SEACROFT FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS

Registered charity 1183406 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our aim is to support over 60's living in Seacroft, Leeds who are in need by reason of their age, ill health, disability financial hardship or other disadvantage. We provide practical help, information, advice and activities to enable people to maintain independence, health and social contacts.

Objects

TO RELIEVE PERSONS AGED 60 OR OVER WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF THEIR AGE, ILL HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE INCLUDING INFORMATION ADVICE AND SUPPORT, TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PERSONS IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £58,977 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £383,446 to £324,470. The trustees report that the overall financial position remains healthy and that unrestricted reserves of £266,278 are sufficient to meet their stated policy target of six months' running and closure costs. Despite reduced funding from local authorities, the charity continues to provide services to an increasing number of active clients.

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 5 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
• 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Seacroft Friends & Neighbours (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• Leeds City Council — “In October 2019, Leeds City Council awarded us a 5 year contract, with the possibility of further extensions which contributes significantly…” (source page)
• Leeds Community Foundation — “Lunch Club Grant via: Leeds Community Foundation” (source page)
• The Co-op — “The Co-op: Funding for Dementia Support” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold); recorded price paid £2k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (07/11/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (07/11/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Shirley Dannchair
• Graham Hyde
• Sheonagh Clarke

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

Operates in: Leeds City

Income and spending

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CARERS LEEDS.

• CARERS LEEDS income £1.9m
• AGE UK CROYDON income £2.6m
• AGE UK LEEDS income £1.9m
• HOLBECK TOGETHER income £648k
• LS14 TRUST income £968k
• NEIGHBOURHOOD ELDERS TEAM income £271k

Side by side with its peers

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