Community & Education Centre (CEC)

Registered charity 1150283 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHAPELTOWN & HAREHILLS AREA LEARNING AND TRAINING PROJECT, CHLP, Chapeltown and Harehills Learning Project

THE PROJECT WILL TEACH ACADEMIC COURSES TO A CATEGORY OF DISADVANTAGED LEARNERS I.E. *TEENAGE MOTHERS *INDIVIDUALS WITH SIGNIFICANT CONTACT WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM *REFUGEES/ASYLUM SEEKERS *INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL OR PHYSICAL HEALTH ISSUES AND *THE HOMELESS. IT WILL ALSO WORK WITH INDIVIDUALS THAT REQUIRE TRAINING SUPPORT COUPLED WITH ADDITIONAL EMOTIONAL CARE.

Objects

1.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY,ADULT LEARNERS BY THE PROVISION OF SUCH TRAINING AND ASSISTANCE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE.2.TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF LEEDS 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.3.TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE

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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Registered contact address: Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£60k
Latest spending
£53k
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £7,620 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income of £60,168 against total expenditure of £52,547. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £2,647, which the trustees consider close to their target of three months' operating costs, indicating a stable financial position.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £3k)
“The trustees consider that holding approximately three months’ operating costs as free reserves is a reasonable target for a charity of this size.” — 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.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Leeds City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£60k£53k
31/12/2023£63k£60k
31/12/2022£16k£19k
31/12/2021£46k£46k
31/12/2020£57k£47k

Common questions

Is Community & Education Centre (CEC) financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £7,620 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income of £60,168 against total expenditure of £52,547. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £2,647, which the trustees consider close to their target of three months' operating costs, indicating a stable financial position. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund30/09/2013£10kChapeltown & Harehills Area Learning Project

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COMMUNITY EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT AND ADVICE LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Community & Education Centre (CEC)£60k—0unclear—no doubt
COMMUNITY EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT AND ADVICE LTD FY2025£86kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
ERITREAN COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£39kup to £40,0000unclear—no doubt
THE CENTRE FOR ENTERPRISE, MARKETS AND ETHICS FY2025£690k—0unclear—no doubt
COMMUNITIES WELFARE NETWORK FY2025£58k—0unclear—no doubt
BISHOP CREIGHTON HOUSE SETTLEMENT FY2025£845k—0above—no doubt

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