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Registered charity (CIO) · Leeds

West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO

West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO is a registered charity (number 1076962) based in Leeds, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by Gary Gordon since 2022. Latest income £478k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as West Yorkshire Community Accounting Service, Wycas (Charity Commission)

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £478k (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Bradford City, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds City and more
Website
wycas.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1999

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£478k£521k
  • 2024£456k£475k
  • 2023£450k£489k
Earlier years
  • 2022£421k£457k
  • 2021£400k£394k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 14%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION THROUGH THE PROVISION OF TRAINING IN FINANCIAL AND MANAGEMENT SKILLS TO THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR TO THOSE INVOLVED WITH VOLUNTARY SECTOR AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANISATIONS;TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF VOLUNTARY SECTOR AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANISATIONS IN THE DIRECT PURSUIT OF THEIR OBJECTS.

Grants received

3 grants · £505,897 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

  • Sir George Martin Trust £5,0002024-06-11
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,6702018-02-28
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £491,2272009-04-14
Board analysis

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

5y median 5y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

3
company-linked trustees

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

Economic/community Development/employment 9Education/training 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 2Other services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£478k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1076962
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - ASSOCIATION CONVERSIONDATED 29 DEC 2021 as amended on 15 Feb 2022
Contact on the register
01132706291 · INFO@WYCAS.ORG.UK
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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