LEEDS BLACK ELDERS ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1017231 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LBEA

To provide services that are innovative and appropriate to the needs of elders. Enabling, empowering and representing the interests in particular, but not exclusively, of black elders: in order to breakdown the barriers preventing equality of opportunity.

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Latest income
£162k
Latest spending
£132k
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £29,654 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted and restricted funds increasing to £145,005. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, citing sufficient cash at bank and raised funds. The financial review noted that finances remain well controlled and actively monitored.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Adam & Co Accountancy Ltd. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Leeds City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£162k£132k
31/03/2024£142k£175k
31/03/2023£131k£157k
31/03/2022£178k£162k
31/03/2021£221k£175k

Common questions

Is LEEDS BLACK ELDERS ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £29,654 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted and restricted funds increasing to £145,005. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, citing sufficient cash at bank and raised funds. The financial review noted that finances remain well controlled and actively monitored. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Adam & Co Accountancy Ltd.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund28/06/2024£73kActivity for all
The National Lottery Community Fund25/06/2020£19kCovid19 Memoirs
The National Lottery Community Fund14/10/2015£10kConnect: Community Garden
The National Lottery Community Fund16/09/2010£10kChapeltown Community Gardens
The National Lottery Heritage Fund28/11/2007£196k"Here to stay"
The National Lottery Community Fund15/12/2004£5kMemory Box
Northern Rock Foundation14/03/2000£30kGrant awarded to Leeds Black Elders Association (North West)