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Annual Report & Financial Statements for the period ended 31 March 2025
Charitable Incorporated Organisation Registration Number: 1166471
www.tworidingscf.org.uk
Contents
| How can we help? | 3 |
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| Annual Report | 4 - 18 |
| Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities | 19 |
| Independent Auditor's Report | 20 - 23 |
| Statement of Financial Activities | 24 |
| Balance Sheet | 25 |
| Statement of Cash Flows | 26 |
| Notes to Accounts | 27 - 56 |
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How can ou hel ? y p
Two Ridings Community Foundation is a charity that provides grants & support to community groups, improving lives and communities in North & East Yorkshire, from funds it maintains and administers on behalf of multiple donors.
You can support local communities across North & East Yorkshire by:
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Contributing to one of our five community funds across the region
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Setting up a named fund supporting a local community or cause you are passionate about Joining our corporate sponsorship programme and becoming a Two Ridings Community Champion Leaving a gift in your will
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Providing sponsorship or in-kind support Making a donation to one of our collective appeals, like our 25th Anniversary Appeal.
Find out more and get in touch:
www.tworidingscf.org uk
We would love to hear from you if you want to discuss how you can support your local Yorkshire community through Two Ridings.
info@tworidingscf.org.uk
01904 929500
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Chair's and Chief Executive’s Introduction
Richard Frith Chair of Two Ridings
As Chair of Two Ridings, it is my pleasure to introduce this report, which provides an overview of the charity’s activities, income and expenditure over the last 12 months. The statistics are impressive. The generosity, hard work and imagination behind them are even more so.
Our role is twofold: to encourage philanthropy by the many people and organisations who want to give back to our region, and to distribute these funds to local community organisations by means of accessible, impactful grant programmes. Our work is driven by a commitment to creating a thriving, connected North and East Yorkshire, and this shared vision is underpinned by a strong ethos that puts people at the heart of everything we do.
My enthusiasm for Two Ridings grows year by year. Thank you to all involved.
Celia McKeon, Chief Executive
Right across North and East Yorkshire, community groups change people’s lives. Their work is varied: they provide essential services, respond to crises, create opportunities to learn and grow, and bring people together. Their work is crucial to the social fabric of our region – to the web of relationships and connections that bind individuals together in a community. They foster engagement and cooperation and inclusion, and increase people’s feelings of safety, trust, belonging and confidence in the places where they live.
Over the last year, Two Ridings have made 509 grants to small grassroots organisations and individuals across our region, distributing more than £2.4 million. This included grants made through our newly launched Hull Community Fund and York Community Fund, as well as our long-term place-based funds for the former districts of Harrogate and Selby and the former borough of Scarborough. We also delivered three emergency response funds (following floods in Knaresborough and Ryedale, and riots in Hull), as well as a range of planned thematic and place-based grant programmes. This funding is complemented by our HEY Confident Futures leadership programme, which supports a growing network of confident, generous leaders in Hull and the East Riding.
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None of it would be possible without our wonderful donors and supporters, and our dedicated and knowledgeable team of staff, trustees and volunteers. We are grateful to them all for their work, and remain committed to supporting communities across our region to flourish, now and in the future.
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Le al and Administrative Information g
Trustees
Richard Frith Chair Katherine Blaker Antonia Consett (appointed July 2025) Paul Downey Rolline Frewen Katherine Gargan Sebastian Glazer (appointed July 2025) Michelle Hayes (appointed July 2025) Gillian Hughes (resigned December 2024) Chris Legard DL Emma Lindsell (Kissack) Peter Oluotch Harriet Reid (resigned December 2024) Deborah Rosenberg Victoria Savile Elizabeth Wild Andrew Wilson Venetia Wrigley DL
Chief Executive
Celia McKeon Chief Executive
Auditors
Fawley, Judge and Easton
12 Pavement, Pocklington, YO42 2AX
Registered Office
Pavilion 2000, Amy Johnson Way, Clifton Moor, York YO30 4XT
Investment Managers
CCLA Investment Management Limited One Angel Lane, London, EC4R 3A
Bankers
Virgin Money
46 Coney Street, York YO1 9NQ
W1M (formerly Waverton Investment Management Ltd ) 16 Babmaes Street, London, SW1Y 6AH
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Objectives and Activities
Two Ridings Community Foundation is an independent, regional charity that supports thriving, connected communities across North and East Yorkshire.
We enable people and organisations to make donations to support local community action, and use these funds to make grants to grassroots organisations. We also deliver a leadership programme for leaders from the social and cultural sector in Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire.
Charitable Purpose
The Foundation’s principal purpose is the promotion and support of any charitable activity for the benefit of the community in the City of York, the County of North Yorkshire, the County of the East Riding of Yorkshire and the City of Kingston upon Hull[1].
Public Benefit
The Foundation has met its objectives regarding Public Benefit through the management of grants and support programmes to voluntary and community groups benefitting people living in North and East Yorkshire.
We also make awards to groups outside this primary area of benefit should a donor or fund holder so wish.
Further details of the 509 grants awarded are set out in notes 7 and 26 to the financial statements. Trustees confirm that they have understood and implemented the Charity Commission’s guidance on Public Benefit when planning and reviewing the Foundation’s charitable activities and policies. Every aspect of the work and expenditure of the Foundation is wholly aimed at public benefit.
Aims & Activities
In order to achieve its charitable purpose and vision, the Foundation has two primary aims:
To promote and facilitate philanthropy to raise funds for both immediate grant making and to grow the Foundation’s long-term endowment, ensuring grants will be available for years to come.
- To make grants to community projects, voluntary groups and small charities across North and East Yorkshire that address community needs and improve quality of life.
The grant making programme supports community groups or individuals across North and East Yorkshire. The endowment of the Foundation is invested so that the return on the funds is distributed to community groups who are working to address community needs and improve quality of life, for the benefit of members of the public of North and East Yorkshire.
Additional projects such as HEY Confident Futures are aimed at supporting leaders of social and cultural organisations, whose work benefits local communities in Hull and the East Riding.
Our Vision
A connected, thriving, equitable North and East Yorkshire for all
[1] We can also carry out other similar activities in other parts of the United Kingdom and elsewhere which are, in the opinion of the Board, beneficial to the community.
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Achievements and Performance
"This grant has made a significant and lasting difference to the lives of both individual beneficiaries and the wider community. At its heart, the funding allowed us to create and deliver our weekly community café — a warm, welcoming space where people could gather, share a meal, and connect with others. For many attendees, particularly those living alone or feeling isolated, this has been a lifeline. People who previously went days without meaningful interaction now have a regular opportunity to talk, laugh, and build friendships in a safe, inclusive environment. Beyond the café itself, the project has sparked renewed community spirit. Local volunteers, suppliers, and residents have all played a part, and a strong sense of ownership and pride has emerged. The café became a platform for wider support too — people were signposted to other services, introduced to new opportunities, or simply reminded that they mattered."
This snapshot of a project funded by a grant from Two Ridings encapsulates the impact of our work. Serving as a bridge between donors and local community groups, we ensure that resources flow to hundreds of grassroots organisations across North and East Yorkshire. Their work is changing people’s lives and building community, through projects and initiatives that are shaped in response to local needs and opportunities.
Community Canteen Project, Tang Hall Community Centre, York
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Placin eo le at the heart of all we do g p p
At Two Ridings, we know that people matter. Our work is fundamentally about supporting people, whether by enabling our donors to channel their funds to where they can make the greatest difference, or by providing grants to community groups to resource their activities with local people, or by building confidence, skills and relationships through our leadership development programme. And at the heart of this work, our staff, trustees and volunteers make this possible.
2024-25 saw a couple of significant changes to our staff team. We were delighted to welcome Esther DamaryGeorge as our Communications and Events Officer in May, working alongside Bec Horner and injecting additional energy and skills into this area of our work. As the year drew to a close, we said goodbye to Harriet Johnson, our Head of Partnerships, who left Two Ridings to expand her flower farming business. Bec Horner subsequently stepped into a new role in the senior leadership team as Head of Communications and Partnerships, and Paula Bielby was appointed as HEY Confident Futures Programme Manager. We continue to build an inclusive, friendly and positive team culture, working hard together to achieve our objectives.
We held a useful team-building session using the Lumina Spark profiling tool to build understanding of our diversity, put in place an employee assistance programme, and enjoyed our annual wellbeing day with a visit to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
There were also changes to our trustee board during this period. Harriet Reid and Gill Hughes resigned in autumn 2024, and we are deeply grateful to both of them for their service to the organisation. Following their departures, and drawing on a useful board development session on equity, diversity and inclusion, we reflected on the opportunities to strengthen the diversity and skills of our board before embarking on a new trustee recruitment process in the final quarter of the financial year.
We receive in excess of a thousand grant applications each year, and we would not be able to process this volume without the generous assistance of our pool of eighteen volunteer assessors. In addition to ensuring that we undertake high-quality assessments, our volunteer assessors also bring a human face to the process: they speak to applicants to understand the details of their work and funding requests, and they share their analysis and insight for the consideration of our community panels. They enrich the quality of our decision-making and we deeply appreciate their time and expertise.
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Ins irin investment into North & East Yorkshire p g
2024/25 was another successful year for the Foundation, as we both stewarded existing funds and attracted new sources of funding to sustain grant-making of just over £2.4 million.
We were delighted to secure new endowment funds totalling over £561,000, as well as various new flowthrough funds from donors including the Shears Foundation, Quickline, York Central Ltd, the York Friends Central Adults Schools Trust, as well as a legacy for work in rural North Yorkshire, a generous new donor to THE LOCAL FUND for the former district of Harrogate, and several crucial donations to our Winter Resilience Fund. We are also grateful to our many existing donors who continued and renewed their support for us over the course of the year, including the Bettys and Taylors family, Bettys and Taylors Ltd, the Liz and Terry Bramall Foundation, the Dulverton Foundation, the Rank Foundation, the Peter Sowerby Foundation, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust and the National Lottery Community Fund.
In 2024, we launched two new place-based funds: the York Community Fund and the Hull Community Fund. These collective funds are designed to enable donors who care about the cities to contribute to sustainable, long-term sources of income for grassroots groups who are tackling the big issues facing local communities.
These two collective funds now sit alongside our placebased funds in Harrogate, Selby and Scarborough.
There were three local emergencies in the region during 2024-25 for which Two Ridings mobilised responses. We enjoyed a strong partnership with North Yorkshire Council in the immediate aftermath of both flash flooding in Knaresborough and Storm Darragh in Ryedale, enabling funds to reach affected households. We also appreciated the generous support of individual donors following riots in Hull in August 2024, enabling us to offer an emergency community response fund to organisations working with the most affected communities in the city.
We enjoyed working with the High Sheriff of North Yorkshire, Dr. Ruth Smith, to organise an event at Allerton Castle in March 2025. The evening showcased the powerful contributions of organising working with disadvantaged children and young people, with a particular focus on groups working with children affected by domestic abuse. Six community organisations received prize money and awards, highlighting their distinctive strengths of their approaches and activities, and guests were moved to hear about the impact of their work.
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Transformin communities throu h rant makin g g g g
At Two Ridings, we pride ourselves on designing and delivering grant programmes that are accessible and easy to engage with for the grassroots organisations that we fund. We aim to be a relational funder, and our grants team provide friendly, practical support and guidance to applicants, whether by phone, email or through our regular drop-in sessions.
While our funding is focused on supporting small local groups, we also measure our contribution to globallyrecognised targets. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a useful framework for this, and we align our grant-making with four particular goals that encompass our priorities. In 2024-25, we allocated grants as follows:
As a Community Foundation, our role is to support grassroots organisations over the long-term, and also to offer an agile response to emerging and more immediate needs. As the high cost of living continues to push people into poverty and cause particular hardship in the winter months, our Winter Resilience fund provided 16 grants totalling £37,900 to local groups providing crisis response activities in their communities. As noted above, we also ran three emergency response funds over the 12-month period. We provided 47 grants to households affected by flash floods in May in Knaresborough, and 41 grants to households affected by flooding caused by Storm Darragh in December in Ryedale. We also mobilised and delivered an emergency community response fund following riots in Hull in August, supporting 17 organisations with a total of £39,327 of grants.
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Good health and wellbeing: 126 grants, £633,127, 26% of our grant-making
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Reducing inequalities: 88 grants, £439,030, 18% of our grant-making
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Creating sustainable, climate-resilient communities: 238 grants, £1,158,412, 48% of our grant-making No poverty: 57 grants, £193,913, 8% of our grantmaking
Throughout the year, we also delivered our place-based funds, including THE LOCAL FUND (Harrogate and district), Heart of Yorkshire (Selby and district), North Yorkshire Coast Fund (Scarborough and district), Hull and York, as well as our windfarm funds at Knabs Ridge, Sixpenny Wood, Fraisthorpe and Rusholme. These place-based funds were supplemented by our thematic programmes, including our small grants programme, Organisational Development (formerly Step Change) programme, and other bespoke funds tackling particular themes across our region.
Community grants panels continue to play a crucial role in our grant-making processes. We continued to strengthen our participatory grant-making practice during the year, as we believe that local people bring important insight into the needs and opportunities in their communities, and are best placed to make decisions about how funds should be allocated. In York, we are developing our most in-depth participatory process, with local residents and community groups contributing to a survey on the fund’s priorities, followed by a smaller number of local people helping to shape the detail of the application guidance before convening as a grants panel to make the final decisions on the awards. In Scarborough, our North Yorkshire Coast Fund panel brings together local children and young people with representatives from the Council and local community organisations. We continue to learn from these experiences, and from the knowledge and expertise that all our panel members generously share for each of the programmes we run.
Alongside this, we were particularly proud to distribute a further £0.6m of grants to community organisations in Hull, through the Know Your Neighbourhood grant scheme - a partnership with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and our national network, UK Community Foundations, building on the equivalent amount distributed in 2023-24. The purpose of this multi-year scheme, which continues for a further year in 2025-6, is to reduce chronic loneliness and social isolation, and promote volunteering.
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Contributin to ositive chan e in our communities g p g
Our HEY Confident Futures leadership programme moved into the third and final year of its current cycle, thanks to ongoing funding from The National Lottery Community Fund. The programme supports and develops voluntary and cultural sector leaders through a bespoke set of activities, which are designed to increase leaders’ skills and confidence, enable them to have a positive impact within their organisations, and create the conditions for wider impact in communities across Hull and the East Riding.
The programme continues to have a number of strands. In 2024-25, our third cohort of participants on the New To Leadership programme completed their course, and our fourth cohort started out on their leadership development journeys. Alongside New To Leadership, there were also numerous other development opportunities, including coaching, management training, ‘lunch and learn’ sessions, regular ‘connect and collaborate’ drop-in sessions, a senior leaders learning programme, and a facilitated Leadership Advocacy Network, bringing together a collective of Global Majority leaders.
We also held a wonderful HEY Confident Futures biennial conference in Hull in November 2024, where over 100 leaders spent a day networking, listening to inspirational speakers and participating in workshops on a range of topical issues.
The programme also benefited from the completion of an external evaluation conducted by our learning partner, Alan Graver of SkyBlue. We were delighted that his work evidenced the powerful impact of the programme on individual participants and their organisations, as well as showing the promise of opportunities for it to contribute to wider systems change. We are building the learning from this process into the design of our activities for phase four of the programme.
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Plans for the future
Ambitions for 2025/26
During 2025-2026, we will continue to deliver against the priorities in our current five-year plan, as outlined below. We will also look ahead to the next five years, working together to determine our priorities for the five-year period from 2026-2030. To do this, we will refresh our understanding of community needs and assets across our region, reflect on our current organisational strengths and weaknesses, and consider how we can best grow, invest and distribute our resources for maximum impact in service of our vision and mission.
Placing people at the heart of everything we do
At Two Ridings, one of our core strengths is the value that we place on people and relationships. Supporting people to make positive change in their communities is at the heart of our work, and we know that to be effective in this, we also need to build an organisation where everyone thrives.
In 2025-26, we plan to strengthen our board, launching a recruitment campaign to attract new trustees. We are particularly keen to attract trustees who bring insights, skills and experience that complement those of current trustees, and will therefore be prioritising applicants with lived experience of running community organisations, and those who can share their expertise in investment and financial management.
We will also continue to work closely as a staff team to maintain and nurture an inclusive, supportive and highperforming culture. In addition to our regular team meetings and wellbeing activities, we will implement actions arising from our staff wellbeing survey, including adjusting our appraisal process to sync more effectively with our business planning cycle, and introducing a cycle to work scheme. We will pay particular attention to managing the staffing transition in the HEY Confident Futures leadership programme, ensuring staff feel supported in new roles. We will also take forward the commitments in our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion accountability plan, and we will explore how to become a more climate-aware organisation, including through the opportunity to sign up to the Funders’ Commitment on Climate Change.
Inspiring investment into North & East Yorkshire
We know the impact of investing in community organisations: their work improves people’s lives and builds vital relationships, connections and opportunities for people to come together. We are committed to growing our income in order to support this work through impactful grant-making.
Our income takes two primary forms: endowment funds and flow-through (revenue) funds. In the year ahead, we intend to expand both of these sources of income. We look forward to finalising a new endowment fund to support work on environmental issues in the village of Great Ayton, and we will also work with other current and potential donors who are considering endowment as a form of living legacy for issues they care about.
We will also continue to work with the many donors who contribute to flow-through funds, seeking opportunities to renew their programmes of activity for the benefit of communities. We aim to secure continuation funding for an additional year of the Know Your Neighbourhood programme in Hull, and will be looking to renew funding from the National Lottery Community Fund and other local supporters for our HEY Confident Futures leadership development programme and network.
Our place-based funds for Harrogate, Hull, Scarborough, Selby and York continue to offer a compelling option for donors who wish to see their funds link up with others to provide a sustainable source of income for community organisations in these parts of our region. We are excited to welcome a major new donor to our Harrogate fund in 2025-26 and will hold a series of events to raise the profile of this and other funds for potential supporters.
We remain keen to work more closely with local and regional businesses who want to give back to their communities, and will continue to promote our Community Champions corporate sponsorship programme to facilitate their participation.
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2025 marks our 25 anniversary as a community foundation, and we will use this opportunity to celebrate the impact of the work we have funded, and look ahead to the ways in which we will meet community needs in the next 25 years. We will launch a 25th anniversary appeal, to encourage existing and new supporters to continue on that journey with us.
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Plans for the future
Transforming communities through grant making
As ever, 2025-26 will be a busy year of grant-making, and the team will work hard to manage our various funds, support applicants to submit their proposals, and facilitate our grants panels to make informed and generous decisions. We will also remain ready to respond to emergencies affecting communities across our region.
We will liaise with UK Community Foundations and with the Department of Culture, Media and Sport to deliver a further extension year of Know Your Neighbourhood funding in Hull, including facilitating communities of practice to enable the sharing of learning between funded groups.
We look forward to further rounds of funding under the umbrellas of the Hull Community Fund and York Community Fund, in addition to our existing place-based funds. We will also continue to manage bespoke funds for the Bettys and Taylors Family, Bettys and Taylors Ltd, the Williams Family, a new Q Futures Fund, and our windfarm funds, as well as the ongoing Small Grants and Organisational Development funds.
We are excited by the learning from our participatory grant-making practice over the last year, and will be exploring how we can embed this in those funds where we have scope to do so, involving more local people in determining how the funds can best respond to local needs and in deciding how grants should be allocated.
We are also hoping that our much anticipated CRM upgrade will improve application and grant management processes for the groups who apply for funds.
We will also remain ready to respond to emergencies affecting communities across our region.
Contributing to positive change in our communities
2025-26 will mark the final year of Phase 2 of the HEY Confident Futures programme, supporting generous, confident, connected leaders in Hull and East Yorkshire. The programme will continue to offer a 12-month, cohortbased learning experience, New To Leadership, for those in the early stages of their leadership journey. We will also develop our offer for Senior Leaders, continue our support for the Leadership Advocacy Network and our coaching programme with Yorkshire Accord, and provide a menu of skills development, networking and learning sessions. We will celebrate the programme’s 5-year anniversary with a vibrant event allowing us to reflect on and share the programme’s impact over this period, and to look ahead to the next phase.
Finally, we will draw on the findings and recommendations from a very positive External Evaluation of the programme to shape the design of HEY Confident Futures Phase 3, with input and engagement from network members as we go.
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Structure, Governance and Management
Charity Name
Two Ridings Community Foundation, previously the York and North Yorkshire Community Foundation and also known locally as the Community Foundation and Two Ridings CF.
Charity Status
The Two Ridings Community Foundation is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation registered with the Charity Commission, Charity Registration No. 1166471.
The Charity was originally established and registered with the Charity Commission in October 2000, Charity Registration No. 1084043, governed by a Deed of Trust dated 5th October 2000 and amended on 27th April 2010 and 2nd February 2011. The new Charitable Incorporated Organisation was registered with the Charity Commission on 11 April 2016. On 1st September 2016 all the assets and liabilities of the former charity were transferred to the new Charitable Incorporated Organisation.
Meetings
Trustees formally meet as a board a minimum of four times throughout the year. At these meetings the trustees agree and oversee the broad strategy and areas of activity for the Foundation, including consideration of grant making, investment, fundraising, human resources, health and safety, reserves and risk management policies and performance. There are also regular reports from the CEO and the Head of Finance & Operations. All charity policies are reviewed on a rolling cycle.
Trustees are also members of sub-committees with the following delegated responsibilities:
Finance & General Purpose: Finance, Risk, Data Protection, IT and HR
Investment Committee: Investment management
Grants Committee: Grant making policies procedures and strategy
Trustees
Trustees are individuals who form the Foundation’s governing body and have the overall legal responsibility for the charity. Trustees guide the Foundation’s vision, values and strategic direction; and support and promote the development of the Foundation. All Board members are expected to commit to and uphold the values and objectives of the Foundation; act with integrity and avoid/ declare personal conflicts of interest; give adequate time and energy to the duties of being a trustee; use their skills and experience to the benefit of the Foundation; attend and contribute to meetings and events.
Governance & Nominations Committee: The Foundation also convenes a Governance & Nominations Committee as needed.
A trustee is appointed for a term of three years. A retiring trustee is eligible for re-appointment, except that a charity trustee who has served for three consecutive terms may not be reappointed for a fourth consecutive term of office but may be reappointed after an interval of at least two years. The constitution states that there must be a minimum of three and a maximum of sixteen trustees.
The day-to-day management of the Foundation is overseen by the Chair and the Board of Trustees.
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Structure, Governance and Management
Recruitment, Induction and Training of Trustees
The Board keeps the skill requirements for the Trustee Body under regular review. Recruitment of new trustees is managed by the Governance Committee, and operates by open advertisement and dialogue with interested parties. The Governance Committee and Chief Executive shortlist and interview interested applicants, references are sought, and recommendations are made to the Board for approval. Once an appointment has been made, the newly elected trustee undergoes an induction programme.
The Foundation keeps up-to-date with key developments by subscription to a number of membership organisations. Training is provided to trustees as and when required, through attendance at training and other Community Foundation events and online resources. A meeting of trustees each year is focused on board development.
Remuneration of key management personnel
Remuneration of key management personnel is reviewed annually by the Governance & Nominations Committee, in consultation with the Finance & General Purposes Committee, and recommendations made to the Trustee Board. Their remuneration is also bench-marked with grant-making charities of a similar size and activity to ensure that the remuneration set is fair and not out of line with that generally paid for similar roles.
Associations and Affiliations
The Foundation is part of a national network of 47 independent community foundations across the UK. The Foundation’s umbrella body, UK Community Foundations (UKCF) provides on-going help and support to foundations. UKCF represents local foundations at a national and international level, and negotiates and manages national grant making and funding opportunities. Two Ridings Community Foundation pays an annual membership fee to be part of the network. For more information on UKCF visit www.ukcommunityfoundations.org.
UKCF Accreditation
The Foundation’s UKCF Quality Accreditation (QA5) was issued in October 2021. We participated in a Quality Accreditation renewal process (QA6) between January – March 2025, and received confirmation of renewed accreditation after the financial year end, in June 2025. The accreditation process is independently assessed and is recognised by national funders and the voluntary sector as a mark of excellence for Community Foundations.
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Structure, Governance and Management
Risk Management
The Foundation has a Risk Register which is updated and reviewed regularly by the relevant sub committees and trustee board. Trustees have identified the principal risks to which the charity is exposed and established appropriate controls and procedures to mitigate risks.
The main risks facing the Foundation are unchanged over the last 12 months, as follows:
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Failure to attract new funds and grow in line with longterm plans and development goals
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Loss of key staff, failure to manage staffing transitions effectively and workload exceeding capacity to deliver Impact of IT failure, systems upgrades, cyber incident or fraud
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Our activities and funds grow faster than our systems and structures
Trustees considered the mitigations required to respond effectively to these risks and worked with staff to ensure that these were put in place.
We also continue to place a high priority on managing our relationships and associated data in line with relevant regulatory frameworks. These include the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), fundraising regulations, and safeguarding procedures.
Trustees have appropriate controls and procedures in place to mitigate the risks including the following:
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Employing staff with appropriate training, skills and experience. Completing an annual business plan, as well as a fundraising and business development plan, in line with the objectives of our 5-year plan.
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To review insurance provision annually including cyber insurance.
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To have a comprehensive investment policy, and to review investment allocations and performance on a regular basis.
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To establish and review policies and procedures regularly together with business continuity planning. To hold regular meetings between the Chair and the Chief Executive to discuss and review workload, aims and achievements.
Fundraising
The Community Foundation is registered with the Fundraising Regulator which is the independent regulator of charitable fundraising. All our fundraising aims to meet the requirements of the Charity Commission for England and Wales, the Fundraising Regulator and the Information Commissioner’s Office.
We are committed to following best practice in fundraising and follow the Code of Fundraising Practice issued by the Fundraising Regulator.
The vast majority of our income generation activity is undertaken by our own staff or on our behalf through introductions made by ambassadors and professional advisors. We also connect to potential donors and partners through networking and by raising our profile through communications. We do not share information about donors or supporters without their express permission.
We do not use direct marketing, telephone, or doorstep fundraising and do not employ professional fundraisers or use commercial participators to raise funds on our behalf. Some fundraising may be done for us by third parties, for example community groups who have supported our disaster relief funds, or funds where a donor wishes to raise money from friends or family in memory of a loved one. We encourage all volunteer fundraisers to comply with fundraising regulations and are working to develop additional training and guidance to support them.
At Two Ridings we work hard to maintain our reputation and high professional standards. All staff and volunteers receive appropriate training and adhere to our policies and procedures, with particular regard to protecting vulnerable people and being sensitive to people who may be in vulnerable circumstances. We are proud of the trusted relationships we have with donors, supporters and the public and aim to treat everyone, fairly and with respect.
Feedback is important to us to help us monitor and improve our practices. During the year there have been no reported compliance issues with the Code of Fundraising Practice. The Community Foundation also maintains records of all complaints received and during the year received no complaints about its fundraising activities.
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Financial Review
Financial Statements
The financial statements cover the 12 month period from 1st April 2024 – 31st March 2025. The net movement in funds after investment gains and losses for the 12 month period was a net increase in funds of £223,232 (2024: £1,187,612 net increase in funds)
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Total income for the 12 month period to 31 March 2025 was £3,370,350 compared with £3,087,657 for the previous year. This included £561,197 of new endowment donations and £220,000 of fund transfers for establishing or growing endowment funds. During the period 509 grants were awarded across 26 programmes totalling £2,424,482 (2024: £2,290,333). The value of the Foundation’s total endowment increased to £9,807,409 at 31st March 2025 from £9,373,948 at 31st March 2024.
Reserves Policy
The Trustees are committed to holding general reserves to ensure that the core activities of the Foundation will continue into the future. The target is to hold a reserve fund equivalent to at least six months core operating costs of the organisation to ensure the smooth running of the Foundation in the event of short term variations in income or unforeseen financial circumstances.
In 2022-23 trustees designated £40,730 for Digital Development to support digital transformation projects over the next 2 years including the upgrade of the Foundation’s CRM database and finance software. The timeline for this programme has been extended and we anticipate Digital Development being a continuing focus for the next few years. During the financial year 2024-25 £9,351 was spent on these activities and trustees approved an increase to the fund of £13,000 leaving a closing Digital Development designated fund balance of £32,393.
As our organisation continues to grow we anticipate moving offices in the coming financial year and reviewing our communications materials. Trustees have designated £17,000 to support this planned organisational development in the coming 2 years.
Based on the 2025-26 forecast the required level of general reserves would be at least £218,000. At 31st March 2025 the balance of available ‘free’ reserves, being the balance of unrestricted funds excluding fixed assets and designated funds is £336,781, which is equivalent to approximately 9 months running costs. Given the impact that the continued challenging economic environment is having on the sector and the volatility of investment returns against the back drop of wide ranging geopolitical events, trustees consider there is likely to be continued uncertainty and risk to income streams for the next 2 years. Trustees therefore consider it prudent to maintain their policy of planning and budgeting for modest surpluses on unrestricted funds with the aim of maintaining reserve levels between 6-12 months running costs during this period.
| Summary of fund balances at | 31st March 2025 |
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| Unrestricted: | £387,448 |
| Restricted: | £1,699,338 |
| Endowment: | £9,807,409 |
| Total funds at 31st March 2025 | £11,894,195 |
Investment Policy
The Investment Committee is appointed to oversee the management of the Foundation’s investments and meets regularly to review investment performance and investment policy. The trustees have the power to invest in such assets as they see fit. Trustees are mindful of ethical investment considerations and expect its investment managers to optimise performance through Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) considerations and investment in well managed companies. As the investment landscape changes, trustees are exploring new approaches to responsible, sustainable and impact investing.
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Financial Review InVeStsn Policy Icontlnued) Durlng the year trustees reviewed the Irwestment Pollcyto strengthen and darify the Foundations approath to responsible inve51m)ent and to ensure the Foundatlon's Investment actlvltles are more dosdy aigned to the chartivs purpose mission and values Ythilst recognlslng that flnanclal retums must be sustainable to enable grant makin8 over the lon8 terni. Investment Perfomiance Our Irwe5tment portfolio was managed during the year by our investment managers CCLA and WIM Ifom)edy Waverton). Over the 12 month perlod the totsl retum of the CCLA Chaiity Investment Fund was .1.98% compared to a return on the comparator benchmark of 4.05% and the peer group comparfson ARC Steady Growth Charlty Index 012.7%. Tntstees noted the under performance in the year but were reassured that the long terni 10 year annuallsed retum remains above the comparator and contlnue to monitor perfomance. The Twstees have passed a totsl retum re501utlon for pemanent endowments which took effe¢t from l Awil 2018 - see note 16 for further deta115. When detemilnlng the amount of unapplled totsl retum to transfer to Income the trustee5 have certsSdered the ount of income reqL¢lreil to maintsin the Current level of grant making activity and the Ilkely needs of fvture beneficlades. The eypendable endovKnent Is also treated by Trustees a5 a lon8 temi capital fund to provlde Income for current and fvre grant Makin8. The CCLA Property Fund perf0m sli8hty above the benchmatk providlng a retum of 7.08% compared to benchmark of 622* Income distributlons were between 2.9 - 5.4% per annum. The WIM portfolS0 generated a retum of 322% compared to the benchmark of 422%. Vlhllst the year end saw the impact of conttnulng US polltlcal volatlllty and tariff unpredlctsbllity. the trustees were satisfied by stron8 fur¢damentsls and the long-tem posltlonln8 and cfearty artkulated strate8y for the wrtfollo. In holding long term investments the Trustee5 seek to athieve the f¢llowlng objective& To grow the overall value of the investrnent In order to attract new donors to develop the phllanthropic objectlves of the Foundation. To maintsin the real capital value of the endowment over the I tern) and xhieve a stable and sustainable return to fund Brant maknng across our reglon and help support the operational costs of the Foundation. To Invest in a medlum r5sk portfolio consistent with the approach to risk agreed by Trustees. To optimise perfom)ance through Investment in diversified portfolio with an ESG approach. Durlng these tlme5 of exceptlonal volaUIIty our Investsnent Committee remalns vigilant tn monitoring perfomian¢e but as long tsrm Investors we are 3150 mlndful of not beln8 reactlve and remain eommltted to followln8 our lon8 te Investment obJect5ve& Trustees are satrsfied that both portFollos perlormed as V[1 as could be expected based on thelr Investment approath during the perlod and compared to the benchmarks. The maln investment rfsk to the Foundation Iles In the Combination of urtertaln Investment markets and vdatility in return. The Foundation manages these Investment risks by retsinlng expert adwsors and operatln8 an investment policy that provldes for a hi8h de8ree of diverslficatlon of hddlngs withln inveslment asset dasse5 that are quoted on recognised stock exchan8e Commltments The trustees had made no commltments to future capltsl purchases, nor given any 8uarantee8 at the balance sheet date. Approved by the Board of Trust w 17 November 2025 and si8ned on their behalf Rlchard Frfth I Chalr Two Ridings Page 18 Community Foundation
Statement of Trustees Res onsibilities p
The trustees of Two Ridings Community Foundation are responsible for preparing the Trustees' Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102: The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
The law applicable to charities in England & Wales requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charity for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
The trustees are responsible for keeping sufficient accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the trust deed. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the charity and financial information included on the charity's website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.
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observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
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make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
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state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements, and prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business.
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Independent Auditor’s Report to the Trustees of Two Ridings Community Foundation
Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Two Ridings Community Foundation for the year ended 31st March 2025 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies.The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards including Financial Reporting Standard 102: The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
In our opinion the financial statements:
- give a true and fair view of the state of the charity's affairs as at 31st March 2025 and of its income and expenditure, for the period then ended; have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice, and have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011.
Basis for opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the Charity in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Conclusions relating to going concern
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the ISAs (UK) require us to report to you where:
- the trustees’ use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is not appropriate; or the trustees have not disclosed in the financial statements any identified material uncertainties that may cast significant doubt about the Charity’s ability to continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting for a period of at least twelve months from the date when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
Other information
The trustees are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.
We have nothing to report in this regard.
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Independent Auditor’s Report
Matters on which we are required to report by exception
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the Charity and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Trustees’ Annual Report.
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Charities Act 2011 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:
- sufficient accounting records have not been kept; the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or we have not obtained all the information and explanations necessary for the purposes of our audit.
Responsibilities of the trustees
As explained more fully in the trustees’ responsibilities statement set out on page 19, the trustees are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as they determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the Charity’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the Charity or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.
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Independent Auditor’s Report
Our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
We have been appointed as auditor under The Charities Act 2011 and report in accordance with the Act and relevant regulations made or having effect thereunder.
- we focused on specific laws and regulations which we considered may have a direct material effect on the financial statements or the operations of the charity, including the Charities Act 2011, taxation legislation, data protection, anti-bribery and employment legislation;
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists.
Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of noncompliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:
Our approach to identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, was as follows:
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we assessed the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations identified above through making enquiries of management and inspecting legal correspondence; and
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identified laws and regulations were communicated within the audit team regularly and the team remained alert to instances of non-compliance throughout the audit.
We assessed the susceptibility of the charity’s financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by:
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making enquiries of management as to where they considered there was susceptibility to fraud, their knowledge of actual, suspected and alleged fraud; and
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considering the internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations;
To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we:
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performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships;
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the engagement partner ensured that the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence, capabilities and skills to identify or recognise noncompliance with applicable laws and regulations;
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we identified the laws and regulations applicable to the charity through discussions with trustees and other management, and from our commercial knowledge and experience of the not for profit and charity sector;
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tested journal entries to identify unusual transactions;
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assessed whether judgements and assumptions made in determining accounting estimates were indicative of potential bias; and
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investigated the rationale behind significant or unusual transactions;
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Independent Auditor's Report In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, b¢Jt were not limited to.. Use of our report This report is made solely to the charity's trustees, as a body, in accordance with section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and the regulations made under section 154 of that Act. Our aydit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charity's tnjstees those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law. we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity and the charity's trustee5 as a body. for our audit work. for this report, or for the opinions we have forn)ed. agreeing financial ststement disclosures to underlying supporting documentation.. reading the miniJte5 of meeting5 of those charged with governance.. and enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation and claims., There are inherent limitations in our audit procedures described above. The more removed that lèws and regulations are from financial transa£tions. the less likely it is that V4e would become aware of non.compliance. ALsditing standards also limit the audit procedures required to idefEtify non-COTnpliance with laws and regulations to enquiry of the directors and other management and the inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any. nathan Leathley, Partner For and on behalf of Material misststements that arise due to fraud can be harder to detect than those that arise from error as they may involve deliberate concealment or collusion. FAWLEY, JUDGE & EASTON 12 Pavefflent, Pocklington, Y042 2AX A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of -the finatlcial staterhents is loèated'on the Financia1 Reporting Council's website at.. Date.. Dg£ This description forms part of our auditor's report. Two Ridings Pa8e 23 Community Foundation
TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 March 2025
| Restricted Notes Funds INCOME & ENDOWMENT FROM: £ Donations and Legacies 2 644,905 Charitable Activities 4 1,816,349 Other trading activities: Fundraising 1,263 Investments 3 9,458 Other Income 3 251,626 TOTAL 2,723,601 EXPENDITURE ON: Raising Funds 5 11,025 Charitable Activities Grant making 5 2,477,310 Community leadership & developmen 5 142,878 TOTAL EXPENDITURE 2,631,213 Net gains/(losses) on investments (5,156) Net income/(expenditure) 87,232 Transfers between funds (317,984) Net movement in funds (230,752) Total funds brought forward 1,930,090 Total funds carried forward 1,699,338 |
Unrestricted Funds £ 19,626 - 65,926 - 85,552 99,915 210,744 41,751 352,410 (266,858) 287,381 20,523 366,925 387,448 |
Endowment £ 561,197 - - 251,626 (251,626) 561,197 24,739 - - 24,739 (133,600) 402,858 30,603 433,461 9,373,948 9,807,409 |
Total Funds 2025 £ 1,225,728 1,816,349 1,263 327,010 - 3,370,350 135,679 2,688,054 184,629 3,008,362 (138,756) 223,232 - 223,232 11,670,963 11,894,195 |
Total Funds 2024 £ 1,136,349 1,635,702 21,907 293,699 - |
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| 3,087,657 | ||||
| 111,427 2,534,492 144,076 |
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| 2,789,995 | ||||
| 889,950 | ||||
| 1,187,612 | ||||
| - | ||||
| 1,187,612 | ||||
| 10,483,351 | ||||
| 11,670,963 |
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TWO RIDINGS COMMUNrrY FOUNDATION Bal*Ke Sheet as at31 Marth 2025 Total Fund5 2025 Total Fund5 2024 See Note FIXEDASs5 Tangible assets Investrnents io li 1.932 10,184.811 4,187 9,718,478 cURRETr ASSET5 Debtors and prepayments 12 82,184 145.803 Deposits & Cash 1,985.365 2,067.549 2,055,418 1201,221 CREDITORS: Amounts falling due wSthin one year crltOrS & Atcruals 13 32&091 234,263 CURRENT ASSErs 1.739.458 1,966,958 TOTAL AssEfs LESS CURRE LIABILITIES 11.92A201 11,689,623 cREDORS. AMnts fallins due atter more tn year 13 32.006 18,660 NEf ASSErs 11,894,195 11.670.963 FUNDS Permanent Endowment Expendable Endowment Restricted funds Unrestricted funds 15.16 15 416,928 9,390,481 1,699.338 387,448 428.794 &945,154 1.930.090 366.925 17 18 19 11,894,195 11.670,963 The accounts were approved by the trustees on 17 November 2025 RICHARD FRITH CHAIR NDREW WILSON TRusfEE Two Ridings Page 25
TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
Statement of Cashflows For the year ended 31 March 2025
| See Note Cash flows from operating activities: Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities 22 Cash flows from investing activities: Dividends, interest and rents from investments Purchase of property, plant and equipment Proceeds from sale of investments Purchase of investments (Increase)/decrease in cash investments Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities Cash flows from financing activities Receipt of endowment Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities Change in cash and cash equivalents in the period Cash & cash equivalents at the beginning of the reporting period: Cash & cash equivalents at the end of the reporting period: 23 |
2025 £ (353,171) 327,010 - 810,067 (1,651,484) 236,328 (278,079) 561,197 561,197 (70,053) 2,055,418 1,985,365 |
2024 £ |
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| (370,200) 293,699 (2,395) 3,688,398 (3,878,646) (170,454) |
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| (69,398) 597,513 |
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| 597,513 | ||
| 157,915 | ||
| 1,897,503 | ||
| 2,055,418 |
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TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025
1 ACCOUNTING POLICIES
a) Basis of Accounting
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued on 16 July 2014 and the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011.
Two Ridings Community Foundation meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102.
The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant notes to these accounts.
b) Preparation of accounts on a going concern basis
The trustees consider there are no material uncertainties about the Charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Trustees, having considered the level of reserves, business plans and financial forecasts for the period to 31/03/2026 together with future long term plans, have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.
c) Critical Accounting Judgements and Key Sources of Estimation Uncertainty
The most significant areas of judgement and key assumptions that affect items in the accounts relate to estimating the liability for multi-year grant commitments as the timing of these payments is not always predictable and revenue recognition of legacies. These are only included when probate is granted and valuations may include an estimate of the value of assets not yet realised and give rise to a variation in income when the assets are realised. There is no such estimate of legacy income in the reported period.
With respect to the next reporting period, 2025-26, the most significant areas of uncertainty that affect the carrying value of assets held by the Foundation are the level of investment return and the performance of investment markets (see the investment policy and investment performance sections of the trustees’ annual report for more information).
d) Fund Accounting
Restricted funds are funds that can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for a specific purpose.
Unrestricted funds are funds which can be used in accordance with the charitable objects at the discretion of the trustees.
Permanent Endowment funds are retained for the benefit of the charity as a capital fund which cannot be distributed. Income generated by the investments, after costs of administration, is distributed in accordance with the wishes of the donor.
Expendable Endowment funds are retained for the benefit of the charity as a capital fund. The capital and income generated by the investments, may be distributed at the discretion of the trustees and in accordance with the wishes of the donor.
e) Incoming Resources
Grants, including grants for the purchase of fixed assets, are recognised in full in the Statement of Financial Activities in the year in which they were receivable. Grants are only deferred on the instruction of the donor. All other incoming resources are included in the SOFA when the charity is legally entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy.
Donated facilities and professional services are recognised as income at their fair value when their economic benefit is probable, it can be measured reliably, and the charity has control over the benefits arising. Fair value is determined on the basis of the value of the gift to the charity, equivalent to the amount the charity would pay in the open market.
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TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025
f) Resources Expended
All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all costs related to the category.
Grants payable are payments made to third parties in the furtherance of the charity's objectives. Single or multi year grants are charged in the year the offer is conveyed to the recipient except in those cases where the offer is conditional, such grants being recognised as expenditure when the conditions attaching are fulfilled. At the year end grants offered that have not been paid out are included in creditors.
Overhead and support costs: Where these are specific they have been allocated directly to the appropriate charitable activity. All other overheads have been allocated in proportion to staff time spent on each activity. Further details are shown in note 5.
Raising funds comprise expenses incurred in seeking voluntary contributions and an apportionment of overhead and support costs.
Charitable activities include grants made, development of the Foundation and an apportionment of overhead and support costs. Governance costs are those in connection with constitutional and statutory requirements including associated management time and an apportionment of overhead and support costs.
g) Tangible Fixed Assets and Depreciation
Tangible fixed assets costing more than £1,000 are capitalised and included at cost including any incidental expenses of acquisition.
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets is provided at the following annual rates to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.
Computer equipment 25% straight line Office equipment 25% straight line
h) Fixed Asset Investments
Investments are a form of basic financial instrument and are initially recognised at their transaction value and subsequently measured at their fair value as at the balance sheet date using the closing quoted market price. The statement of financial activities includes the net gains and losses arising on revaluation and disposals throughout the year. The charity does not acquire put options, derivatives or other complex financial instruments.
i) Cash at Bank and in hand
Cash at bank and in hand includes cash and short term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from date of deposit, or notice period of three months or less.
j) Realised gains and losses
All gains and losses are taken to the Statement of Financial Activities as they arise. Realised gains and losses on investments are calculated as the difference between sales proceeds and their opening carrying value or their purchase value if acquired subsequent to the first day of the financial year. Unrealised gains and losses are calculated as the difference between the fair value at the year end and their carrying value. Realised and unrealised investment gains and losses are combined in the Statement of Financial Activities
k) Pensions
The Foundation offers a defined contribution pension scheme for employees. Contributions are charged to the SOFA in the period to which they relate. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the Foundation in independently administered funds. (See notes 20 and 21 for further details)
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TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025
2 DONATIONS & LEGACIES
| Donations (incl anon) Appeals: Cost of Living Appeal Flood Recovery Lord Mayor's Charity Scarborough Children & Young People Winter Resilience York Hungry Minds Other Appeals Legacies Total Donations & Legacies 2025 Total Donations & Legacies 2024 |
Restricted Funds £ 440,180 794 50,400 42,207 25,000 44,624 12,104 9,596 20,000 644,905 516,623 |
Unrestricted Funds £ 19,626 - - - - - 19,626 22,213 |
Endowment Funds 549,550 - - 6,250 - - - 5,397 561,197 597,513 |
Total Funds 2025 £ 1,009,356 794 50,400 42,207 31,250 44,624 12,104 9,596 25,397 1,225,728 1,136,349 |
Total Funds 2024 £ 468,881 332,670 - 16,440 58,750 - 62,512 7,096 190,000 |
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| 1,136,349 | |||||
Donations includes £10,800 of donations in kind for coaching for HEY Confident Futures leadership participants.
3 INVESTMENT INCOME
| Interest on cash deposits Investment income |
Total Funds 2025 £ 70,704 256,306 327,010 |
Total Funds 2024 £ 83,106 210,593 |
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| 293,699 |
Following the passing of a total return resolution for permanently endowed funds , income from the endowment investments is recognised as 'Investment Income' in the endowment column of the Statement of Financial Activities.
An appropriate amount of the unapplied total return is allocated to income funds and shown within the 'Other Income' section of the Statement of Financial Activities. Further details are shown in Note 16.
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TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025
| 4 INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES Grant making: Arts Council England Bettys & Taylors Group DCMS - Know Your Neighbourhood Fraisthorpe Community Benefit Fund Hull City Council - Building Forward Together Joseph Rowntree CT - Step Change Knabs Ridge Community Benefit Fund Nidderdale Plus PCC Ecclesiastical Parish of St Michael Le Belfrey Peter Sowerby Foundation Quickline Rank Foundation Rusholme Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund Six Penny Wood Wind Farm Comm Benefit Fund The Dulverton Trust The Local Fund for the Harrogate District York Central Limited Other small grant programmes Total Community leadership & development The National Lottery Community Fund Total Total 2025 Total 2024 |
Restricted Funds £ 249,747 623,840 102,916 100,000 66,000 31,699 22,400 - 165,000 25,000 40,000 52,262 34,612 110,332 16,000 50,000 1,689,808 126,541 126,541 1,816,349 1,635,702 |
Unrestricted Funds £ - - - - - |
Total Funds 2025 £ - 249,747 623,840 102,916 100,000 66,000 31,699 22,400 - 165,000 25,000 40,000 52,262 34,612 110,332 16,000 50,000 - 1,689,808 126,541 126,541 1,816,349 1,635,702 |
Total Funds 2024 £ 861 204,000 624,717 96,585 - 66,000 30,640 52,400 55,000 165,000 - - 50,791 33,424 110,332 27,500 - (556) |
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| 1,516,694 | ||||
| 119,008 | ||||
| 119,008 | ||||
| 1,635,702 | ||||
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Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025
5. EXPENDITURE
| Raising Funds Investment management costs Direct activities (see note 6) Support costs (see note 6) Total Raising Funds Grant making Grants payable (see note 7) Grantmaking support costs (see note 6) Total Community Leadership & Development Direct activities Support costs (see note 6) |
Restricted Unrestricted Endowment Total Funds Funds Funds 2025 £ £ £ £ 972 - 24,739 25,711 8,826 69,216 78,042 1,227 30,699 31,926 11,025 99,915 24,739 135,679 2,424,482 - - 2,424,482 52,828 210,744 - 263,572 2,477,310 210,744 - 2,688,054 125,677 27,574 - 153,251 17,201 14,177 - 31,378 142,878 41,751 - 184,629 |
Total 2024 £ 16,084 66,534 28,809 |
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| 111,427 2,290,333 244,159 |
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| 2,534,492 114,364 29,712 |
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| 144,076 |
6. ALLOCATION OF DIRECT ACTIVITIES AND SUPPORT COSTS
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| Costs | Raising | Grant | Community | Total | Basis of allocation |
| Funds | Making | Leadership & | |||
| Development | |||||
| Salaries - direct | 64,127 | - | 71,786 | 135,913 | Staff time spent |
| Salaries - grants, finance & admin | 17,217 | 196,670 | 18,081 | 231,968 | Staff time spent |
| Training & other staff costs | 2,183 | 11,073 | 4,929 | 18,185 | Specific |
| Community engagement & 3rd Party fee | - | 4,960 | 65,643 | 70,603 | Specific |
| Fundraising, Marketing & Events | 11,732 | 1,584 | 10,893 | 24,209 | Specific |
| Office running costs | 1,814 | 6,032 | 3,560 | 11,406 | Staff time spent |
| IT & Digital development | 7,517 | 25,918 | 3,078 | 36,513 | Staff time spent |
| Premises | 3,545 | 10,880 | 4,352 | 18,777 | Staff time spent |
| Depreciation | 339 | 1,489 | 427 | 2,255 | Staff time spent |
| Trustees expenses & insurance | 570 | 1,894 | 717 | 3,181 | Staff time spent |
| Other governance & professional fees | 924 | 3,072 | 1,163 | 5,159 | Staff time spent |
| Total 2025 | 109,968 | 263,572 | 184,629 | 558,169 | |
| Total 2024 | 95,343 | 244,159 | 144,076 | 483,578 |
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Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025
7 ANALYSIS OF GRANTS
Two Ridings use the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to measure how we meet the needs of the communities in North and East Yorkshire that we support. SDGs are a call for action to end poverty and deprivation working hand in hand with strategies to improve health and education, reduce inequality and create economic growth, all whilst tackling the climate crisis to preserve our world. As a globally used measure, SDGs provide a simple and widely recognised way for people to understand the impact our support makes to local people and places.
| The amount payable in the year comprises: Analysis of grants to individuals by SDG: Good Health and Wellbeing No Poverty Quality Education Reduced Inequalities Sustainable Cities and Communities Zero Hunger Total Grants to Individuals Analysis of grants to organisations by SDG: Climate Action / Affordable & Clean Energy Decent Work and Economic Growth Good Health and Wellbeing No Poverty Quality Education Reduced Inequalities / Gender Equality Sustainable Cities and Communities Zero Hunger Total Grants to Organisations Total Grants Payable |
Number - 5 1 1 88 95 Number 13 126 42 22 87 114 10 414 509 |
Total Funds 2025 £ - 944 1,200 495 45,710 48,349 Total Funds 2025 £ 81,099 633,127 159,822 181,124 438,535 849,279 33,147 2,376,133 2,424,482 |
Number 9 2 2 6 1 1 21 Number 1 5 145 45 7 71 127 55 456 477 |
Total Funds 2024 £ 3,099 (129) 879 2,770 347 250 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7,215 | ||||
| Total Funds 2024 £ 1,589 125,620 564,537 236,886 13,800 357,794 682,743 300,148 |
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| 2,283,117 | ||||
| 2,290,333 |
A list of grants awarded to organisations is detailed in Note 26
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Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025
| Reconciliation of grants payable: Commitments at 1 April 2024 Commitments made in the period Grants cancelled or recovered Grants payable for the period Grants paid during the period Commitments at 31 March 2025 8 GOVERNANCE COSTS Staff costs Office & Premises Trustees expenses incl. insurance Accountants fees for Audit Accountants fees for other services Other professional fees 9 STAFF COSTS Salaries Social security costs (incl Employment Allowance) Pension costs Other benefits and allowances Temporary staff/freelance Average number of employees during the period was: On a full time equivalent basis Headcount |
2,436,571 (12,089) |
2025 £ 194,804 2,424,482 (2,323,920) 295,366 |
2,311,561 (21,228) 2025 £ 14,988 1,942 3,181 3,900 - - 24,011 2025 £ 326,165 25,081 16,308 327 - 367,881 8.8 11.9 |
2024 £ 145,885 2,290,333 (2,241,414) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 194,804 | ||||
| 2024 £ 15,121 1,773 2,921 3,360 960 2,639 |
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| 26,774 | ||||
| 2024 £ 290,189 21,513 14,449 130 500 |
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| 326,781 | ||||
| 8.1 | ||||
| 11.3 |
The Community Foundation considers that its key management personnel comprises the trustees and senior management team.
The total employee benefits paid to key management personnel including gross salary, employer pension contributions and employer NI, were £200,796 (2024: £189,614).
During the year 1 employee received remuneration between £60,000 - £70,000 (2024: 1 employee, £60,000 - £70,000) Neither Trustees nor any person connected with them received any remuneration in either year. (2024: £Nil) Payments of £423 were made for expenses incurred by 1 trustee in relation to travel and meeting expenses incurred during the year. (2024: 3 trustee were reimbursed a total of £541)
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Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025
| 10 TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS Cost At 1 April 2024 Additions during the period Disposals during the period As at 31 March 2025 Depreciation At 1 April 2024 Charge for the period Disposals during the period As at 31 March 2025 Net Book Value At 31 March 2025 At 31 March 2024 11 FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS Listed Investments/CIS £ Market value at 1 April 2024 9,305,771 Increase/(decrease) in cash invested Additions to investments 1,651,484 Proceeds of Disposals (810,067) Realised gain/(loss) in the year - Unrealised gain/(loss) in the year (138,756) Market value at 31 March 2025 10,008,432 Equities Fixed Interest/Bonds Alternatives Collective Investment Schemes Deposit and other cash balances |
Computer Equipment 17,959 (343) 17,617 14,491 1,824 (343) 15,972 1,645 3,468 Deposit & Other cash balances £ 412,707 (236,328) - - - - 176,379 |
Office Equipment 2,690 - - 2,690 1,971 431 - 2,402 288 719 Total 2025 £ 9,718,478 (236,328) 1,651,484 (810,067) - (138,756) 10,184,811 3,302,447 971,123 599,811 5,135,051 176,379 10,184,811 |
Total 20,649 - (343) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20,307 | |||
| 16,462 2,255 (343) |
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| 18,374 | |||
| 1,932 | |||
| 4,187 | |||
| 2024 £ 8,467,826 170,454 3,878,646 (3,688,398) 3,108 886,842 |
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| 9,718,478 | |||
| 2,972,836 815,797 575,373 4,941,765 412,707 |
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| 9,718,478 |
All investments are carried at their fair value. Holdings in Collective Investment Schemes are valued at the mid-market price or net asset value of a unit. The basis of fair value for quoted investments is equivalent to the market value, using the bid price. Asset sales and purchases are recognised at the date of trade at cost (that is their transaction value).
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Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025
| 12 DEBTORS AND PREPAYMENTS Gift Aid tax recoverable Prepayments Grant programme income owing Legacies Other debtors 13 CREDITORS AND ACCRUALS Amounts falling due within one year: Grants committed not yet paid Other creditors Deferred income Accruals Amounts falling due after one year: * Multi year grants committed not yet paid |
2025 £ 9,719 3,385 20,166 - 48,914 82,184 2025 £ 263,360 21,193 37,616 5,922 328,091 32,006 |
2024 £ 11,339 1,755 28,089 40,000 64,620 |
|---|---|---|
| 145,803 | ||
| 2024 £ 176,144 22,985 30,642 4,492 |
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| 234,263 | ||
| 18,660 |
- 2024: £18,660 restated to Amounts falling due after one year (previously included in Creditors - amounts falling due within one year).
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Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025
14 COMMITMENTS
Operating Lease Commitments
At 31 March 2025 the charity has annual commitments under non cancellable operating leases as follows:
| 2025 | 2024 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Expiring within | 1 year | 5,433 | - |
| Expiring within | 2-5 years | - | 9,314 |
15 ENDOWMENT FUNDS
| Opening Balances £ Permanent Endowment LDJ Design & Display 9,098 North Yorkshire Community Fund 368,845 Postgate's Foundation 11,802 Red & White Fund 39,049 Total 428,794 Expendable Endowment Alderman Jackson's Appeal Trust Fund 292,568 Alex's Fund - Community First Prime Opportunities Fun 25,467 Community First Whitby Fund 173,927 EG & MA Bousfield Fund 1,386,695 Ella's Fund 128,530 Fraisthorpe Endowment Fund - Gilberdyke Endowment Fund 20,606 GRE Richard Weare Fund 1,851,273 Hanson 5 Fund 43,077 Hanson Fund for Scarborough 55,386 Heart of Yorkshire 1,976,610 John & Carole Mortimer Endow Fund 24,676 Lyn & Trevor Shears Fund 48,201 Lyn & Trevor Shears Harrogate 145,796 Malarkey Fund 542,568 McInroy and Wood 23,214 North Yorkshire Pioneers Fund 121,260 North Yorks. Reward Endowment Fund 256,538 Paula James Fund 190,000 |
Incoming Resources £ - - - 4,800 4,800 - 262,500 - 6,000 - - - 6,250 6,250 20,000 250,000 - - - 5,397 |
Gain/(Loss) on Investments £ (119) (4,829) (155) (574) |
Resources Expended (23) (920) (29) (105) (1,077) (729) (669) - - (3,458) (322) (504) (51) (4,616) (116) (142) (4,929) (62) (120) (379) (2,638) (58) (302) (6) (436) |
Transfers (214) (8,672) (278) (748) (9,912) (6,879) - - - (32,604) (1,745) 200,000 (484) (43,526) 1,059 (1,024) (46,434) (580) (1,133) (1,847) 250,000 (546) (2,851) (251,500) (621) |
Closing Balances £ 8,742 354,424 11,340 42,422 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (5,677) | 416,928 | ||||
| (3,831) (145) (1,187) (7,802) (18,157) (1,704) (2,590) (270) (24,240) (585) (724) (25,881) (323) (631) (1,910) (8,509) (304) (1,588) (2,771) (2,981) |
281,129 261,686 24,280 172,125 1,332,476 124,759 196,906 19,801 1,778,891 49,685 59,746 1,899,366 23,711 46,317 161,660 1,031,421 22,306 116,519 2,261 191,359 |
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| Presence Church | 52,286 | - | (685) | (130) | (1,228) | 50,243 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rusholme Windfarm Endowment Fund | 72,302 | - | (1,286) | (219) | 18,682 | 89,479 |
| Terry's Fund | 83,821 | - | (1,098) | (209) | (1,943) | 80,571 |
| The Harry Bolland Fund | 434,883 | - | (5,694) | (1,085) | (10,225) | 417,879 |
| THE LOCAL FUND for the Harrogate Dist | 81,414 | - | (1,059) | (202) | (2,639) | 77,514 |
| The Moss Family Fund | 90,982 | - | (1,191) | (227) | (2,139) | 87,425 |
| The Scarborough Fund | 40,192 | (526) | (100) | (949) | 38,617 | |
| The Whitby Fund | 60,464 | - | (792) | (151) | (1,421) | 58,100 |
| Walk in My Shoes | 31,571 | - | (413) | (79) | (738) | 30,341 |
| Williams Family Scarborough Fund | 223,524 | - | (2,927) | (558) | (5,183) | 214,856 |
| York Children & Young People's Fund | 97,992 | - | (1,283) | (244) | (2,304) | 94,161 |
| York Women & Girls Fund | 154,867 | - | (2,028) | (386) | (3,641) | 148,812 |
| Yorks. Coast for Borough of Scarborough | - | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Yorkshire Forces Families & Vets. Support | 184,332 | - | (2,413) | (460) | (4,334) | 177,125 |
| Yorkshire Oaks | 30,132 | - | (395) | (75) | (708) | 28,954 |
| 8,945,154 | 556,397 | (127,923) | (23,662) | 40,515 | 9,390,481 | |
| Total Endowment | 9,373,948 | 561,197 | (133,600) | (24,739) | 30,603 | 9,807,409 |
Fund transfers
Transfers includes £189,397 of funds drawn down from the capital fund and transferred to restricted funds for furtherance of charitable objectives as agreed with the donor and the following additional transfers:
Fraisthorpe Endowment Fund: transfer of £200,000 from the Fraisthope flowthrough fund to set up an endowment fund to enable a long term legacy of grant making after the wind farm has ceased operating, as agreed with the donor.
Rusholme Windfarm Endowment Fund: transfer of £20,000 from the Rusholme Windfarm flowthrough fund to add to their endowment fund to enable a long term legacy of grant making after the wind farm has ceased operating, as agreed with the donor.
Malarkey Fund: transfer of £250,000 from the North Yorkshire Reward fund to the Malarkey fund as match funding to inspire philanthropy in North Yorkshire, as agreed with the donors.
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Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025
Fund details
The income from the endowed funds detailed below is distributed through parallel run grant funds, listed in Note 17 Restricted Funds.
LDJ Design & Display
A fund to support projects involving disadvantaged children, the homeless and drug related projects.
North Yorkshire Community Fund
A fund to support voluntary groups and small charities serving the communities of North Yorkshire.
Postgate's Foundation
A trust fund to help puchase educational materials for gifted young people residing in the parish of Stokesley.
Red and White Fund
A fund to support social action at a local level in York, East Yorkshire and Hull.
Alex's fund
A fund to support applications from The Freedom Festival Arts Trust for activities focused on engaging children and young people in Hull.
Alderman Jackson's Appeal Trust Fund
A fund to support projects benefiting the inhabitants of Kingston upon Hull.
Community First Prime Opportunities Fund
A fund to support projects working in areas of significant disadvantage which enable children and young people to maximise their potential.
Community First Whitby Fund
A fund to support social action at a local level in Whitby and surrounding area.
EG & MA Bousfield Fund
A fund for the promotion of good health (both physical and mental), relief of poverty and sickness, conservation of the environment and encouragement of rural activity.
Ella's Fund
A fund to support charitable activities aimed at enhancing the wellbeing of children and young people in North Yorkshire.
Fraisthorpe Fund
This fund is for the benefit of the area around the Fraisthorpe Windfarm to improve the local quality of life and community resources for residents who live in the vicinity of the development.
The Gilberdyke Fund
A fund originally set up to support widows in Gilberdyke, now supports activity in the parish of Gilberdyke that addresses identified needs.
GRE Richard Weare Fund
A fund to support small charities and community groups in York, North Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire and Hull.
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Hanson 5 Fund
A fund to support activity for the direct wellbeing of people in North Yorkshire, with a particular focus on giving younger adults practical or emotional support to make a 'step on the ladder' and reach their potential.
Hanson Fund for Scarborough
A fund to benefit communities in Scarborough Borough with a particular focus on supporting Children & Young People
Heart of Yorkshire
A fund to support charitable activity for the wellbeing of people in the Selby District.
John & Carole Mortimer Fund
A fund to support charitable activity for the direct wellbeing of people with disabilities, especially children and their families in the Whitby area.
Lyn & Trevor Shears Fund
A fund supporting charitable activity for the direct wellbeing of people in North Yorkshire.
Lyn & Trevor Shears Harrogate Fund
A fund administered under the 'umbrella' of The Local Fund for the Harrogate District, for the benefit of people living in the area.
Malarkey Fund
A fund to support charitable activity for the direct wellbeing of people in North Yorkshire.
McInroy and Wood
A fund administered under the 'umbrella' of The Local Fund for the Harrogate District, for the benefit of people living in the area.
North Yorkshire Pioneers
A fund supporting 'pioneers' developing new charities/projects, especially those put forward by or for young people.
North Yorkshire Reward Endowment Fund
A fund to support voluntary groups and small charities serving the communities of North Yorkshire to help them meet the priorities of the North Yorkshire Sustainable Community Strategy.
Paula James Fund
A fund in memory of Paula James to benefit communities in York and East Riding of Yorkshire, with priority to the communities of York, Wilberfoss, Barmby Moor and Pocklington.
Presence Church
A fund administered under the 'umbrella' of The Local Fund for the Harrogate District, for the benefit of people living in the area.
Rusholme Wind Farm Endowment Fund
A fund provided by Rusholme Wind Farm Ltd to assist small voluntary groups to enhance and improve the communities in the parishes of Airmyn, Drax, Long Drax and Newland.
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Terry's Fund
A fund to improve employability for people with disabilities or other disadvantage in North Yorkshire & York, with particular priority to people from Great Ayton and Middlesborough.
The Harry Bolland Fund
A fund for the benefit of residents of the local authority area of Harrogate Borough Council, North Yorkshire under the umbrella' of THE LOCAL FUND for The Harrogate District.
THE LOCAL FUND for the Harrogate District
A fund to support and strengthen voluntary and community sector organisations based in and serving the Harrogate District.
The Moss Family Fund
The fund can use income and/or capital for general charitable purposes in the Ryedale area with priority for the area of Kirkbymoorside.
The Scarborough Fund
A fund to benefit communities in the Scarborough area operating under the umbrella of the North Yorkshire Coast for Scarborugh Fund.
The Whitby Fund
A fund to benefit communitites in Whitby, North Yorkshire and the surrounding area.
Walk in My Shoes
A fund to support people in North and East Yorkshire, particularly those who are most marginalised.
Williams Family Scarborough Fund
A fund to benefit communities in Scarborough Borough with a particular focus on supporting Children & Young People
York Children & Young People's Fund
A fund to support charities and community groups for the benefit of children and young people in York.
York Women & Girls Fund
A fund to support women and girls in York.
Yorks Coast for the Borough of Scarborough
A fund to support charitable activity for the wellbeing of people in the Scarborough Borough.
Yorkshire Forces Families & Veterans Support Fund
A fund to provide assistance to current or former forces personnel and their families that are experiencing hardship or distress, via organisations that work with the intended beneficiary groups.
Yorkshire Oaks
A fund to support charitable activity for the direct well being of people in North and East Yorkshire, with priority given to activity addressing issues and needs for people (including young people) living in poverty.
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16 ENDOWMENT FUNDS - UNAPPLIED TOTAL RETURN
In May 2018 the Trustees passed a total return resolution for the permanent endowment funds commencing 1st April 2018. It is the Trustees' policy to retain sufficient funds within the permanent endowment fund to increase their value in line with inflation measured by the Consumer Price Index to maintain their real value.
Having considered their obligations to current and future beneficiaries and the current economic climate, trustees have made a transfer of £20,420 to distribution funds in the reporting period.
| At beginning of the reporting period Gift component of the permanent endowment Indexed element of UTR Unapplied total return available for distribution Total Movements in the reporting period Gift of endowment funds Investment return: dividends & interest Gain/(loss) on investment Investment management costs Unapplied total return allocated to distribution funds in the reporting period Net movement in reporting period At end of reporting period Gift component of the permanent endowment Indexed element of UTR Unapplied total return available for distribution Total |
Endowment £ 248,832 - - 248,832 4,800 - - - 4,800 253,632 - - 253,632 |
Unapplied Total Return (UTR) £ - 114,614 65,348 |
Total Endowment £ 248,832 114,614 65,348 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 179,962 | 428,794 | ||
| - 10,508 (5,677) (1,077) (20,420) |
4,800 10,508 (5,677) (1,077) (20,420) |
||
| (16,666) | (11,866) | ||
| - 124,179 39,117 |
253,632 124,179 39,117 |
||
| 163,296 | 416,928 |
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17 RESTRICTED FUNDS
| RESTRICTED FUNDS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opening | Incoming | Resources | Gains/(Losses) | Closing | |
| Balances | Resources | Expended | Transfers | Balances | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Foundation Development & Events | 5,181 | 33,352 | (22,313) | - | 16,220 |
| Anna Maria Fund | 98,422 | - | (75,339) | - | 23,083 |
| Arqiva Bilsdale Mast | 28,500 | - | (17,500) | - | 11,000 |
| Arts for Change | 1 | - | - | (1) | - |
| Bettys Community Fund | 56,916 | 124,747 | (116,663) | (10,000) | 55,000 |
| Bettys & Taylors Family Fund | 12,309 | 125,000 | (105,040) | (12,500) | 19,769 |
| Building Forward Together | - | 100,000 | (100,000) | - | - |
| Catalyst Fund | 3,874 | 2,640 | (2,004) | - | 4,510 |
| Chris & Margaret Hartley Legacy Fund | - | 20,000 | (12,313) | (2,000) | 5,687 |
| Coastal Road | 25,000 | - | - | - | 25,000 |
| Cost of Living Crisis Appeal funds | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cost of Living | 6,588 | 794 | - | (64) | 7,318 |
| Winter Resilience | - | 44,624 | (27,939) | (3,570) | 13,115 |
| York Cost of Living | 1,690 | - | (189) | - | 1,501 |
| Disaster and Recovery Funds | - | - | - | - | - |
| Disaster and Recovery Fund | 2,182 | 153 | - | (8) | 2,327 |
| East Yorkshire Recovery Fund | 13,261 | - | 347 | - | 13,608 |
| North Yorkshire Flood Recovery Fund | 64,385 | 50,400 | (48,000) | (2,400) | 64,385 |
| Tadcaster Business Flood Recovery | 43,306 | - | - | - | 43,306 |
| York Flood Appeal | 394,770 | 8,930 | (918) | (9,420) | 393,362 |
| TNL Community Fund Flood Support | 17,683 | - | - | - | 17,683 |
| Dulverton Trust Fund | 641 | 110,332 | (99,930) | (11,033) | 10 |
| Fraisthorpe Windfarm | 310,098 | 107,814 | (80,566) | (212,027) | 125,319 |
| George Toplis | 2,537 | - | (2,537) | - | - |
| Harrogate Street Aid | 9,877 | 7,749 | (75) | (5,000) | 12,551 |
| HEY Confident Futures (Chapter 2) | 35,013 | 137,341 | (141,924) | - | 30,430 |
| High Sheriff of North Yorkshire Fund | 14,169 | 7,535 | (7,530) | - | 14,174 |
| High Sheriff of East Yorkshire Fund | 798 | - | - | - | 798 |
| Hull Community Fund | |||||
| Hull Community Fund | - | 570 | - | (57) | 513 |
| Rank Hull Community Fund | - | 40,000 | (35,698) | (4,000) | 302 |
| Hull Emergency Response Fund | - | 2,238 | (2,059) | (179) | - |
| Humber & NY Health & Care Partnership | - | - | - | ||
| Springboard Programme | 19,560 | - | - | - | 19,560 |
| VCSE Leadership Programme | 151 | - | - | - | 151 |
| JPG Naylor Fund | 1,045 | - | (1,045) | - | - |
| JRCT Step Change Fund | 1,074 | 66,000 | (54,174) | (6,000) | 6,900 |
| Kickstarter Fund (formerly Insite Property fund) | 8,067 | - | (6,600) | - | 1,467 |
| Knabs Ridge Wind Farm Community Fund | 27,856 | 31,699 | (27,855) | (2,882) | 28,818 |
| Know Your Neighbourhood | 6 | 623,840 | (623,842) | - | 4 |
| Lankelly Chase Deciding Together Fund | 9,791 | - | (1,700) | - | 8,091 |
| Lord Mayor of York Fund (D Carr 22-23) | 405 | - | (405) | - | - |
| Lord Mayor of York Fund (C Cullwick 23-24) | 6,209 | 40,721 | (44,855) | (2,075) | - |
| Lord Mayor of York Fund (M Wells 24-25) | - | 1,486 | (2) | - | 1,484 |
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| **17 ** | RESTRICTED FUNDS (continued) | Opening | Incoming | Resources | Gains/(Losses) | Closing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balances | Resources | Expended | Transfers | Balances | ||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| Nidderdale Plus Community Fund | 36,575 | 22,400 | (24,712) | (2,400) | 31,863 | |
| Nimbuscare | 30 | - | - | - | 30 | |
| Peter Sowerby Rural Support Fund | 94,806 | 165,000 | (193,010) | (15,000) | 51,796 | |
| Q Futures Community Fund | - | 25,000 | - | - | 25,000 | |
| Richard Weare Fund | 19,866 | 528 | (54) | (288) | 20,052 | |
| Rita Hunt Fund | 6,250 | - | - | - | 6,250 | |
| Rusholme Windfarm Community Benefit Fund | 95,481 | 54,404 | (50,403) | (25,424) | 74,058 | |
| Scarborough Children and Young People's Fund | 42,537 | 25,000 | (13,059) | (2,500) | 51,978 | |
| Six Penny Wood Community Benefit Fund | 5,542 | 34,612 | (33,619) | (3,846) | 2,689 | |
| Stokesley & Great Ayton Fund | 5,000 | - | (2,500) | (500) | 2,000 | |
| Stubbs Family Fund | 1,520 | - | (1,520) | - | - | |
| Surviving Winter | 2,338 | 40 | - | (4) | 2,374 | |
| THE LOCAL FUND for the Harrogate District | ||||||
| Full Circle Fund | 224 | - | (200) | - | 24 | |
| TLF for the Harrogate District | 1,866 | 1,241 | (2,530) | (124) | 453 | |
| TLF Harrogate District Lottery | 600 | 16,000 | (14,715) | (1,600) | 285 | |
| Two Ridings Small Grants | 5,920 | 11,472 | - | (679) | 16,713 | |
| Williams Family fund | 9,692 | 137,500 | (112,797) | (12,500) | 21,895 | |
| Women in Business | 428 | 4,750 | - | (475) | 4,703 | |
| Wrigley Fund | 2,298 | - | - | - | 2,298 | |
| York Community Fund | ||||||
| JRF York Fund | 13,252 | 120,000 | (101,017) | (20,000) | 12,235 | |
| York Central Community Impact fund | - | 50,000 | (44,290) | (5,000) | 710 | |
| York Community Fund | - | 5,850 | 1,086 | (585) | 6,351 | |
| York Quaker Fund | - | 103,579 | - | - | 103,579 | |
| York Hungry Minds | 58,609 | 12,104 | (8,255) | (1,210) | 61,248 | |
| York Street Aid | 4,213 | 1,655 | (1,766) | (175) | 3,927 | |
| York Street Aid Development | 3,679 | - | (273) | - | 3,406 |
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Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025
| 17 RESTRICTED FUNDS (continued) Opening Balances Endowment Distribution Funds £ Alderman Jackson's Appeal Trust Fund 35,356 Alex's Fund - Community First Whitby Fund 5,360 Community First Prime Opportunities 8,012 E & M Bousfield Fund 9,444 Ella's Fund 760 Gilberdyke Fund 924 GRE Richard Weare 30,121 Hanson 5 1,678 Hanson Fund for Scarborough 799 Harry Bolland Fund 1,349 Heart of Yorkshire 97,615 John and Carole Mortimer fund 106 LDJ Design & Display 762 Lyn and Trevor Shears Fund 61 Lyn and Trevor Shears Harrogate 788 Malarkey Fund 4,292 McInroy and Wood 222 Moss Family Fund 3,982 North Yorkshire Community Fund 9,683 North Yorkshire Pioneers 8,809 North Yorkshire Reward Fund 3,740 Paula James Fund 417 Postgate's Foundation 4,259 Presence Church 883 Red and White Fund 1,610 Scarborough Fund 1,358 Terry's Fund 3,672 THE LOCAL FUND for Harrogate 941 Walk in My Shoes 2,591 Whitby Fund 2,451 Williams Family Scarborough Fund 4,868 York Children & Young People's Fund 2,368 Yorks Coast for the Borough of Scarborou 11,180 Yorkshire Oaks 164 York Women and Girls 16,325 Yorkshire Forces Families & Veterans Supp 21,050 1,930,090 |
Incoming Resources £ 7,119 6,510 4,974 735 33,740 5,640 501 45,319 1,121 1,382 10,581 48,194 600 221 1,173 3,687 25,660 565 2,214 8,974 2,951 56 4,244 287 1,272 2,226 978 2,040 1,976 768 1,471 5,439 2,384 513 733 3,768 4,485 2,723,601 |
Resources Expended £ (13,248) - (3,000) (5,000) (60,848) (4,000) (1,400) (63,937) (2,400) (1,500) (14,188) (125,533) (700) (1,000) (755) (3,498) (14,004) (900) (1,000) (9,134) - (3,000) (417) - (2,300) (2,000) (2,000) (1,200) (4,000) - (3,000) (10,650) (4,942) (6,300) (500) - (2,557) (2,631,213) |
Gains/(Losses) Transfers £ 2,536 (4,107) (497) (73) 18,880 (422) 128 17,875 (357) 41 3,769 19,232 153 56 299 (651) (15,885) 143 563 2,947 1,051 (40) (2,209) 73 322 18 452 492 1,435 191 674 1,614 607 (51) 187 1,342 1,598 (323,140) |
Closing Balances £ 31,763 2,403 6,837 3,674 1,216 1,978 153 29,378 42 722 1,511 39,508 159 39 778 326 63 30 5,759 12,470 12,811 756 2,035 4,619 177 1,854 788 5,004 352 3,550 1,596 1,271 417 5,342 584 21,435 24,576 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,699,338 |
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Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025
Gains/Fund Transfers
Transfer to/from endowment
Transfers includes £189,397 of funds drawn down from the capital fund and transferred to restricted funds for furtherance of charitable objectives as agreed with the donor and the following additional transfers:
Fraisthorpe Windfarm Fund: transfer of £200,000 from the Fraisthope flowthrough fund to set up an endowment fund to enable a long term legacy of grant making after the wind farm has ceased operating, as agreed with the donor.
Rusholme Windfarm Fund: transfer of £20,000 from the Rusholme Windfarm flowthrough fund to add to
their endowment fund to enable a long term legacy of grant making after the wind farm has ceased operating, as agreed with the donor.
Transfer to Unrestricted funds
£287,381 transfer to unrestricted funds relates to the contribution to fund management and administration costs as agreed with the donor.
Investment gains/(loss)
(£5,156) investment gains/(losses) relating to long term funds held in the Foundation's investment portfolio.
Fund Details
Foundation Development & Events
Grants and donations to support organisational development and develop philanthropy in the region.
Anna Maria Fund
The Anna Maria Fund has been established by Charities Aid Foundation to support projects in Kingston Upon Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire that help people suffering from physical or mental health problems.
Arqiva Bilsdale Mast
A fund supporting charitable activity for the direct wellbeing of vulnerable people in North Yorkshire affected by the Bilsdale Transmitter coverage.
Arts for Change
A fund to support the use of arts or other cultural activity to enrich and change the lives of those in need.
Bettys Community Fund
A fund to support activity that benefits communities in Yorkshire.
Bettys & Taylors Family Fund
A fund to inspire, support and enable vulnerable children and young people (up to the age of 25) who face challenging circumstances, through food, catering and hospitality skills.
Building Forward Together
A fund for the creation of a network of sustainable infrastructure support for the Voluntary Sector in the City of Hull.
Catalyst Fund
The Catalyst fund is a collective giving fund supporting community groups in York and North Yorkshire.
Coastal Road Fund
A fund supporting projects that broaden opportunity and enable wellbeing for people in Whitby and the surrounding area.
Cost of Living Crisis Appeal funds
Funds to support organisations affected by the Cost of Living crisis.
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Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025
Disaster and Recovery Funds
A fund to support individuals and organisations affected by major events. According to donors wishes, this has been subdivided and also includes the following funds: Arkengarth and Swaledale Flood Recovery, East Yorkshire Recovery, Flood Support, North Yorkshire Flood Recovery, Swaledale and Wensleydale Flood Recovery, and the National Lottery Community Fund,York and N. Yorks Business Recovery and York Flood Appeal.
Dulverton Trust Fund
A fund to support local needs in North & East Yorkshire, with priorities of youth opportunities, general welfare, conservation & preservation.
Fraisthorpe
This fund is for the benefit of the area around the Fraisthorpe Windfarm to improve the local quality of life and community resources for residents who live in the vicinity of the development.
Full Circle Fund
A fund provided by Full Circle Funerals, sitting under the 'umbrella' of The Local Fund for the Harrogate District..
George Toplis - Mental Health through Sport Fund
To provide support for individuals with mental illhealth through sport.
Harrogate Street Aid
An appeal to support people with experience of homelessness in the Harrogate District.
HEY Confident Futures/HEY Confident Futures (Chapter 2)
A network and leadership development programme in Hull and East Yorkshire, focusing on the social and cultural sector.
High Sheriff of North Yorkshire Fund/High Sheriff of East Yorkshire Fund
To support charitable activity in North Yorkshire and East Yorkshire respectively.
Humber & NY Health & Care Partnership - Springboard Programme
A community leadership programme for people from the black, Asian and minority ethnic communities in the Humber & North Yorkshire Health & Care partnership region.
Humber & NY Health & Care Partnership - VCSE Leadership Programme
Funding to facilitate improved partnership working between Humber & North Yorkshire Health & Care Partnership and the VCSE sector, and to increase the role of the sector in strategic development and the design and delivery of integrated care.
JPG Naylor Fund
A fund set up to benefit communities; particularly those in York, North Yorkshire, the East Riding of Yorkshire and Hull.
JRCT Step Change Fund
A fund provided by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust to address inequality and hidden poverty, health and wellbeing, loneliness and social isolation in York.
JRF York Fund
A fund to support the activity of community and voluntary organisations in York, supporting vulnerable and marginalised people and groups.
Kickstarter Fund
A fund supporting the wellbeing of people in North Yorkshire with focus on organisations who have or wish to develop an incomegeneration dimension to their work or other means of increasing their financial sustainability.
Knabs Ridge Wind Farm Community Fund
A fund provided by RWE npower Renewables to fund charitable, educational, environmental or community projects for the benefit of residents of the parishes of Felliscliffe, Hampsthwaite, Birstwith, Norwood, Menwith with Darley, Haverah Park with Beckwithshaw and Fewston.
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Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025
Know Your Neighbourhood
Funded by UK Government, Know Your Neighbourhood fund is part of a multi year funding programme in Hull (and other areas of the country) to increase volunteering and reduce loneliness and social isolation.
Lankelly Chase Deciding Together Fund
A local fund for York that is designed and decided by people in York, for work that supports improvements for people experiencing multiple complex needs.
Lord Mayor of York Fund
A fund to support charities chosen by York's Civic Party.
Nidderdale Plus Fund
A fund to support community inspired projects that promote wellbeing, foster independence, cultivate a sense of belonging and support community energy needs in the rural area of Nidderdale.
Nimbuscare
A fund set up to enable Nimbuscare to invest back into the local communities that it serves.
Peter Sowerby Fund
A fund to support small local organisations in rural communities in North Yorkshire and the E Riding of Yorkshire (excl York and Hull).
Richard Weare Fund
A fund provided by the Richard Weare Charitable Trust that awards grants to projects supporting young people to help them fulfil their potential.
Rita Hunt Fund
A fund established in memory of Rita Hunt by her family to promote the wellbeing and independence of the tenants of the Rita Hunt Extra Care scheme in Beverley, East Yorkshire.
Rusholme Wind Farm
A fund provided by Rusholme Wind Farm Ltd to assist small voluntary groups to enhance and improve the communities in the parishes of Airmyn, Drax, Long Drax and Newland.
Scaborough District Children and Young People's Fund
A fund to increase opportunities for children and young people to thrive in the Boroughs of Scarborough District.
Six Penny Wood Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund
This fund is for the benefit of the area around the Six Penny Wood Windfarm in East Yorkshire.
Stokesley & Great Ayton Fund
A fund to improve facilities for young people in the Stokesley and Great Ayton area.
Stubbs Family Fund
A fund supporting charitable activity to improve the wellbeing of people in Yorkshire, with priority to small local community groups.
Surviving Winter
The Surviving Winter Fund supports groups working to alleviate the problems faced by older and vulnerable people during the coldest months.
THE LOCAL FUND for the Harrogate District (including TLF Lottery)
A fund to support charitable activity in the Harrogate District
Two Ridings Small Grants
A fund to support charitable activity in North and East Yorkshire, York and Hull.
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Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025
Williams Family Fund
A fund established by the Williams family to support children & young people in Yorkshire.
Women and Girls Fund
A fund to support organisations working with women and girls
Women In Business
A fund set up and funded by women, for women that supports groups working to inspire, support and enable women, girls and families in York and North Yorkshire
Wrigley Fund
A fund supporting charitable organisations in North Yorkshire.
York Hungry Minds
An appeal to support a pilot scheme providing free breakfast and lunches to pupils at 2 primary schools in York to support improved education outcomes, health and wellbeing.
York Street Aid
An appeal to support people with experience of homelessness in York.
York Street Aid Development
Funds donated to set up and support the promotion of the York Street Aid Appeal.
Endowment Distribution Funds
Funds derived from the income from the associated endowment funds to be distributed in accordance with the wishes of the donor.
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Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025
18 UNRESTRICTED FUNDS
| STRICTED FUNDS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Fund Designated funds: Digital Development Organisational Development |
Opening Balances £ 338,181 28,744 - 366,925 |
Incoming Resources £ 85,552 - - 85,552 |
Resources Expended £ (343,059) (9,351) - (352,410) |
Transfers £ 257,381 13,000 17,000 287,381 |
Closing Balances £ 338,055 32,393 17,000 |
| 387,448 |
Designated Funds
Digital Development Fund
A fund to support digital transformation projects over the next 2 years including the upgrade of the Foundation's CRM database and finance software.
Organisational Development
A fund to support planned organisational development over the coming 2 years including office relocation and marketing collateral.
19 ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS
| Restricted | Unrestricted | Endowment | Total Funds | Total Funds | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Funds | Funds | Funds | 2025 | 2024 | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Fixed Assets | 658 | 1,274 | - | 1,932 | 4,187 |
| Investments | 380,202 | - | 9,804,609 | 10,184,811 | 9,718,478 |
| Current Assets | 1,660,632 | 404,117 | 2,800 | 2,067,549 | 2,201,221 |
| Current Liabilities | (310,148) | (17,943) | - | (328,091) | (234,263) |
| Creditors falling due after 1 year | (32,006) | - | - | (32,006) | (18,660) |
| 2025 Total | 1,699,338 | 387,448 | 9,807,409 | 11,894,195 | 11,670,963 |
| 2024 Total | 1,930,090 | 366,925 | 9,373,948 | 11,670,963 |
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Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025
20 PENSION SCHEME
Two Ridings Community Foundation currently participates in The Pensions Trust Growth Plan Series 4, which is a multi-employer defined contribution pension plan. The policy provides for benefits on a defined contribution basis and the pension provider holds the assets underlying the policy.
In earlier years, Two Ridings Community Foundation participated in the Pensions Trust Growth Plan Series 3, which is a multi-employer defined benefit pension plan. Growth Plan Series 3 was previously regarded as a money purchase scheme.
As at the balance sheet date there were 10 active members of the plan employed by Two Ridings Community Foundation and 7 deferred members.
Two Ridings Community Foundation is unable to identify its share of the underlying assets and liabilities of the scheme as each employer is exposed to actuarial risks associated with the current and former employees of other entities participating in the scheme. The last formal valuation of the Plan was at September 2023. The Technical Provisions (or scheme funding) basis is used for calculating the Plan's ongoing funding position. At September 2023 the value of the Plan's assets was £515 million and liabilities were £531 million. The valuation revealed a funding deficit of £16 million (2020 triennial valuation: £32 million), equivalent to a funding level of 97% (2020: 96%). These values include Growth Plan Series 1, 2 and 3.
In accordance with FRS 102 Two Ridings Community Foundation is required to account for the pension costs on the basis of contributions actually payable to the scheme in the year. Two Ridings Community Foundation paid contributions to Growth Plan Series 4 to match the members contribution during the year of 5% and because it only contributed to Growth Plan Series 3 in previous years, and never made contributions to Series 1 or 2, it does not currently have to make contributions to the deficit.
21 CONTINGENT LIABILITY
There is a potential liability to meet deficits on funding for the defined benefit scheme (Growth Plan Series 3) if at any time Two Ridings Community Foundation ceases to have active members of the Pensions Trust Growth Plan scheme. On 30 September 2024 the potential liabilty upon withdrawal in respect of the Series 3 Scheme was advised as being £3,273 (September 2023: £3,134)
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Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025
22 RECONCILIATION of net income/(expenditure) to net cash flow from operating activities
| Net (expenditure)/income for the period Adjustments for: Depreciation charges Receipt of endowment (Gains)/losses on investments Dividends, interest and rents from investments (Increase)/decrease in debtors Increase/(decrease) in creditors Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities 23 ANALYSIS OF CASH & CASH EQUIVALENTS Cash in Hand Deposits & Cash Total cash & cash equivalents |
2025 223,232 2,255 (561,197) 138,756 (327,010) 63,619 107,174 (353,171) 2025 - 1,985,365 1,985,365 |
2024 1,187,612 2,726 (597,513) (889,950) (293,699) 180,838 39,786 (370,200) Movement in cash flow 2024 (6) 6 (70,047) 2,055,412 (70,053) 2,055,418 |
|---|---|---|
24 RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
The following related party transactions took place during the year and are permitted by the Charity's governing document and all appropriate procedures were observed. The grants awarded were made in accordance with the criteria of the relevant fund, and the respective party was not involved in the decision making process.
Trustee, Deborah Rosenberg, is Chair of the Board of Trustees for Sight Support Hull and East Yorkshire, who received a 2 year grant of £73,625 commencing in this financial year.
Trustee, Peter Oluotch, is Chief Officer of Humber Community Advice Services (HCAS) who received 1 grant of £2,473 during the financial year. HCAS also participated in the Leadership Advocacy Network and HEY Confident Futures Programme managed by Two Ridings Community Foundation during the financial year 2024-25.
Former trustee, Gill Hughes (retired November 2024), is a director of Rooted in Hull, who received 1 grant totalling £13,892 during the financial year.
Trustee, Katherine Gargan, is a volunteer for Resurrected Bites CIO, who received 1 grant of £3,000 during the financial year. Trustee Michelle Hayes (appointed July 2025) is Chief Executive of Resurrected Bites CIO & CIC.
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Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025
McInroy & Wood supported an event for Two Ridings Community Foundation and have an endowment fund. Trustee, Elizabeth Wild, is an Investment Director at McInroy & Wood.
Trustee Emma Lindsell (Kissack) is a paid advisor to York Central. York Central Ltd have a fund with Two Ridings.
Trustees made donations to the charity totalling £8,087 including gift aid during the period (2024: £6,838)
25 FUNDS RECEIVED AS AGENT
There were no funds received as agent during the year.
In 2024 the charity received £66,310 as agent for Energy for Tomorrow (a programme operated by Centrica) in order to hold and distribute grants to a consortium of village halls that was successfully awarded funding from Energy for Tomorrow.
The Trustees of Two Ridings had no discretion regarding the use of these funds which were applied in accordance with the instructions of the funder and were fully distributed during the year. Consequently the receipt of the funds was not recognised as income and nor was its distribution recognised as expenditure.
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Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025
26 GRANTS AWARDED TO ORGANISATIONS
| GRANTS AWARDED TO ORGANISATIONS | |
|---|---|
| Decent Work and Economic Growth Grants under £5,000 (5 grants) Good Organisation (Social Ventures) CIC York Cares Artizan International New Visuality Transform Trainers and Consultancy CIC Our Father's Heart Experience Counts (York) CIC Rooted In Good Health and Wellbeing Grants under £5,000 (99 grants) Stokesley & District Community Care Association Bridlington Red Admiral Majorettes Autism Arena CIC Home Start - Goole and District Community Furniture Store (Ryedale) Interactive Whitby & District Family Matters York Lollipop Move the Masses Musical Connections Toolbox Drama York Inspirational Kids York Women's Counselling Service Wensleydale Bike Club Bridlington Cricket Club Effectus Theatre The Island Scarborough Whitby & Ryedale Mind Move the Masses Selby and District Scouts Tadcaster and Rural Community Interest Company Rooted In Hull - 2024/25 York Women's Counselling Service Ripon Community Link Sight Support Hull and East Yorkshire (Formally HERIB) Goodwin Development Trust - 2024/25 Age UK Hull and East Riding - 2024/25 |
£ 11,754 5,500 7,468 8,233 8,950 9,327 9,867 10,000 10,000 |
| 81,099 193,670 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 6,000 6,800 8,807 9,360 9,967 10,000 10,000 10,000 13,892 22,336 29,434 73,625 81,830 82,406 |
|
| 633,127 |
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Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025
| No Poverty Grants under £5,000 (31 grants) Lifeline Harrogate St. James the Deacon Parish Church Ryedale Community Foodbank Spirit of Christmas Flash Company Arts Ltd. CIC York Travellers Trust The Herd Theatre Ltd Emmanuel PCC (also known as Emmanuel Church - C of E) Flash Company Arts Ltd. CIC Community Furniture Store (Selby) Ltd Mind in Harrogate District SELFA Quality Education Grants under £5,000 (11 grants) Pizza Pals Community Pizzeria CIC Not Pants CIC (trading as Creative Briefs) Door 84 Neurodiverse Community Catterick Thunk-It Theatre CIC Next Steps - Mental Health Resource Centre Futureworks NY Peat Rigg Charitable Foundation Shine21 CherishED. Giroscope Limited Reduced Inequalities / Gender Equality Grants under £5,000 (58 grants) Hull and East Yorkshire Swahili Diaspora Sidewalk Youth Project York Neighbours The Peel Project CIC York Racial Equality Network Big Futures Foundation Revival North Yorkshire CIC Big Futures Foundation Generate Good Organisation (Social Ventures) CIC Lived Insights Next Door But One Refugee Action York (RAY) Welfare Benefits Unit |
76,586 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,300 8,670 9,400 9,866 10,000 10,000 |
|---|---|
| 159,822 22,664 5,000 9,050 9,270 9,550 9,984 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 30,000 45,606 |
|
| 181,124 137,045 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 |
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Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025
| Kyra Women's Project Thirsk Youth Club (TYC) Smart Works Leeds Refugee Action York (RAY) Youth Aspire Connect Refugee Action York (RAY) Stutton Social Committee Digital Poverty Alliance WHISH - Whitby Hidden Impairments Support & Help Big Futures Foundation Home-Start Craven New Pasture Lane Community Centre Bridlington Model Boat Society Snappy Forum - 2024/25 Sustainable Cities and Communities Grants under £5,000 (80 grants) The Staithes Museum and Heritage Trust Selby District Vision Clements Hall Trust Older Citizens Advocacy York Toolbox Drama St Mary's Church Hook Next Steps Mental Health Resource Centre Friends of New Earswick Swimming Pool (FoNESP) Sherburn and Villages Community Trust Clements Hall Trust Night Light Theatre CIC AMP Music Yorkshire West Hull Community Hub Camblesforth Methodist Church Our Space Selby Pickering Road Community Orchard Helmsley Walled Garden Kirkham Henry Performing Arts CIO Lived Insights Mind in Harrogate District Settle Victoria Hall Enterprises Ltd Share Skipton Airmyn Parish Council Drax Cricket Club TimeBank Hull and East Riding - 2024/25 Humber Job Hub CIC - 2024/25 Groundwork Yorkshire - 2024/25 Hull Community Church - 2024/25 |
8,941 9,000 9,720 9,945 9,990 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,920 22,336 80,638 |
|---|---|
| 438,535 167,765 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 7,331 8,100 8,400 8,500 8,514 9,303 9,780 9,812 9,940 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 15,000 15,000 23,710 24,753 29,101 34,080 |
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Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025
| Hull Community and Voluntary Services - 2024/25 St John The Baptist Church Carnaby City of Hull Sport and Community Group CIC - 2024/25 Forum Hull & East Riding Citizens Advice Bureau - 2024/25 Hull Community and Voluntary Services Humber All Nations Alliance - 2024/25 Zero Hunger Grants under £5,000 (6 grants) Tang Hall Community Centre HOPING York Street Kitchen The Collective Sharehouse Ltd East Riding Food Poverty Alliance TOTAL GRANTS AWARDED TO ORGANISATIONS |
38,690 38,709 45,992 47,500 51,799 52,500 75,000 |
|---|---|
| 849,279 9,147 5,000 5,000 5,000 9,000 |
|
| 33,147 | |
| 2,376,133 |
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