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Registered charity · York

York Civic Trust

The charity is established for the public benefit for the following purposes in the area comprising York and its surroundings which area shall hereinafter be referred to as "the area of benefit" (i) To promote high standards of planning and...

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £500k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
City Of York
Website
www.yorkcivictrust.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
York Civic Trust
Registered
1964

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£500k£694k
  • 2024£754k£568k
  • 2023£464k£487k
Earlier years
  • 2022£369k£376k
  • 2021£355k£400k
Charitable objects

The charity is established for the public benefit for the following purposes in the area comprising York and its surroundings which area shall hereinafter be referred to as "the area of benefit" (i) To promote high standards of planning and architecture in or affecting the area of benefit. (ii) To educate the public in the geography, history, natural history and architecture of the area of benefit. (iii) To secure the preservation protection development and improvement of features of historic or public interest in the area of benefit

Board analysis for researchers

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.

2.9y median 2y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

20.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

10
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 10Education/training 10Environment/conservation/heritage 10

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

Arts and leisure 19Education 8Business services 6

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£500k latest income
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.

21.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 25.8 in 2021

15 from 13 in 2024
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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
229336
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 12 SEPTEMBER 1950 AS AMENDED 06 OCTOBER 2004 as amended on 02 Oct 2025
Companies House
Company number 00486282 · Active
Contact on the register
01904655543 · info@yorkcivictrust.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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