YORK COMMON GOOD TRUST

Registered charity 503556 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

TO ISSUE LUMP SUM GRANTS MAINLY TO EXISTING CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS WITHIN THE CITY OF YORK, PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT ARE INTRINSIC TO THE CITY, BUT MAY ALSO INCLUDE INDIVIDUALS WORKING IN THE CITY FOR THE BENEFIT OF ITS CITIZENS WHO ARE NOT THEMSELVES REGISTERED AS A CHARITY. GRANTS ARE MADE TO HELP PEOPLE RATHER THAN THE ENVIRONMENT.

Objects

ANY WHOLLY CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH OR DESIGNED TO BENEFIT THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF YORK OR THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF ANY PART OF THE CITY.

Area of benefit: CITY OF YORK OR THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOURHOOD

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,009,674, which the Trustees consider sufficient but not excessive. The charity generated £28,367 in investment income to fund £23,603 in grants and administrative expenses, resulting in a net decrease in cash funds of £20,611 for the year.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Elaine Lesley Phillips
• MICHAEL SESSIONS · trustee of 3 other charities
• MR JAMES ROBERT MORRELL · trustee of 1 other charity
• MR JOHN STUART ROBERTS
• MS LINDA ANNE LANGFORD
• MS SUSAN JANE JERDEN-COOKE
• Martin Liam Nelson Mr · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: City Of York

Income and spending

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