LEEDS JEWISH WELFARE BOARD

Registered charity 1041257 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

PROVIDES COMMUNITY CARE SERVICES TO THOSE IN NEED OF SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE TO RELIEVE AND IMPROVE THE SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL CONDITIONS OF THE COMMUNITY WE SERVE.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARC TO PROVIDE, WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO THE JEWISHCOMMUNITY, CARE SERVICES FO THOSE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE BY REASON OF POVERTY,HARDSHIP, DISTRESS, INFIRMITY OR OLD AGE IN LEEDS AND YORKSHIRE AND DISTRICT ANDGENERALLY TO RELIEVE AND IMPROVE THE SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL CONDITION OF THE JEWISHPOPULATION IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: WEST YORKSHIRE AND LEEDS AND DISTRICT

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net reduction in funds of £671,676 for the year, driven by increased expenditure and a loss on investments. The Trustees note that they have drawn down materially on reserves to continue providing services due to escalating costs and reduced donations. Free reserves of £2.97 million are currently below the stated policy target of 12 months of charitable activity expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by BHP LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02923217

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.

• COHEN, Ashley David — director, appointed 13/04/2026on trustee list
• BERWIN, Simon Richard Ellis — director, appointed 21/11/2025on trustee list
• GREENFIELD, Anthony Charles — director, appointed 01/08/2025on trustee list
• RICH, Natalie Clare — director, appointed 13/11/2023on trustee list
• JEROME, Amanda Lea — director, appointed 18/09/2023on trustee list
• BRADBURY, Elizabeth — secretary, appointed 23/04/2014

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold); recorded price paid £2.0m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Leeds Jewish Welfare Board — Registered, 5 registered locations, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 08/11/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~8.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 4.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

• Cranmer Scheme: Good (06/10/2018) · CQC record
• Leeds Jewish Welfare Board - 248 Lidgett Lane: Good (15/12/2023) · CQC record
• Moorcare: Good (21/07/2022) · CQC record

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (17/07/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amanda Jerome
• Andrew Craig Reynolds
• Anthony Charles Greenfield
• Ashley David Cohen Mr · trustee of 1 other charity
• Gabrielle Sharon Rosenberg
• Helen Rachel Alice Lewis
• NATALIE CLARE RICH · trustee of 1 other charity
• Simon Richard Ellis Berwin Mr
• Simon Walton

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

Operates in: East Riding Of Yorkshire · Leeds City · North Yorkshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LEEDS CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY TRUST.

• LEEDS CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY TRUST income £383k
• CHABAD LUBAVITCH (LEEDS) LIMITED income £85k
• JEWISH LEGACY GIVING income £47k
• COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR LEEDS income £4.5m
• LEEDS CITY MISSION income £59k
• WIGAN AND LEIGH COMMUNITY CHARITY income £275k

Side by side with its peers

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