Whitby Area Development Trust

Analysis

Whitby Area Development Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Yorkshire. It was registered in February 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02048091). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Whitby Area Development Trust reported income of £231k and spending of £259k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £194k to £231k (+19%), an average of +4.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Whitby Area Development Trust sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Home-Start Birmingham Tameside (£231k), Eyes on the Future (£231k) and Veerayatan UK (£231k).