Yorkshire Adoption Agency

Analysis

Yorkshire Adoption Agency is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Doncaster. It was registered in May 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01621813). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Yorkshire Adoption Agency reported income of £760k and spending of £1.0m, spending 132% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £1.0m to £760k (-26%), an average of -7.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Yorkshire Adoption Agency sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Beit Shvidler Primary School Charitable Trust (£760k), Association of Higher Education Professionals (£761k) and Rays of Hope (£759k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 94% and investments 4.6%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £25. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.3m would cover about 14 months of spending at that rate. It employed 20 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.