York City Charities

Analysis

York City Charities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in February 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, York City Charities reported income of £339k and spending of £408k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £276k to £339k (+23%), an average of +5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, York City Charities sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gymnasts for Change International (£339k), Congregation of Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Betharram (£339k) and Kenneth Maurice Williams Will Trust (£339k).