Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 1

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Only 4 Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3

Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 3

YORKSHIRE CHILDREN'S TRUST

Yorkshire Children's Trust provide emotional and financial support to families in the Yorkshire region who have children with life-limiting illnesses and disabilities. Emotional support is provided by the provision or counselling and play therapies and respite breaks. Financial support is offered through the provision of a one off grant for a child is in hospital for a prolonged period of time.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
28/02/23	£153	£152	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
28/02/22	£117	£63	£54	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
28/02/21	£137	£92	£46	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
29/02/20	£78	£58	£19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
28/02/19	£67	£46	£21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
28/02/18	£28	£39	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/17	£37	£20	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/16	£22	£16	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/15	£7	£6	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/14	£6	£10	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
28/02/13	£16	£10	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 12 years

https://www.yctrust.uk

charity@yctrust.org

01422728080

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Poverty relief

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals

Where it operates

Bradford City, Calderdale, East Riding Of Yorkshire, Kirklees, Leeds City, North Yorkshire, Sheffield City,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
10 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Yorkshire Children's Trust
£2,000	28/02/2022	Capital costs for Advancement of Health/Saving Lives
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Yorkshire Children's Trust
£4,000	07/12/2020	Core costs for Advancement of Health/Saving Lives

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 26-49

TRACEY GRAY Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Executive Trustee

MR S WIDDOP Appointed: 2012

MR J ANSBRO Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Executive Trustee

SOPHIE MIDDLETON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Trustee

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/04/2012, number: 1146884
Registered at Companies House on 03/03/2017, number: 10650385

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

11 returns made; all on time

Main office

Yorkshire Childrens Trust
Horley Green Works
Horley Green Road
HALIFAX
West Yorkshire
HX3 6AS

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE CHARITABLE NEEDS OF FAMILIES WITH SICK OR DISABLED CHILDREN, UP TO THE AGE OF 18, BY THE PROVISION OF EMOTIONAL AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT; IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, TOWARDS THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING TO DEAL WITH DEBTS AND WELFARE, BEING DIAGNOSED WITH AN ILLNESS AND THE LOSS OF A CHILD, COSTS OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, HOME MODIFICATIONS, TRAVEL COSTS OR RESPITE HOLIDAYS FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY

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