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.

Objects

THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED TO RELIEVE THE FOLLOWING CHARITABLE NEEDS OF OLDER PEOPLE LIVING IN OTLEY, POOL & ARTHINGTON:- 1)TO RELIEVE POVERTY; 2)TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH; 3)TO ADVANCE EDUCATION;AND 4)TO PROMOTE THE SOCIAL INCLUSION OF SUCH PEOPLE WHO ARE EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY BECAUSE THEY ARE HOUSE-BOUND, OR WHO ARE UNABLE TO DRIVE OR EASILY ACCESS PUBLIC TRANSPORT AND TO ASSIST THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES DEEM FIT.

Area of benefit: OTLEY, POOL & ARTHINGTON

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)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £51,397 for the year ended 31 March 2026, compared to a surplus of £32,427 in the previous year. Free/unrestricted reserves were carried forward at £330,131, down from £381,528 in the prior year. The trustees' report indicates the organisation remains in a positive position for the future with strong foundations, despite the current financial deficit.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by RSM UK Audit LLP. Discloses 3 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ACTION FOR ELDERS TRUST.

• ACTION FOR ELDERS TRUST income £339k
• MORLEY ELDERLY ACTION income £173k
• ACTIVITEENS income £144k
• Crawley Community Action income £406k
• YORK OLDER PEOPLES' ASSEMBLY income £35k
• OTLEY ROAD AND UNDERCLIFFE COMMUNITY WORKS income £590k

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