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YORKSHIRE CHILDREN'S CHARITY

Registered charity 1196738 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as YCC

Yorkshire Children's Charity launched at the start of 2022 with the sole mission of being a needs led charity, exisiting solely to help the children who need us whether they are at a disadvantage due to disability, ill health, or financial circumstance. Based in Leeds but covering Yorkshire.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.4m
Latest spending
£2.2m
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2023

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated incoming resources of £1,177,255 but incurred total expenditure of £1,195,840, resulting in a small deficit of £18,585 for the year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £321,542, which the trustees confirm more than covers their stated policy target of three months of operating and administrative costs.

Automated summary of the FY2023 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies (50% of income)
“Donations received totalled £592,146 which was primarily raised at Fundraising events which generated other income of £585,109.”
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Fundraising cost ratio: 52.7% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“The charity also incurred fundraising expenditure of £620,271 in the period.”
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of forecast operating and administrative costs (held: £322k)
“in year two, they took the decision to reduce this to 3 months of reserves as they didn’t feel comfortable being sat on so muchmoney, when there is such a need for help.”
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: A trustee personally paid for fundraising costs in exchange for tickets.
“During the period a trustee paid for fundraising costs totalling £nil (2022: £7,000) personally in exchange for tickets to a fundraising event. Also during the period a company controlled by a trustee paid for fundraising costs totalling Enil (2022: £22,000) in exchange for tickets to a fundraising event and sponsorship of another event.” — page 49
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Haigh & Co. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Yorkshire Children's Charity (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£2.4m
Total spending
£2.2m
Cost of raising funds
£1.2m
Reserves (reported)
£369k
Employees
11

Reported reserves equal ~2.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (53% 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: 51.7% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£2.4m£2.2m
31/12/2023£1.2m£1.2m
31/12/2022£2.7m£2.2m

Common questions

Is YORKSHIRE CHILDREN'S CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2023 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated incoming resources of £1,177,255 but incurred total expenditure of £1,195,840, resulting in a small deficit of £18,585 for the year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £321,542, which the trustees confirm more than covers their stated policy target of three months of operating and administrative costs. Its FY2023 accounts were audited by Haigh & Co.

Who funds YORKSHIRE CHILDREN'S CHARITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name YORKSHIRE CHILDREN'S CHARITY as a grant recipient include THE J F BRIGNALL CHARITABLE TRUST, THE GEOFF & FIONA SQUIRE FOUNDATION, MAY HEARNSHAW CHARITABLE TRUST, The Cranswick Charitable Trust, THE EARL FITZWILLIAM CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE J F BRIGNALL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£20kCommunity Grants
THE J F BRIGNALL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£12k
THE GEOFF & FIONA SQUIRE FOUNDATIONFY2025£5k
MAY HEARNSHAW CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£4kRelief of poverty and sickness
The Cranswick Charitable TrustFY2024£3kSupporting Young People
THE EARL FITZWILLIAM CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3k
The Cranswick Charitable TrustFY2025£2kOther Community Projects
YORKSHIRE PROPERTY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£500Support for children and young people

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE COMPANY OF MERCHANT TAYLORS OF THE CITY OF YORK1£15k
TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION1£6k
THE SYLVIA AND COLIN SHEPHERD CHARITABLE TRUST1£5k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HAMBLEDEN1£2k
THE YORK EARLY MUSIC FOUNDATION1£1k
THE CHARITY OF JANE WRIGHT1£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE YORKSHIRE YOUNG ACHIEVERS FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
YORKSHIRE CHILDREN'S CHARITY£2.4m—0above52.7%no doubt
THE YORKSHIRE YOUNG ACHIEVERS FOUNDATION FY2025£115k—0unclear—no doubt
YORK CHILDCARE LTD FY2025£1.7m—0below—no doubt
YORK CARES FY2025£326k£17,9960unclear—no doubt
YORK CHILDREN'S TRUST FY2024£107k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ROYAL YORKSHIRE REGIMENT BENEVOLENT TRUST FY2025£184k—0unclear—no doubt

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