LEEDS WEST INDIAN CARNIVAL

Registered charity 1107881 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LWIC

A) To promote for the public benefit the arts.B) To foster, promote and increase public knowledge of the arts, particularly the encouragement of children into the heritage of the Leeds West Indian Community.C)To Secure the establishment of a community centre.D) To advance education generally, but in particular West Indian Music,dress,art and design of artifact.

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE ARTS (MEANING THE VISUAL, LITERARY, MUSICAL, DRAMATIC OR ANY OTHER ARTS PROVIDED IN EACH CASE THAT THEY ARE OF RECOGNISED CULTURAL, AESTHETIC OR EDUCATIONAL VALUE);(B) TO FOSTER, PROMOTE AND INCREASE PUBLIC APPRECIATION AND KNOWLEDGE OF AND TO IMPROVE PUBLIC TASTE AND INTEREST IN THE ARTS, AND IN PARTICULAR THE ACTIVE ENCOURAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN INTO THE CULTURAL AND SOCIAL HERITAGE OF THE LEEDS WEST INDIAN COMMUNITY;(C) TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE (HEREIN AFTER CALLED "THE CARNIVAL CENTRE") AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME, WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY IN FURTHERANCE OF THE OBJECTS;(D) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION GENERALLY, IN PARTICULAR CONCERNING WEST INDIAN MUSIC, DRESS, ART AND DESIGN OF ARTEFACTS;(E) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF CHAPELTOWN, LEEDS IN THE COUNTY OF WEST YORKSHIRE AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD THEREOF (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE "AREA OF BENEFIT") WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF A POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: CHAPELTOWN, LEEDS IN THE COUNTY OF WEST YORKSHIRE.

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 FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £61,859 as of 31 January 2026, with total income of £84,325 and charitable expenditure of £83,385. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

• Complaints handling
• Paying staff
• Risk management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05118504 · Financial health read from its filings

Funders the charity credits

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

• UK Government — “This project is funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.” (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.

• GUMBS, Lorina — director, appointed 30/09/2023on trustee list
• MILLS, Karen — director, appointed 30/09/2023on trustee list
• BAILEY, Stuart Michael — director, appointed 01/02/2017on trustee list
• HOWARTH, Sheila — director, appointed 31/01/2017on trustee list
• ZAKERS, Melvyn — director, appointed 31/01/2017on trustee list
• CANNONIER, Norma — director, appointed 31/01/2017on trustee list
• FRANCE, Thomas Arthur Benjamin — director, appointed 01/10/2009on trustee list

Official officers record.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Thomas Arthur Benjamin Francechair
• Karen Mills
• Kearn Williams
• Lorina Angelica gumbs
• Melvyn Zakers
• Norma Cannonier
• Sheila Howarth · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stuart Michael Bailey

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

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Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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