Yorchestra Trust

Analysis

Yorchestra Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in February 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to individuals and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Yorchestra Trust reported income of £37k and spending of £36k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £15k to £37k (+146%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 78%. Over the whole period it spent 90% 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, Yorchestra Trust sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Woodham Village Community Association (£37k), Richmondshire Museum (£37k) and Clybiau Ffermwyr Ifanc Meirionnydd (£37k).