WEST YORKSHIRE DESTITUTE ASYLUM NETWORK CIO

Registered charity 1158052 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WYDAN

The primary current activities of WYDAN are the provision of accommodation and financial and other support for destitute asylum seekers in Leeds.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ABOUT THE ISSUES RELATING TO DESTITUTE ASYLUM SEEKERS.2. TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF DESTITUTE ASYLUM SEEKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES BY ANY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT.3. TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF DESTITUTE ASYLUM SEEKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£130k

Latest spending

£118k

Registered

2014

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves at year-end were £54,888, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover between 3 and 6 months of operating expenditure. The charity reported a net receipt of £12,583 for the year, with unrestricted funds increasing to £54,888 from £29,631 the previous year. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months of operating expenditure (held: £55k)

“The trustees aim to maintain sufficient reserves to cover between 3 and 6 months operating expenditure, which based on the projected expenditure for 2025/26 would be between £23,300 and £50,700.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 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.

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Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

Timothy Shires Beanchair
Amanda Sheryl Church-Mcfarlane
Andrew Laycock
Donald Keith Mollison
Eve McCallam
Jean Margaret Livesey · trustee of 2 other charities
Susan Elizabeth Bean

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

Operates in: Bradford City · Calderdale · City Of Wakefield · Kirklees · Leeds City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£130k	£118k
31/03/2024	£183k	£164k
31/03/2023	£107k	£111k
31/03/2022	£74k	£93k
31/03/2021	£107k	£52k

Common questions

Is WEST YORKSHIRE DESTITUTE ASYLUM NETWORK CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves at year-end were £54,888, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover between 3 and 6 months of operating expenditure. The charity reported a net receipt of £12,583 for the year, with unrestricted funds increasing to £54,888 from £29,631 the previous year. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Postcode Lottery	30/04/2025	£30k	Millionaire Street 2025 04w3
Postcode Lottery	29/07/2024	£15k	Unrestricted Funding
UK government	26/04/2024	£33k	Transformation Fund
UK government	01/04/2023	£12k	Transformation Fund
UK government	01/04/2023	£40k	Transformation Fund
UK government	01/04/2023	£55k	Transformation Fund

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE TOLKIEN TRUST	2	£426k
SANTANDER UK FOUNDATION LIMITED	2	£288k
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£120k
The Marks Family Charitable Trust	1	—
JUSTICE COLLABORATIONS	1	£621k
THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION	1	£308k
THE CRUCIBLE FOUNDATION	1	£210k
THE BROMLEY TRUST	1	£70k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LEEDS ASYLUM SEEKERS SUPPORT NETWORK.

LEEDS ASYLUM SEEKERS SUPPORT NETWORK income £319k
RETAS LEEDS income £630k
SOUTH YORKSHIRE REFUGEE LAW AND JUSTICE income £237k
ASYLUM WELCOME income £1.6m
BRAYATEE KURDISH COMMUNITY income £152k
DASH (DESTITUTE ASYLUM SEEKERS HUDDERSFIELD) income £295k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WEST YORKSHIRE DESTITUTE ASYLUM NETWORK CIO	£130k	—	above	—	no doubt
LEEDS ASYLUM SEEKERS SUPPORT NETWORK FY2025	£319k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
RETAS LEEDS FY2025	£630k	—	above	—	no doubt
SOUTH YORKSHIRE REFUGEE LAW AND JUSTICE FY2025	£237k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ASYLUM WELCOME FY2025	£1.6m	Under £60,000	above	—	no doubt
BRAYATEE KURDISH COMMUNITY FY2025	£152k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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