Fareshare Yorkshire Limited

Analysis

Fareshare Yorkshire Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Barnsley. It was registered in May 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03680184). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Fareshare Yorkshire Limited reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.3m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £1.3m (+18%), an average of +4.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Fareshare Yorkshire Limited sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Aston - Mansfield (£1.3m), The Kalgidhar Trust (£1.3m) and University of Sunderland Students' Union (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 83% and donations and legacies 17%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £128k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 22 people.