West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO

Registered charity 1076962 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRADFORD AND LEEDS COMMUNITY ACCOUNTING SERVICE, BRADFORD AND LEEDS COMMUNITY ACCOUNTING SERVICE CIO, WEST YORKSHIRE COMMUNITY ACCOUNTING SERVICE, WYCAS

Provision of accountancy services, financial advice, information and training to charities and community groups.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION THROUGH THE PROVISION OF TRAINING IN FINANCIAL AND MANAGEMENT SKILLS TO THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR TO THOSE INVOLVED WITH VOLUNTARY SECTOR AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANISATIONS;TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF VOLUNTARY SECTOR AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANISATIONS IN THE DIRECT PURSUIT OF THEIR OBJECTS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £43,669 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by reduced local authority funding and lower fee income. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £107,887, which is significantly below the stated policy target of 9 to 12 months of budgeted expenditure. The trustees are currently reviewing their reserves policy in light of these financial pressures.

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.

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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Gary Gordonchair
• Dipika Kaushal
• Ian Richardson
• Lydia Groenewald
• Lynette Mary Green
• Nigel Sagar
• Oden Makiwa
• Rebecca McCormick
• Richard Warrington

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

Operates in: Bradford City · Calderdale · City Of Wakefield · Kirklees · Leeds City · North Yorkshire

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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