Yorkshire Proficiency Test Committee

Analysis

Yorkshire Proficiency Test Committee is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in December 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. It says it makes grants to individuals and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Yorkshire Proficiency Test Committee reported income of £113k and spending of £129k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £177k to £113k (-36%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income dropped by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Yorkshire Proficiency Test Committee sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Acorn Children's Club (£112k), Christ Church Armley Community Projects Ltd (£113k) and Edlington Community Organisation (£111k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.