The Royal Yorkshire Regiment Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Royal Yorkshire Regiment Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Yorkshire. It was registered in June 2006, 20 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, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Royal Yorkshire Regiment Charitable Trust reported income of £235k and spending of £338k, spending 144% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £191k to £235k (+23%), an average of +5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 120% 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 Royal Yorkshire Regiment Charitable Trust sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dayspring Chapel Ministries (£235k), Bliss Family Charity (£235k) and Calvary Ministries Worldwide (£235k).

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.