DEWSBURY & DISTRICT LEAGUE OF FRIENDSHIP

Registered charity 1184667 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HOWLANDS

The League of Friendship operates the Howlands Community Hub, which is open 5 days a week for its members, who are people with a wide range of disabilities. While it is important as a social venue, the main work of the Centre is to provide facilities and instruction in various arts and crafts. To that end the League employs 2 part-time teachers one of whom is an established local artist.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity suffered an overall deficit of £18,100 in 2024, reversing a surplus from the previous year, due to a drop in external funding and increased staffing and premises costs. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves decreased from £39,800 to £21,758, and the charity relies on continuous fundraising and room rentals to supplement its core activities.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Howlands (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Douglas Young · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dawn Field
• Stephen Readhead
• Victoria Emma Noele Ward

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

Operates in: Kirklees

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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