YELABUS ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1153996 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as YELABUS

Provides a minibus community transport service for members

Causes: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£67k

Latest spending

£49k

Registered

2013

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £17,523 for the year ended 30 April 2025, bringing unrestricted reserves to £204,004. The trustees confirm that these reserves are sufficient to maintain operations until at least 30 April 2026, even if grant funding were lost. The financial review notes that while maintenance costs increased, the level of surplus is exceptional and is not anticipated to be repeated in the following year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: minimum of £75,000 (held: £204k)

“minimum of £75,000 (equivalent to a year’s operating costs, closure costs and similar) determined by the Trustees”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — YELABUS (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).

Hart Lottery — “We are also registered beneficiaries for the Hart Lottery .” (source page)

Register events

Received assets from another charity (09/09/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Gregory Richard Easterbrook
James Patrick Callaghan
Jason Woodger
KEVIN RICHARD WHITBREAD
MAUREEN AYRES
Paul Dennis Champney
William Bartholomew Hill

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

Operates in: Bracknell Forest · Hampshire · Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/04/2025	£67k	£49k
30/04/2024	£49k	£50k
30/04/2023	£48k	£40k
30/04/2022	£45k	£46k
30/04/2021	£36k	£39k

Common questions

Is YELABUS ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £17,523 for the year ended 30 April 2025, bringing unrestricted reserves to £204,004. The trustees confirm that these reserves are sufficient to maintain operations until at least 30 April 2026, even if grant funding were lost. The financial review notes that while maintenance costs increased, the level of surplus is exceptional and is not anticipated to be repeated in the following year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds YELABUS ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name YELABUS ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETERS YATELEY.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETERS YATELEY	FY2025	£1k	Missions and grants (Business mission allocation)

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	01/04/2020	£530	Bus Service Operators Grant Eng Comm Transport 20/21
UK government	01/04/2020	£497	Bus Service Operators Grant Eng Comm Transport 20/21
The National Lottery Community Fund	03/10/2019	£10k	New Minibus Purchase