LEICESTER CHARITY ORGANISATION SOCIETY

Registered charity 1078271 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LEICESTER CHARITY LINK · listed website unreachable when last crawled

Latest income
£1.7m
Latest spending
£1.3m
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2023

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves were in surplus by £178,910 after accounting for a pension deficit liability of £25,000. The trustees report that the charity has adequate cash to meet its reserves policy target of six months' unrestricted expenditure, despite the pension deficit reducing the reported reserves below that level.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£76k)
The number of employees whose annual remuneration was more than £60,000 per annum or was: 2023 Number 1 £60,000 to £70,000 — page 24
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
The number of employees whose annual remuneration was more than £60,000 per annum or was: 2023 Number 1 £60,000 to £70,000 — page 24
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
The FRS 102 requirement to show the long-term pension deficit as a creditor in the accounts has had a detrimental effect on the charity's reserves reducing them below the level set in the reserves policy. However, the charity does have adequate cash to achieve the policy aim
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Amounts owed by related parties at year end.
At the year end the charity was owed £2,436 by R Daphne Plunket Charitable Trust (2022 - £1,878) and £1,469 by The Nicholson Memorial Fund (2022 - £nil) — page 32
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Somerbys Limited.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Leicester Charity Link (matched by registered charity number).

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

Total income
£1.7m
Total spending
£1.3m
Cost of raising funds
£107k
Reserves (reported)
£300k
Employees
22

Reported reserves equal ~2.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees

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

Operates in: Leicester City · Leicestershire · Northamptonshire · Nottingham City · Rutland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.7m£1.3m
31/03/2024£1.8m£1.8m
31/03/2023£2.1m£1.9m
31/03/2022£1.9m£2.0m
31/03/2021£1.6m£1.3m

Common questions

Is LEICESTER CHARITY ORGANISATION SOCIETY financially healthy?

The accounts state that free reserves were in surplus by £178,910 after accounting for a pension deficit liability of £25,000. The trustees report that the charity has adequate cash to meet its reserves policy target of six months' unrestricted expenditure, despite the pension deficit reducing the reported reserves below that level. Its FY2023 accounts were audited by Somerbys Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of LEICESTER CHARITY ORGANISATION SOCIETY earn?

Per its FY2023 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds LEICESTER CHARITY ORGANISATION SOCIETY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LEICESTER CHARITY ORGANISATION SOCIETY as a grant recipient include Wyggestons and Trinity Almshouses, THE SHOE ZONE TRUST.

Known funders

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