LEEDS CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY TRUST

Registered charity 1096860 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LCCT

Our Vision is to enable, encourage and support individuals, groups and projects that are seeking to make a positive difference in Leeds.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £124,416 for the year, resulting in a reduction of total reserves from £400,470 to £276,054. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £99,220 remain above the stated policy target of approximately £41,000, and the trustees confirm adequate resources are available for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04632481

Funders the charity credits

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

• Alan & Babette Sainsbury CT — “Alan & Babette Sainsbury CT Supporting Leeds SPACE Network” (source page)
• Chadwick Charitable Trust — “Chadwick Charitable Trust Supporting Leeds SPACE Network” (source page)
• Charles & Elsie Sykes Trust — “Charles & Elsie Sykes Trust Supporting Pathways” (source page)
• Cross Gates & District Good Neighbours’ Scheme CIO — “Cross Gates & District Good Neighbours’ Scheme CIO Supporting Connecting Crossgates” (source page)
• Feeding Britain — “Feeding Britain Supporting Connecting Crossgates” (source page)
• Garfield Weston Foundation — “Garfield Weston Foundation Supported Leeds SPACE Network” (source page)
• The Grail Society — “The Grail Society Supporting Sunflower ESOL” (source page)
• Hamara Healthy Living Centre — “Hamara Healthy Living Centre Supporting Women Arise and Leeds Dads” (source page)
• Hey Neighbour — “Hey Neighbour Supporting Sunflower ESOL” (source page)
• Hubbub Foundation — “Hubbub Foundation Supporting Connecting Crossgates” (source page)
• Leeds Community Foundation — “Leeds Community Foundation Supporting Connecting Crossgates” (source page)
• Leeds Dynamic Fusions — “Leeds Dynamic Fusions Supporting Connecting Crossgates” (source page)
• National Lottery Awards For All — “National Lottery Awards For All Supporting HawaDal” (source page)
• Near Neighbours — “Near Neighbours Supporting HawaDal and Women Arise” (source page)
• Novuna — “Novuna Supporting Leeds City of Sanctuary” (source page)

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.

• FLYNN, Michael Patrick — director, appointed 16/01/2025on trustee list
• SANDHU, Kulwant Kaur — director, appointed 24/09/2024on trustee list
• BLAND, Anna Sophia — director, appointed 23/06/2022on trustee list
• PECHER, Jean Louis — director, appointed 30/07/2020on trustee list
• SHERIDAN-WATTS, Theo — director, appointed 05/12/2019on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~1.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (87% 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

• Theo Sheridan-Wattschair
• Anna Sophia Bland
• JEAN LOUIS PECHER
• Kulwant Kaur Sandhu
• Michael Patrick Flynn

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

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

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 COMMUNITY CHURCH LEEDS.

• COMMUNITY CHURCH LEEDS income £122k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF LEEDS CITY income £458k
• CHRIST CHURCH CENTRAL LEEDS income £485k
• LEEDS DIOCESAN TRUST income £13.3m
• TRUSTEES OF THE GREEK ORTHODOX COMMUNITY OF LEEDS income £198k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF LEEDS ST GEORGE income £947k

Side by side with its peers

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