AIREBOROUGH VOLUNTARY SERVICES TO THE ELDERLY (AVSED)

Registered charity 1165792 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AVSED

AVSED is a local charity working to prevent social isolation & loneliness for Aireborough (LS19 & 20) seniors by supporting happy, healthy & independent living. We provide activities (physical exercise, social & friendship, health groups inc dementia, inclusion & lunch club and trips) alongside services (transport, needs assessment, handyman, befriending, digital & home support).

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£433k

Latest spending

£432k

Registered

2016

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves of £146,142 exceed the charity's stated policy target of £90,000 (equivalent to three months of expenditure). The net income for the year was a small surplus of £1,512, resulting in total funds increasing slightly to £221,100.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of expenditure, which equates to £90,000 in general funds (held: £146k)

“the unrestricted funds not committed or invested in tangible assets (the free reserves) held by the charity should be around three months of expenditure, which equates to £90,000 in general funds.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 09882948

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Senior Stairlifts — “Thank you to Senior Stairlifts for their supporting AVSED.” (source page)

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.

ALLEN, Mark — director, appointed 12/01/2026on trustee list
PARKER, Julie — director, appointed 13/10/2025on trustee list
GRAY, Richard John — director, appointed 15/05/2023on trustee list
DOUBTFIRE, Susan — director, appointed 12/12/2022on trustee list
O'BRIEN, Elaine — director, appointed 11/07/2022on trustee list
PEARCE, Christine — director, appointed 16/07/2018on trustee list
BOWER, Sheila — director, appointed 16/07/2018on trustee list
HANSON, Wendy — director, appointed 20/11/2015on trustee list
FAWTHROP, Debbie — secretary, appointed 10/08/2026

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Register events

Received assets from another charity (18/07/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (20/10/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Elaine O'Brienchair
Christine Pearce
Julie Parker
Mark Allen
Richard Gray
Sheila Bower
Susan Doubtfire
Wendy Hanson

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

Operates in: Leeds City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£433k	£432k
31/03/2024	£398k	£319k
31/03/2023	£238k	£286k
31/03/2022	£233k	£256k
31/03/2021	£276k	£211k

Common questions

Is AIREBOROUGH VOLUNTARY SERVICES TO THE ELDERLY (AVSED) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves of £146,142 exceed the charity's stated policy target of £90,000 (equivalent to three months of expenditure). The net income for the year was a small surplus of £1,512, resulting in total funds increasing slightly to £221,100. 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
The National Lottery Community Fund	19/08/2022	£236k	Supporting Aireborough
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/03/2019	£9k	Including 'hard to reach' older people
The National Lottery Community Fund	20/12/2018	£164k	Connecting Aireborough