THE SOCIETY OF YORKSHIRE BRETHREN

Registered charity 511025 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as YORKSHIRE BRETHREN

Assistance of the Society's members through grants, to offer them support in serious necessitous circumstances.

Objects

THE ASSISTANCE OF SUCH OF ITS MEMBERS WHO THROUGH SICKNESS, INFIRMITY OR OLD AGE ARE UNABLE TO SUPPORT THEMSELVES AND ARE IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES (N.B. MEMBERSHIP IS LIMITED TO ROMAN CATHOLIC SECULAR PRIESTS SERVING IN A YORKSHIRE DIOCESE.

Area of benefit: THE GEOGRAPHICAL COUNTY OF YORKSHIRE AND CITY OF YORK

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £234,502 significantly exceed the trustees' stated policy target of £31,601 to £63,203. The charity reports a net income increase and maintains adequate resources to continue operations, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its going concern status.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• REV P HARTNETTchair
• Canon David Grant
• Canon Michael McCreadie
• Canon Timothy Wiley
• Rev Anthony Wilson
• Rev Craig Elliott
• Rev Martin Kelly

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE YORKSHIRE REVIVAL FELLOWSHIP.

• THE YORKSHIRE REVIVAL FELLOWSHIP income £142k
• COVENTRY GOSPEL HALL TRUST income £367k
• YORK RI income £564k
• THE YAKAR EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION income £111k
• CENTRAL YORKSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £431k
• ORDER OF THE COMPANY OF MARY OUR LADY CIO income £424k

Side by side with its peers

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