Yorkshire Gardens Trust

Analysis

Yorkshire Gardens Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in February 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 32563311). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Yorkshire Gardens Trust reported income of £15k and spending of £17k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £14k to £15k (+8.3%), an average of +2.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Yorkshire Gardens Trust sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brighton Chamber Choir (£15k), Bampton Village Hall (£15k) and Cross Ash Village Hall (£15k).

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.