GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH LEEDS NORTH

Registered charity 1140281 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GCC LEEDS NORTH

Public worship services each Sunday. Small groups for moral/spiritual development. Free Sunday lunches for the attenders who are unwaged or low income families. Activities for children and young people. Social activities for the wider public, including disabled persons and the unwaged or low income families. Grants to people in poverty. Practical care for people in need the wider public.

Objects

1 TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENTS OF BELIEF APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE2 THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG PEOPLE LIVING OR WORKING WORLDWIDE BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH GOODS OR SERVICES WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD THROUGH LACK OF MEANS 3 TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGHA THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFEB PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS4 TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF LEEDS AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS

Area of benefit: LEEDS AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity saw consistent income and has no concerns over reserves or expenditure impacting its ongoing running. The Trustees are satisfied that the accounts continue to be stable, although they are actively considering future plans such as acquiring a church building and employing a full-time pastor.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• JONATHAN PAUL PARKINSONchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ESTHER MARY SMITH BA HONS
• John Leonard Woodruff · trustee of 1 other charity
• Peter George Washburn · trustee of 1 other charity
• STEPHEN PHILIP HODSON
• Shaharzad Abdoulahi Sabetnejad
• TIMOTHY DAVID PARKINSON · trustee of 1 other charity
• TIMOTHY JOHN SNUGGS · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Leeds City

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