Yorkshire Mesmac

Registered charity 1040407 Registered since 1994

Operates: Throughout England

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

9 trustees on the board

6y median 5.5y

average tenure

13y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Stephen Craig Bridge Chair since 2013
Christopher Lee Kelly since 2020
Kenneth Leigh since 2018
Kirsten Fiona Foster since 2020

10.9y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 9The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 9The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 9

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 12

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£1.5m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

9.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 12.5 in 2021

33 from 52 in 2021

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Mantell Gwynedd CYF Similar size; both Community development
Meadowhall Education Centre Similar size; both Community development
Community Link - Stafford and District Similar size; both Community development
The Voluntary and Community Sector Learning and Skills Consortium Similar size; both Community development
PEN Green Centre Similar size; both Community development
Speakers Trust Limited Similar size; both Community development

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.mesmac.co.uk
Email	admin@mesmac.co.uk
Phone	01132444209
Address	Yorkshire MESMAC, 22-23 Blayds Yard, LEEDS, LS1 4AD

Finances

£1,464,904 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£1,842,209	£1,544,957
2022	£1,505,411	£1,488,083
2023	£1,462,109	£1,437,423
2024	£1,449,784	£1,413,273
2025	£1,464,904	£1,402,719

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT HEALTH, PHYSICAL AND MENTAL AND IN PARTICULAR GOOD SEXUAL HEALTH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT SHOULDER THE HIGHEST BURDEN OF POOR HEALTH, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN, LGBT+ YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS, WOMEN, PEOPLE OF COLOUR AND OTHER PEOPLE MARGINALISED BECAUSE OF THEIR RACE, ETHNICITY OR NATIONALITY, PEOPLE USING DRUGS AND SEX WORKERS. TO SUPPORT AND DEVELOP STRONG COMMUNITIES WHICH CREATE THE ENVIRONMENT FOR BETTER HEALTH OUTCOMES AND THE REDUCTION OF HEALTH INEQUALITIES.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 12 AUGUST 1994 as amended on 14 Oct 2021

Trustees (9)

9trustees

56median age

0aged 70+

Stephen Craig Bridgeage band 55-59 Chair since 2013
Adam Paver-Merrisonage band 30-34 since 2021
Andrew Howard Goodchildage band 60-64 since 2026
Colin LEAage band 60-64
Christopher Lee Kellyage band 35-39 since 2020
Kenneth Leighage band 65-69 since 2018
Kirsten Fiona Fosterage band 55-59 since 2020
Michael James Eakinsage band 35-39 since 2021
Richard Eli Holderage band 50-54 since 2021

Linked company (Companies House)

Yorkshire Mesmac · 02958336 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 12/08/1994

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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