CUMBRIA YOGA FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1189433 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote and protect physical and mental health by the provision of instruction and classes in the practice principle and methods of yoga; and the provision and assistance of provision of facilities for community participation in yoga in Cumbria

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH BY - THE PROVISION OF INSTRUCTION AND CLASSES IN THE PRACTICE PRINCIPLE AND METHODS OF YOGA; AND - THE PROVISION AND ASSISTANCE OF PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN YOGA

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cumberland, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with total net assets of £37,833.90 and a net surplus of £33,929.95, reflecting strong growth in income and controlled expenditure. While the charity maintains a stable cash position, it holds limited unrestricted reserves and faces risks related to dependence on grant funding. The trustees have identified the growth of unrestricted income as a strategic priority to strengthen organisational resilience.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

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

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2022 (received 20/02/2023, 15 days after the 05/02/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• National Lottery Community Fund — “National Lottery Community Fund Funder” (source page)
• Cumbria Community Foundation — “Cumbria Community Foundation Funder” (source page)
• North Cumbria Integrated Care — “North Cumbria Integrated Care Funder” (source page)
• Coop Local Causes — “Coop Local Causes Funder” (source page)
• Cumberland Council — “Cumberland Council Funder” (source page)
• Westmorland and Furness Council — “Westmorland and Furness Council Funder” (source page)
• Active Cumbria — “Active Cumbria Funder” (source page)
• Reconditioning Fund — “Reconditioning Fund Funder” (source page)
• Hadfield Trust — “Hadfield Trust Funder” (source page)
• Workington Town Council — “Workington Town Council Funder” (source page)
• Maryport Town Council — “Maryport Town Council Funder” (source page)
• Kendal Calling — “Kendal Calling Funder” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anne-Marie Bainbridge · trustee of 3 other charities
• Emily Claire Hoyle
• Kathleen Houston
• Katy Jane Higgins

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KRIYA YOGA UK.

• KRIYA YOGA UK income £88k
• THE YOGA HEALING FOUNDATION income £374k
• THE TRADITIONAL YOGA ASSOCIATION income £46k
• LUMI FOUNDATION income £135k
• TEEN YOGA FOUNDATION income £57k
• MAHADEVI YOGA CENTRE income £138k

Side by side with its peers

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