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YORK CHILDREN'S TRUST

Registered charity 222279 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Grants must benefit/enhance the lives of children and young people under 25 living within a 20 mile radius of the centre of York. Applications are considered for educational, social and medical assistance where no stautory funding is available. Grants are awarded to children's/ young people's groups based in and around York but not to national organisations and charities without a clear York link.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£107k
Latest spending
£130k
Registered
1976
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £97,224, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining reserves equivalent to twelve months' expenditure. The trustees consider liquidity not to be a current issue and report adequate resources for the foreseeable future, despite noting global economic uncertainties affecting investment income.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: twelve month’s expenditure (held: £97k)
“It is the policy of the trust that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to twelve month’s expenditure.” — page 5
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: City of York Council receives continuous funding for various children's schemes.
“The trust has no relationships with third parties, although City of York Council receives continuous funding for various children's schemes.” — page 6
Per its FY2024 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: City Of York

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£107k£130k
31/12/2023£112k£129k
31/12/2022£106k£112k
31/12/2021£109k£105k
31/12/2020£88k£83k

Common questions

Is YORK CHILDREN'S TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £97,224, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining reserves equivalent to twelve months' expenditure. The trustees consider liquidity not to be a current issue and report adequate resources for the foreseeable future, despite noting global economic uncertainties affecting investment income. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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 J F BRIGNALL CHARITABLE TRUST1£32k
THE COMPANY OF MERCHANT TAYLORS OF THE CITY OF YORK1£15k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LAURENCE, NORTHFIELD BIRMINGHAM1£12k
TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION1£6k
THE GEOFF & FIONA SQUIRE FOUNDATION1£5k
THE SYLVIA AND COLIN SHEPHERD CHARITABLE TRUST1£5k
The Cranswick Charitable Trust1£5k
MAY HEARNSHAW CHARITABLE TRUST1£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with YORK MUSIC HUB.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
YORK CHILDREN'S TRUST£107k—0unclear—no doubt
YORK MUSIC HUB FY2025£338k—0above—no doubt
YORKSHIRE CHILDREN'S CHARITY FY2023£2.4m—0above52.7%no doubt
THE GRANTHAM YORKE TRUST FY2025£283k—0unclear—no doubt
YORK CHILDCARE LTD FY2025£1.7m—0below—no doubt
THE YAPP CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£160k—0unclear—no doubt

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