YELLOW SCARF CIO

Registered charity 1190615 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as YELLOW SCARF CIC

Categories of support given:- Substances abuses- Behaviour abuses - Mental health awareness- Social, economical, cultular, exclusion- Promoting social, economical, cultural, integration- Homelessness gidence- Promotion heathy lifestyle

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£270k
Latest spending
£299k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £29,112 for the year ended 31 July 2025, driven by rising professional fees and maintenance costs. Despite this deficit, the charity holds total net assets of £27,192, comprising £6,612 in unrestricted reserves and £20,580 in restricted reserves. The trustees confirm that these reserves are sufficient to sustain operations into the next financial year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grants (81% of income)
“Total Income: £269,716 of which: Grants £217,284; Donations £52,423; Other income £9.90”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Yellow Scarf Support CIC is listed as a Trustee and the charity reports a partnership with it for therapy services. However, no specific transaction amount between the CIO and the CIC is disclosed in the financial statements.
“Therapy and Counselling through Yellow Scarf Support CIC: The ongoing collaboration with Yellow Scarf Support has enabled the expansion of affordable, high-quality therapy delivered by accredited professionals.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire · Herefordshire · Worcestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£270k£299k
31/07/2024£220k£178k
31/07/2023£142k£139k
31/07/2022£93k£93k
31/07/2021£68k£58k

Common questions

Is YELLOW SCARF CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £29,112 for the year ended 31 July 2025, driven by rising professional fees and maintenance costs. Despite this deficit, the charity holds total net assets of £27,192, comprising £6,612 in unrestricted reserves and £20,580 in restricted reserves. The trustees confirm that these reserves are sufficient to sustain operations into the next financial year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds YELLOW SCARF CIO?

Funders whose own accounts filings name YELLOW SCARF CIO as a grant recipient include GAMBLEAWARE, JOHN MARTIN'S CHARITY.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
GAMBLEAWAREFY2024£120kTreatment
GAMBLEAWAREFY2025£100kTreatment
JOHN MARTIN'S CHARITYFY2025£13kRelief in need
JOHN MARTIN'S CHARITYFY2023£11kRelief in need
JOHN MARTIN'S CHARITYFY2026£8kRelief in need

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund18/07/2025£19kCrisis Community Intervention
Postcode Lottery28/06/2024£24kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund02/02/2024£20kMigrant Mental Health Community Support
The National Lottery Community Fund25/11/2022£339kYellow CAT 2
The National Lottery Community Fund15/07/2022£10kBegin Today To Create Tomorrow
The National Lottery Community Fund28/04/2022£20kYellow Scarf Worcestershire Ukrainian Support
The National Lottery Community Fund20/08/2021£10kDiscover Yourself Today

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with YSS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
YELLOW SCARF CIO£270k—0unclear—no doubt
YSS FY2025£1.0m—0unclear—noted
HULL AND EAST YORKSHIRE MIND FY2025£8.5m—0above—no doubt
CYMDEITHAS GOFAL THE CARE SOCIETY FY2025£1.5m—0unclear—no doubt
3.13 FY2025£1.4m£80,001 - £90,000—below—no doubt
CITY & HACKNEY CARERS CENTRE FY2025£275k—0within—no doubt

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