Yardley Great Trust

Registered charity 1091937 · since 2002ygt.org.uk·Birmingham·Updated 30 October 2026

At a glance

£10,288

Annual giving, year to 31 March 2025

From filed accounts

Open to applications

Rolling, no deadlines · unsolicited applications welcome

Key takeaways

Yardley Great Trust's stated focus is the ancient parish of Yardley and South East Birmingham, so groups working outside that area are unlikely to fit.
Its Community Grants Programme prioritises quality, affordable housing, community development and opportunities for people of all ages, and it does not usually make grants to general funding appeals from national or regional charities.
Grants are up to £5,000, and the annual report gives one total of £10,288 awarded, which may include grants to individuals, so a modest request suits its scale.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, so there is no deadline; send the project aims, client groups and numbers, a business plan, three years of accounts, revenue estimates and a statement on other funding sources.
Individuals and families cannot apply directly and must come through referral agents.

Overview

Yardley Great Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1091937).

Yardley Great Trust is a registered charity whose stated purpose is the relief and care of elderly and/or disabled persons, including care services and the maintenance and management of nursing homes in the West Midlands area. It has two grant-making programmes, one for individuals and families and one for projects or organisations. The annual report gives one total of £10,288 awarded, which may include grants to individuals. Its grants are capped at £5,000, and the nursing home it manages provides forty six bedrooms.

What they fund

Priority Areas

Yardley Great Trust makes grants to charitable/community organisations for projects providing facilities or services that relieve need, hardship or distress in its local area. The Community Grants Programme prioritises quality, affordable housing in and for South East Birmingham, projects that help create a thriving community, and opportunities for people of all ages to achieve their potential. It also pays grants to individuals and families for essential items; their applications are made through referral agents rather than directly. When assessing project proposals, the trustees may consider community benefit and support, the number and likely income of beneficiaries, how many live within the Trust’s area, other funding sources, and prospects of continued success.

Themes

Relief of hardship
Affordable housing
Community development
Opportunities for all ages
Essential household items

Geographic Focus

Ancient parish of Yardley; South East Birmingham.

What they don't fund

Community Grants Programme 2025-2028 only: Trustees will not usually make grants to general funding appeals from national or regional charities

How to apply

Organisation/project applicants provide information in writing for trustee consideration, including the project aims and intended client groups and numbers.

What to send:

Community Grants Programme
- The aim(s) of the project
- The client group(s) and number of anticipated clients
- A ‘business plan’ or statement of anticipated progress for at least the next year, preferably three years
- A set of accounts for the last three years (12 months for new groups)
- Revenue estimates for at least the next year, preferably three years
- A statement relating to other possible sources of financial assistance and the outcome of any other grant applications

Application success factors

What the charity says:

Trustees may consider the project's possible benefit to the community.
Trustees may consider the support the project enjoys from the community.
Trustees may consider the number and likely income of beneficiaries and the proportion who live within the Trust’s area of benefit.
Trustees may consider other possible funding sources.
Trustees may consider the likelihood of continued success.
Trustees may also consider other factors they consider relevant, at their sole discretion.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Birmingham

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Yardley Great Trust.

Harborne and Smethwick Charitable TrustRollingGave £223k The Roger & Douglas Turner Charitable TrustFixed deadlinesGave £957k George Fentham Birmingham CharityFixed deadlinesGave £157k Baron Davenport’s CharityFixed deadlines The Michael Marsh Charitable TrustRollingGave £367k The Grimmitt TrustRollingGave £342k The Roughley TrustMixed deadlinesGave £223k Sutton Coldfield Charitable TrustFixed deadlinesGave £1.3M The Cole Charitable TrustFixed deadlinesGave £231k The Jabbs FoundationRollingGave £6.7M

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 December 2020	£5,704,344	£5,367,130	£39,775	Accounts for year to 31 December 2020
year to 31 December 2021	£5,451,729	£5,451,357	£44,962	Accounts for year to 31 December 2021
year to 31 December 2022	£5,284,601	£5,916,626	£26,220	Accounts for year to 31 December 2022
year to 31 March 2024	£6,246,185	£7,535,543	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2024
year to 31 March 2025	£4,396,811	£4,411,489	£10,288	Accounts for year to 31 March 2025

Income vs grants paid

IncomeGrants paid

Total value each financial year

YE 2020

£39,775 grants

YE 2021

£44,962 grants

YE 2022

£26,220 grants

YE 2025

£10,288 awarded

Grants paid stayed within income across the 4 years shown.

Grants paid, year to 31 December 2020; year to 31 December 2021; year to 31 December 2022: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
Grants paid, year to 31 March 2025: grants awarded in the year, as reported in the accounts.

— No grants figure for that year.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.