OTLEY ACTION FOR OLDER PEOPLE

Registered charity 1150684 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Aims and ObjectivesThe charity is established to relieve the following charitable needs of older people living in Otley, Pool and Arthington:1) To relieve poverty2) To preserve and protect good health3) To advance education, and 4) To promote the social inclusion of such people who are excluded from society because they are house-bound.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £32,427 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds carried forward amounting to £381,528. The trustees report that general reserves are £164,873, which exceeds their stated policy target of holding six months' running costs (approximately £159,144). The charity is funded by a diverse mix of grants, donations, and fees, and the independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08224902

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.

• HARROW, Elspeth Jane — director, appointed 24/11/2025on trustee list
• HINTON, Andrew Peter, Mr. — director, appointed 30/06/2025on trustee list
• PADDEN, Pauline — director, appointed 30/01/2019on trustee list
• JORDAN, Frank Theo — director, appointed 28/09/2016on trustee list
• CHAPMAN, Gillian Susan — director, appointed 10/08/2016on trustee list
• GILL, Nigel James — director, appointed 15/07/2015on trustee list
• BEARPARK, Ailsa Christine — director, appointed 08/07/2015on trustee list
• GILL, Pamela — director, appointed 21/09/2012not on trustee list
• EVELEIGH, John Kevin — director, appointed 21/09/2012on trustee list
• TRAINOR, Susan — secretary, appointed 15/05/2013

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (02/07/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ailsa Bearpark · trustee of 2 other charities
• Andrew Hinton
• Elspeth Jane Harrow
• Frank Jordan
• Gillian Chapman
• JOHN EVELEIGH · trustee of 1 other charity
• Nigel James Gill
• PAM GILL
• Pauline Padden

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

Operates in: Leeds City

Income and spending

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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).