MASON YARDLEY TRUST

Registered charity 1179890 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MY Trust, SIR JOSIAH MASON TRUST

We are a family of charities & community of people supporting those most in need in the West Midlands. We want everyone, regardless of age or circumstances, to feel secure, have opportunities and to thrive. We do this by providing social care services to people in need, services to advance the opportunities of children and young people & safe, affordable and well-maintained alms-housing.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £457,738 and a total deficit for the year of £451,202, driven by the closure of Alexandra House and an exceptional provision for rent overcharging. Despite the deficit, the trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern and holds unrestricted revenue reserves of £5,227,674.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Dains Audit Ltd. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Top pay band moved from £85,306 (FY2024) to £89,572 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 11416213

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.

• TEAROE, Tammy Elizabeth, Reverend — director, appointed 01/04/2026on trustee list
• BEGUM, Rajna — director, appointed 01/04/2026on trustee list
• BOUMENJEL, Nejib, Reverend — director, appointed 01/04/2026on trustee list
• CROWE, Toby Nicholas, Rev — director, appointed 01/04/2026on trustee list
• FIFIELD, Edward Grant — director, appointed 01/04/2026on trustee list
• GASTON, Lydia, Reverend — director, appointed 01/04/2026on trustee list
• HARRIES, Deborah, Councillor — director, appointed 01/04/2026on trustee list
• JOSHI, Tanvi — director, appointed 16/01/2024on trustee list
• CHIU, Rachel — director, appointed 16/01/2024on trustee list
• CHAMPENERI, Hitesh — director, appointed 16/01/2024not on trustee list
• CHUMBER, Kallum — director, appointed 29/12/2022on trustee list
• BALBUENA, Alethea Cassandra — director, appointed 18/12/2020on trustee list
• RUTLEDGE, Edward James — director, appointed 20/09/2019on trustee list
• MEESON, Kenneth Ian — director, appointed 14/06/2018on trustee list
• PYKE, Jonathan David — director, appointed 14/06/2018on trustee list
• MOORE, Gareth Raymond — director, appointed 14/06/2018on trustee list
• HEALEY, David Bruce — secretary, appointed 14/06/2018

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

12 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (11 freehold); recorded price paid £416k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~33.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (91% 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: 1.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alethea Cassandra Balbuena
• CLLR KENNETH IAN MEESON
• Edward Grant Fifield
• Edward James Rutledge
• GARETH RAYMOND MOORE
• Hitesh Champaneri
• Kallum Chumber
• Paul Calvin Tilsley
• RACHEL CHIU · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Lydia Madelaine Gaston
• Rev Nejib Boumenjel · trustee of 3 other charities
• Rev Tammy Elizabeth Tearoe · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev Toby Nicholas Crowe
• Tanvi Joshi · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE YARDLEY GREAT TRUST GROUP.

• THE YARDLEY GREAT TRUST GROUP income £4.4m
• THE MASON TRUST income £111k
• MASONIC CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £90.8m
• MARSDEN COMMUNITY TRUST LTD income £201k
• Westfield House (Care) Ltd income £2.4m
• WEST RIDING MASONIC CHARITIES LIMITED income £764k

Side by side with its peers

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