Mason Yardley Trust

Analysis

Mason Yardley Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in September 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 11416213). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Mason Yardley Trust reported income of £3.2m and spending of £4.1m, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £3.3m to £3.2m (-4.5%), an average of -1.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Mason Yardley Trust sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% 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 Manchester Youth Zone Limited (£3.2m), Dover Sholem Community Trust (£3.2m) and Swansea C V S (£3.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 91% and investments 8.5%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £3,924. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.9%. Reserves of £11.3m would cover about 33 months of spending at that rate. It employed 56 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.