LEEDS ASYLUM SEEKERS SUPPORT NETWORK

Registered charity 1092647 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as (LASSN)

Linking refugees and asylum seekers with local volunteers who assist them to make friends and connections (Welcome and Connect), to learn English (English at Home), to find respite from destitution (Hosting & Housing, Hardship Fund). We also run and update helpinleeds.com, newtoleeds.org and migrationpartnership.org.uk

Objects

TO RELIEVE ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES IN NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE INCLUDING THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH.

Area of benefit: LEEDS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £119,744 for the year, driven by significant restricted fund spending on property acquisition and retrofitting. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £212,599, which falls within the stated policy target of three to nine months of average expenditure. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters were identified during the examination of the accounts.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Leeds Asylum Seekers Support Network (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• National Lottery Reaching Communities — “Major benefactors include National Lottery Reaching Communities , Leeds Community Foundation , AB Charitable Trust , Npower Business Solutio…” (source page)
• Leeds Community Foundation — “Major benefactors include National Lottery Reaching Communities , Leeds Community Foundation , AB Charitable Trust , Npower Business Solutio…” (source page)
• AB Charitable Trust — “Major benefactors include National Lottery Reaching Communities , Leeds Community Foundation , AB Charitable Trust , Npower Business Solutio…” (source page)
• Npower Business Solutions Foundation — “Major benefactors include National Lottery Reaching Communities , Leeds Community Foundation , AB Charitable Trust , Npower Business Solutio…” (source page)
• Leeds Building Society Foundation — “Major benefactors include National Lottery Reaching Communities , Leeds Community Foundation , AB Charitable Trust , Npower Business Solutio…” (source page)

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 £300k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~7.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amirah Adeel Asghar
• Ian Garforth
• John Ekblom
• Lucinda Maher
• Lucinda Walker
• Mavis Adedeji
• Niccola Swan
• Parveen Ahmad
• Stephen Maw
• Tom Peacock

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

Operates in: Leeds City

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LEEDS DESTITUTE ASYLUM-SEEKERS SUPPORT (LEDAS).

• LEEDS DESTITUTE ASYLUM-SEEKERS SUPPORT (LEDAS) income £54k
• LEEDS COMMUNITY SPACES income £199k
• LEWISHAM REFUGEE AND MIGRANT NETWORK income £1.3m
• REFUGEES IN EFFECTIVE AND ACTIVE PARTNERSHIP income £84k
• PENDLE NEW NEIGHBOURS income £126k
• ASYLUM AID income £1.7m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.