LEEDS CHILDREN'S CHARITY AT LINEHAM FARM

Registered charity 1177062 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity provides residential, respite and activity opportunities for young people aged between 7 and 11. Young people from Leeds who are from backgrounds of challenge and disadvantage.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO:3.1 PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, INCLUDING BY (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) PROVIDING A RECREATIONAL CENTRE AT LINEHAM FARM, ECCUP, LEEDS WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; AND3.2 PROVIDE RESIDENTIAL RESPITE AND HOLIDAY OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF THEIR AGE, HEALTH, DISABILITY OR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES,IN PARTICULAR FOR (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AGED BETWEEN 7 AND 11 YEARS OLD FROM CHALLENGING AND/OR DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS, WHO LIVE AND/OR ATTEND SCHOOL IN LEEDS.

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 reported a planned deficit of £217,516 for the year, which was funded from existing reserves. Despite the deficit, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £2,736,919, with free reserves standing at £378,092, a level the trustees consider appropriate against their policy of holding 3-6 months of running costs.

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 4 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Leeds Children's Charity at Lineham Farm (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles 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.

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

Reported reserves equal ~38.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (58% 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: 12.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (15/08/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (05/05/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (06/04/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• DUNCAN PEARSEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• DAVID WILLIAM WHEWELL
• IAN LESLIE HARGREAVES
• Ian STUART Kirk
• Leigh Hoath · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rebecca Baldaro-Booth
• Thomas Piercy
• William Carr
• William Lifford

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 THE CHILDREN'S ADVENTURE FARM TRUST LTD.

• THE CHILDREN'S ADVENTURE FARM TRUST LTD income £1.2m
• LEEDS CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY TRUST income £675k
• YORKSHIRE CHILDREN'S CHARITY income £2.4m
• FRIENDS OF LEICESTER CITY FARM LIMITED income £218k
• LEEDS WEEKEND CARE ASSOCIATION income £280k
• LEICESTER CHILDREN'S HOLIDAYS income £390k

Side by side with its peers

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