The Yardley Great Trust Group

Analysis

The Yardley Great Trust Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in May 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation/housing and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04425107). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Yardley Great Trust Group reported income of £4.4m and spending of £4.4m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2020 to March 2025, income fell from £5.7m to £4.4m (-23%), an average of -6.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Yardley Great Trust Group sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Carers' Resource (£4.4m), The E P a Cephalosporin Fund (£4.4m) and Communities First Wessex (£4.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95% and investments 3.7%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.9%. Reserves of £5.3m would cover about 14 months of spending at that rate. It employed 85 people.

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.