DIGGLE'S FIRST FRUITS

Registered charity 1183035 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity has a policy of only giving grants to people, under the age of 25 years, who are resident in the civil parish of Clifford in West Yorkshire.

Objects

1) TO FURTHER THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE METHODIST CHURCH DIVISION OF EDUCATION; AND2) TO FURTHER THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE METHODIST CHURCH WITH YOUNG PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 25 WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT, INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF A JUNIOR CHURCH; AND3) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING) OF YOUNG PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 25 WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

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 net deficit of £2,368.69 for the year ended 31 August 2025, compared to a deficit of £15,144.91 in the previous year. Free/unrestricted reserves (monetary assets) increased to £1,081,343 from £1,021,679 in 2024, supported by investment growth and property sale proceeds. The trustees confirmed that an independent examination was performed as an audit was not required under the Charities Act 2011.

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 3 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment

Funders the charity credits

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

• Joseph Diggle — “This is an historic fund set up by Joseph Diggle in 1851 to support the young of Clifford and their educational pursuits.” (source page)

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (12/10/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Steven David Tysonchair
• Alexandra Caley
• Angela Gael Wills
• Hazel Greenwood
• Jacqueline Turner
• Laura Softly
• Neil Parish
• Peter Norman
• Rev Abi Alex · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Leeds City

Income and spending

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