COMMUNITY MATTERS (YORKSHIRE)

Registered charity 1177705 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CMY, COMMUNITY MATTERS

The charity works with communities in Yorkshire to develop sustainable support. It does this by delivering health and wellbeing activities as well as working with parents and children. In addition to this it provides organisation and funding support nationally

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Latest income

£144k

Latest spending

£103k

Registered

2018

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £41,800 for the year ended 31 October 2025, resulting in total net assets increasing to £333,281. The trustees consider there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £42,210, which is below the stated policy target of three months of running costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of running costs and staff redundancies (held: £42k)

“The Trustees have a reserves policy which covers 3 months running costs and staff redundancies.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (14/11/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Elizabeth Alison Sunderland
Linda Northfield
Martin Frank White
Philip Martin Jones
Susan Emma Hutchinson

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/10/2025	£144k	£103k
31/10/2024	£151k	£88k
31/10/2023	£129k	£87k
31/10/2022	£104k	£75k
31/10/2021	£73k	£84k

Common questions

Is COMMUNITY MATTERS (YORKSHIRE) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £41,800 for the year ended 31 October 2025, resulting in total net assets increasing to £333,281. The trustees consider there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £42,210, which is below the stated policy target of three months of running costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds COMMUNITY MATTERS (YORKSHIRE)?

Funders whose own accounts filings name COMMUNITY MATTERS (YORKSHIRE) as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HAMBLEDEN.

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 HAMBLEDEN	FY2024	£1k	Relief and development agencies
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HAMBLEDEN	FY2023	£548	Relief and development agencies

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	19/05/2023	£10k	You've got this
The National Lottery Community Fund	16/09/2022	£210k	Community Wellbeing Champions
UK government	25/09/2020	£6k	Coronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund	20/07/2020	£9k	Step Up
The National Lottery Community Fund	19/03/2020	£42k	Phoenix Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	27/03/2019	£10k	Community Voices