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LS14 TRUST

Registered charity 1169716 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Seacroft Pantry and CafeChildren and youth work including sports, clubs, groups and school holiday provision/activitiesPlaybox activities, Community Events/GalasArts & Crafts Groups, Mental Health and wellbeing supportArt TherapySignposting

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£968k
Latest spending
£924k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £44,836 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds increasing to £293,959. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £72,231, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover over 12 months of unrestricted fund expenditure given that most operational costs are secured via restricted funds.

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 non-grant-funded salaries and overheads plus 2.5% contingency and redundancy costs (held: £72k)
“Our policy for reserves is to ensure that there are between 3 and 6 months of non-grant-funded salaries and overheads + 2.5% contingency and enough reserves to cover redundancy costs if ever required. This would currently equate to between £65,243 and £83,434.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Funders the charity credits

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£968k
Total spending
£924k
Reserves (reported)
£75k
Employees
13

Reported reserves equal ~1.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (83% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Leeds City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£968k£924k
31/03/2024£500k£642k
31/03/2023£688k£602k
31/03/2022£572k£556k
31/03/2021£511k£337k

Common questions

Is LS14 TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £44,836 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds increasing to £293,959. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £72,231, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover over 12 months of unrestricted fund expenditure given that most operational costs are secured via restricted funds. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds LS14 TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LS14 TRUST as a grant recipient include IMAGINE FOUNDATION, WATES FAMILY ENTERPRISE TRUST, THE DWF FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
IMAGINE FOUNDATIONFY2023£43kCommunity Development
IMAGINE FOUNDATIONFY2022£15kCommunity Development
IMAGINE FOUNDATIONFY2021£15kCommunity Development
IMAGINE FOUNDATIONFY2024£8kCommunity Development
WATES FAMILY ENTERPRISE TRUSTFY2022£5kGroup Awards
THE DWF FOUNDATIONFY2022£500

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England27/08/2025£13kLS14 trust sports hub
The National Lottery Community Fund25/04/2025£20kSeacroft Pantry and Community Kitchen
The National Lottery Community Fund18/04/2024£268kThe Seacroft People's Imagination Station
The National Lottery Community Fund25/01/2024£258kWe Are Seacroft
The National Lottery Community Fund16/05/2019£182kSeacroft Peoples Learning Lab
The National Lottery Community Fund01/03/2017£9kThe Rein Park Revolution

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUST2£3k
THE GEOFFREY AND PAULINE MARTIN TRUST1£30k
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST1£28k
Q CHARITABLE TRUST1£10k
THE EQUILIBRIUM FOUNDATION1£5k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST TIMOTHY'S CROOKES1£4k
THE WHARFEDALE VINEYARD CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP1£3k
MANCHESTER CITY F.C. CITY IN THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SEACROFT FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LS14 TRUST£968k—0unclear—no doubt
SEACROFT FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS FY2025£177k—0above—no doubt
FOOD AND COMMUNITY TRUST FY2024£2.4m—0unclear—no doubt
DONCASTER FOODBANK (TRUSSELL TRUST) LTD FY2025£151k—0above—no doubt
SCARBOROUGH TRINITY HOUSE SEAFARERS' TRUST FY2025£118k—0above—no doubt
TRAFFORD SOUTH FOODBANK FY2024£137k£33,7050unclear—no doubt

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