CARERS LEEDS
Registered charity 1058706 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LEEDS CARERS CENTRE
Carers Leeds is an independent charity that gives support, advice and information to unpaid carers aged over 16. Established in 1996, our team of expert support workers are dedicated to improving the lives of the 72,000 carers in Leeds. We deliver confidential one to one and group support in Leeds city centre, local communities, over the phone and on-line.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £47,907 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted funds totaling £656,270. The trustees consider the financial position satisfactory and note that current funding is adequate to support the continuation of work. Reserves are held above the stated policy target of three months' running costs, which the trustees deem prudent given economic uncertainty.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £656k)
“The charity's reserves policy is to hold 3 months running costs on unrestricted funds, currently calculated at £430,790.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. 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.
- CUNNINGHAM, Penelope — director, appointed 03/11/2025not on trustee list
- GRANT-ROBERTS, David — director, appointed 03/11/2025on trustee list
- FOX, Nic — director, appointed 03/11/2025on trustee list
- O'CONNELL, Danielle — director, appointed 09/10/2023on trustee list
- GOLLIN, Lindasy — director, appointed 09/10/2023not on trustee list
- MOORE, Lucy — director, appointed 09/10/2023on trustee list
- HUME, Stephen John — director, appointed 27/05/2021on trustee list
- TURNER, Claire — secretary, appointed 09/08/2021
Official officers record.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~1.4 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 (97% 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 (09/12/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Lindsay Gollinchair
- Danielle O'Connell
- David Grant-Roberts
- Lucy Moore · trustee of 1 other charity
- Nic Fox
- Penelope Cunnningham
- Stephen John Hume
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Leeds City
Income and spending
Common questions
Is CARERS LEEDS financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £47,907 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted funds totaling £656,270. The trustees consider the financial position satisfactory and note that current funding is adequate to support the continuation of work. Reserves are held above the stated policy target of three months' running costs, which the trustees deem prudent given economic uncertainty. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services.
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