York Common Good Trust

Analysis

York Common Good Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in July 1975, 51 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, York Common Good Trust reported income of £28k and spending of £33k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £19k to £28k (+47%), an average of +10% a year. Over the whole period it spent 169% 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, York Common Good Trust sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Friends of the Royal Tunbridge Wells Symphony Orchestra (£28k), Cor Godre'r Garth (£28k) and Alliance Francaise de York (£28k).

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.