BARCA - LEEDS
Registered charity 1048996 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BARCA LEEDS, BRAMLEY AND RODLEY COMMUNITY ACTION
Barca-Leeds is a community based charity limited by company guarantee. Weare an organisation that delivers transformational services to adults, children,young people and families in Leeds, bringing people and services together tobetter respond to the needs of each individual.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The charity reported a net income of £35,950 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds increasing to £1,917,874. The accounts state that the charity is a going concern, with adequate financial resources available to continue operational existence for the foreseeable future. The trustees have prepared financial projections considering the current economic climate and maintain contingency plans in case income streams are reduced.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: Investment in Infrastructure Fund balance of £276,000 (held: £276k)
“The Investment in Infrastructure Fund is to be used for investing in the following areas, buildings, staffing, business development, ICT. The balance carried forward at 31 March 2025 was £276,000.” — page 102
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by HPH. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
What the charity says about itself (2024/25)
From its own voluntary annual review / impact report — the charity’s account of its work, distinct from the statutory accounts analysed above.
The charity delivered 2,045 group work sessions during the reporting period.
“2,045 group work sessions delivered by Barca-Leeds teams, connecting people together in social and therapeutic settings”
The charity's BOST service achieved a 59% reduction in Emergency Department attendances over 12 months.
“59% reduction in Emergency Department attendances over 12 months, leading to non-cash releasing cost saving of £1,654,488”
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Barca Leeds (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Helen Hart — Chief Executive Officer (source)
- Stewart Firth — Chair of Trustees (source)
- Paul Bollom — Director of Impact and Development (source)
- Susan Dean — Director of Finance and HR (source)
- Paula Gardner — Operations Director, Complex Health and Housing (source)
- Laura Whitaker — Operations Director, Children, Young People and Families (source)
- Bill Owen — Operations Director, Employability and Community Health (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
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.
- DEAN, Alissia — director, appointed 22/05/2024not on trustee list
- O'KERRY, Emma — director, appointed 22/05/2024on trustee list
- PEARCE, Julian Thomas — director, appointed 16/08/2023on trustee list
- STOTHART, Stephen — director, appointed 05/05/2022on trustee list
- GRUEN, Caroline Anne — director, appointed 30/09/2020not on trustee list
- NEWTON, Barbara Marie — director, appointed 10/07/2018on trustee list
- MARTIN, Douglas, Dr — director, appointed 09/03/2017on trustee list
- STUBBS, Robert — director, appointed 25/07/2013on trustee list
- BATTLE, John Dominic, Sir — director, appointed 22/11/2010on trustee list
- FIRTH, Stewart Paul — director, appointed 15/05/2008on trustee list
- DURHAM, Rachel Ann — secretary, appointed 12/06/2012
Official officers record.
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~1.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (65% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (23/07/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Alissia Deane · trustee of 1 other charity
- Barbara Newton
- Caroline Gruen Councillor
- David Foxton
- Dr Douglas Martin
- Emma O'Kerry
- Julian Pearce
- ROBERT STUBBS
- STEWART PAUL FIRTH
- Sir John Battle · trustee of 3 other charities
- Stephen Stothart
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Leeds City
Income and spending
Common questions
Is BARCA - LEEDS financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net income of £35,950 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds increasing to £1,917,874. The accounts state that the charity is a going concern, with adequate financial resources available to continue operational existence for the foreseeable future. The trustees have prepared financial projections considering the current economic climate and maintain contingency plans in case income streams are reduced. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HPH.
Who funds BARCA - LEEDS?
Funders whose own accounts filings name BARCA - LEEDS as a grant recipient include WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (UK) CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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