Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation

Analysis

Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bradford. It was registered in April 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03545437). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation reported income of £665k and spending of £784k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £407k to £665k (+64%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 186%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Viznitz Institutions Trust (£664k), Home-Start Kirklees (£665k) and The Crescent Pre School Nursery Ltd (£662k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £439k would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate.