YORK RI

Registered charity 1165513 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as YORK RAILWAY INSTITUTE

Provision of Sport and Leisure facilities.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF YORK RI ARE AS FOLLOWS:-1)THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR PLAYING PARTICULAR SPORTS WITHIN THE AREA OF YORK;2)THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ARTS OF DRAMA, MIME, DANCE, MUSIC, PAINTING AND SCULPTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY, CINEMA, LITERATURE AND POETRY AND TO IMPROVE THE GENERAL STANDARD OF DRAMATIC PRODUCTIONS IN YORK AND ELSEWHERE; AND3)TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: WITHIN THE AREA OF YORK

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £29,962 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £543,906. This reserve level is significantly above the trustees' stated policy target of £134,000, which represents three months of running costs. The charity holds no debt and maintains sufficient cash reserves to meet immediate requirements.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~12.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (77% 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: 10.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• SEAN HESLOPchair
• Alistair Gourlay
• Bob Doyle
• Dermot Heslop
• Granville Miller
• Heather Robertson

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

Operates in: City Of York

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CENTRAL YORKSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL.

• CENTRAL YORKSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £431k
• YORK CARES income £326k
• THE LONDON AND MIDDLESEX RIFLE ASSOCIATION income £170k
• Q YORK income £108k
• ROYAL NAVY WINTER SPORTS ASSOCIATION income £700k
• YORKSHIRE COMMUNITY AND LEISURE COMPLEX LIMITED income £363k

Side by side with its peers

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