The Yorkshire Historic Churches Trust

Analysis

The Yorkshire Historic Churches Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in October 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Yorkshire Historic Churches Trust reported income of £145k and spending of £210k, spending 144% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £119k to £145k (+23%), an average of +5.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 95%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Yorkshire Historic Churches Trust sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research (£145k), Alan Baxter Foundation (£145k) and Throckley Community Hall Limited (£145k).