MIDDLETON ELDERLY AID

Registered charity 1100601 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Middleton Elderly Aid is a Neighborhood Network Scheme in Leeds working to reduce social isolation for the over 60s in Middleton. We offer Lunch clubs Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. We also run activities all day 6 days a week. We have a variety of groups such as crafts, various exercise groups, computer classes, etc. Charity Shop open 9 - 3 and the Social Centre 9.-4 6 days a week.

Objects

A) THE RELIEF OF THE AGED IN THE MIDDLETON AREA OF LEEDS (THE "AREA OF BENEFIT") AND IN PARTICULAR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE PROTECTION OF THE GOOD HEALTH OF THE AGED;B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE AGED IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT IN RELATION TO FINANCIAL, HEALTH, HOUSING AND WELFARE ENTITLEMENTS;C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, AND PROMOTION OF RESEARCH CONCERNING THE NEEDS OF THE ELDERLY IN RELATION TO THE PROVISIONS OF FUEL, HEAT AND LIGHT, AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

Area of benefit: MIDDLETON, LEEDS.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity finished the year with unrestricted reserves of £262,871, which the trustees acknowledge are in excess of their stated policy limits. The trustees report that the charity is in a good position with sound finances and sufficient budgeted income and expenditure to continue as a going concern for the next 12 months.

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
• 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

Funders the charity credits

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

• Leeds Community Foundation — “Our lunch clubs are subsidised with grants from Leeds Community Foundation which means we can keep the cost to a minimum for our members.” (source page)

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Carol Edwardschair
• Karen Ely
• Patricia Webb
• Peter McKeown
• Robert Chesterfield
• Sara Lovewell
• Wayne Alan Dixon · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Leeds City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MIDDLETON PLUS DEVELOPMENT TRUST.

• MIDDLETON PLUS DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £232k
• MIDDLETON PARK EQUESTRIAN CENTRE RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION income £368k
• HOLBECK TOGETHER income £648k
• NEIGHBOURHOOD ELDERS TEAM income £271k
• CROSS GATES & DISTRICT GOOD NEIGHBOURS'SCHEME CIO income £416k
• TEESDALE DAY CLUBS income £193k

Side by side with its peers

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