LEEDS BRIDGE CLUB TRUST

Registered charity 1161317 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The promotion of bridge and the provision of facilities for the learning, teaching and playing of bridge.

Objects

OBJECTSTHE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF AMATEUR SPORT BY PROMOTING THE GAME OF BRIDGE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS OF LEEDS AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.(B) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE LEARNING, TEACHING AND PLAYING OF BRIDGE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS OF LEEDS AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity’s overall financial position is sound, reporting a surplus of £7,777 for the year ended 31 March 2025. Unrestricted reserves increased to £80,904, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover working capital and future adversity. The charity is exempt from audit under the Companies Act 2006 and underwent an independent examination instead.

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.

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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• ARTHUR SELMAN
• Brenda Susan Friedman
• Dr Julian Hayward
• Helen Anne Dickinson
• TERENCE WILLIAM READ
• William Holmes

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

Operates in: Leeds City

Income and spending

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