Yorkshire Sport Foundation

Analysis

Yorkshire Sport Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in September 2011, 15 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 company (Companies House number 07633990). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Yorkshire Sport Foundation reported income of £2.4m and spending of £2.3m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £2.6m to £2.4m (-7.4%), an average of -1.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Yorkshire Sport Foundation 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 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals Health Charity (£2.4m), The Biswas Foundation (£2.4m) and Holbeach and East Elloe Hospital Trust (£2.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 89%, charitable activities 9.0% and investments 1.8%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £935k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 35 people.