN, Stephen David — director, appointed 09/04/2026on trustee list
FERGUSSON, Eliza Jane — director, appointed 27/06/2018on trustee list
MOORE, Nigel Anthony — director, appointed 27/06/2018on trustee list
WILLIS, Patrick — director, appointed 01/01/2015on trustee list
SPEDDING, Benjamin John — director, appointed 02/04/2014on trustee list
CANDLIN, Catherine Hannah — director, appointed 02/12/2013on trustee list
WOOTTEN, Bryan Samuel — director, appointed 07/06/2011on trustee list
THOMSON, Ian David — director, appointed 07/06/2011on trustee list
BRYAN-SMITH, Simon Gwillim — director, appointed 07/06/2011on trustee list

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 £275k. 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

Received assets from another charity (09/12/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (08/04/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

CATHERINE HANNAH CANDLINchair
BRYAN SAMUEL WOOTTEN
Benjamin John Spedding
Elizabeth Jane Fergusson · trustee of 1 other charity
IAN DAVID THOMSON · trustee of 1 other charity
Nigel Anthony Moore
Patrick Willis
SIMON GWILLIM BRYAN-SMITH
Stephen David Flatman

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

Operates in: City Of York

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£349k	£348k
05/04/2024	£280k	£313k
05/04/2023	£250k	£231k
05/04/2022	£388k	£212k
05/04/2021	£185k	£195k

Common questions

Is YORK COMMUNITY CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income exceeded expenditure by £809, resulting in a positive net movement for the year. Free reserves stood at £133,884, which is significantly above the trustees' recommended policy target of £55,000. The charity reports adequate resources to continue in existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds YORK COMMUNITY CHURCH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name YORK COMMUNITY CHURCH as a grant recipient include THE FEOFFEES OF ST MICHAEL'S SPURRIERGATE, YORK.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE FEOFFEES OF ST MICHAEL'S SPURRIERGATE, YORK	FY2024	£3k	Major repairs and reordering project

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
City of York Council	—	£1k	Ward Committee Grant
City of York Council	—	£5k	Hull Road Ward Grant

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE FYRISH FOUNDATION	1	£22k
PADWA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£5k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HAMBLEDEN	1	£2k
PERSONAL ASSURANCE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k
THE AYLSHAM AGRICULTURAL SHOW ASSOCIATION LIMITED	1	£250

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AYLSHAM COMMUNITY CHURCH.

AYLSHAM COMMUNITY CHURCH income £204k
MEADOWHEAD CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP income £461k
NEW COMMUNITY CHURCH S.E. LONDON income £1.1m
BROOKHOUSE COMMUNITY CHURCH income £84k
HOPE COMMUNITY CHURCH (WYMONDHAM) income £416k
COMMUNITY MATTERS (YORKSHIRE) income £144k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
YORK COMMUNITY CHURCH	£349k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
AYLSHAM COMMUNITY CHURCH FY2025	£204k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
MEADOWHEAD CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP FY2025	£461k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
NEW COMMUNITY CHURCH S.E. LONDON FY2025	£1.1m	£60,001 - £70,000	—	above	—	no doubt
BROOKHOUSE COMMUNITY CHURCH FY2025	£84k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HOPE COMMUNITY CHURCH (WYMONDHAM) FY2025	£416k	—	0	below	—	no doubt

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