SWARCLIFFE GOOD NEIGHBOURS SCHEME

Registered charity 1055018 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SGNS

Providing services which promote the health and well being of older people and their carers to live independantly within their local community. S.G.N.S. provides the following activities;Luncheon clubs, monthly trips, holiday,advice & information drop-in, Outreach-home assessment, advocacy, benefit checks, line dancing class, Knitting Circle, Digital Drop-in, shopping trip, annual events.

Objects

RELIEF OF THOSE ELDERLY PERSONS (AGED 60 OR ABOVE)

Area of benefit: SWARCLIFFE AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOOD

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 · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a deficit of £3,098, reducing net assets from £112,167 to £109,069. The Treasurer's report describes the year as financially challenging but notes that core funding from Leeds City Council provides support to maintain sustainability. The independent examiner reported no areas of concern regarding accounting rules or disclosures.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dot Scahillchair
• Andy Buchanan
• Brenda Hill
• Ken Hill
• Sylvia Scott

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

Operates in: Leeds City

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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