The J L Yearsley Family Foundation

Analysis

The J L Yearsley Family Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bury. It was registered in September 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The J L Yearsley Family Foundation reported income of £49k and spending of £35k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £514k to £49k (-90%), an average of -44% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 3315%. Over the whole period it spent 12% 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 J L Yearsley Family Foundation sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Poor's Allotment (£49k), The Aaron Lewis Foundation (£49k) and The Crantock Surf Lifesaving Club (£49k).