Shantona Women's & Family Services Ltd.

Registered charity 1075752 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SHANTONA WOMENS CENTRE, Shantona Women's & Family Centre Ltd.

Shantona caters for women, young people and children based in Harehills and Chapeltown areas of Leeds to fulfil their full potential. The projects include Education & training, Family support & Health, Youth Provisions, Playscheme, Early Years, Mobile Creche and childcare facilities etc.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN LEEDS AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, RELIEF OF POVERTY, THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH AND THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIMEOCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE FOREGOING, FOR WOMEN OF BANGLADESHI AND OTHER MINORITY ETHNIC ORIGIN.

Area of benefit: LEEDS

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £31,005 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £346,305 to £315,300. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £292,342, which is within its stated policy target of three to six months of expenditure. The independent examiner confirmed that the accounts give a true and fair view and no matters were identified requiring further attention.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £530k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~3.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ann Eveleighchair
• Alexandra Willows
• Aysha Malik
• Dr Maria Hussain
• Maria Ayaz
• Melody Walker · trustee of 1 other charity
• Susan Boalch
• Zobia Khan

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

Operates in: Leeds City

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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