HARRISON AND POTTER TRUST

Registered charity 1179665 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity (i) provides and maintains the charity's almshouse developments at Lovell Park Road, Leeds and Raglan Road, Leeds and (ii) provides grants to organisations and to projects in Leeds which alleviate financial hardship, particularly in relation to housing and social isolation.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:1.1 THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF SOCIAL HOUSING IN THE FORM OF ALMSHOUSES FOR POOR PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE CITY OF LEEDS. UP TO TEN POOR PERSONS MAY BE APPOINTED AS RESIDENT WHO ARE WIDOWS AND WHO ARE RESIDENT WITHIN THE RADIUS OF TWENTY MILES FROM THE CIVIC HALL IN THE CITY OF LEEDS, THE TOWN HALL IN THE CITY OF WAKEFIELD OR THE GUILDHALL IN THE CITY OF YORK AT THE TIME OF THE APPOINTMENT;1.2 THE RELIEF OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE ALMSHOUSES WHO ARE IN CHARITABLE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR AGE, HEALTH, DISABILITY, OR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES; AND/OR1.3 THE RELIEF OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE CITY OF LEEDS WHO ARE IN CHARITABLE NEED, HARDSHIP, OR DISTRESS BY REASON OF THEIR AGE, HEALTH, DISABILITY, OR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.

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

Causes: Disability · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total reserves of £7,814,718, with free reserves amounting to £1,514,700, which the Trustees consider appropriate to meet future objectives and withstand adverse events. The charity reported a net income of £622,750 for the year, driven largely by a £523,555 gain on investments, while the almshouse operation itself incurred an operating deficit. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "within" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Homes England. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~179.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (71% 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: 4.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER ANDREWSchair
• Dr IAN ANTHONY BLOMFIELD
• IAN WILLIAM SHAW · trustee of 1 other charity
• JOHN CAMPBELL · trustee of 1 other charity
• MARK JAMES WILSON
• MATTHEW FLINTON
• NIGEL APPLEYARD WAINMAN · trustee of 2 other charities
• PAUL TORRANCE

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

Operates in: Leeds City

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