JOANNA LEEDS

Registered charity 1138640 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Joanna works with women, particularly those at risk of, or involved in prostitution in Leeds. Through practical and emotional support, befriending and mentoring we aim to enable these women to exit prostitution and sustain a new life.

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Latest income
£230k
Latest spending
£213k
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £10,740 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £132,383 to £121,643. Per the trustees' report, free reserves excluding fixed assets stood at £81,734, which the trustees consider sufficient against their policy target of holding between three and six months of total annual expenditure.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months of total annual expenditure (held: £82k)
“Joanna Project's reserves policy is to hold free reserves (unrestricted funds not committed or invested in tangible assets) of between 3 and 6 months of total annual expenditure” — page 5
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Leeds City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£230k£213k
31/12/2024£205k£216k
31/12/2023£186k£191k
31/12/2022£197k£198k
31/12/2021£181k£200k

Common questions

Is JOANNA LEEDS financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £10,740 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £132,383 to £121,643. Per the trustees' report, free reserves excluding fixed assets stood at £81,734, which the trustees consider sufficient against their policy target of holding between three and six months of total annual expenditure. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds JOANNA LEEDS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name JOANNA LEEDS as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST CHAD, FAR HEADINGLEY, LEEDS.

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).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund18/02/2022£318kJoanna Project Continued
UK government20/01/2021£35kWomen's Community Sector Funding
UK government08/07/2020£7kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
UK government01/04/2019£28kJoanna Project
UK government01/04/2018£28kJoanna Project
The National Lottery Community Fund24/03/2017£230kThe Joanna Project
The National Lottery Community Fund02/03/2016£10kProject Manicure

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LEEDS WOMEN'S AID.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
JOANNA LEEDS£230k—0unclear—no doubt
LEEDS WOMEN'S AID FY2025£4.7m——unclear—no doubt
ASHA NEIGHBOURHOOD PROJECT LIMITED FY2025£171k—0unclear—no doubt
LEEDS JEWISH WELFARE BOARD FY2025£3.7m——below—no doubt
WOMEN'S COUNSELLING AND THERAPY SERVICE LTD FY2025£1.2m——above—no doubt
SMART WORKS YORKSHIRE FY2025£507k—0unclear—no doubt

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