LS-TEN LIMITED
Registered charity 1191532 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
LS-TEN deliver to Leeds:Alternative Education:Working at KS3&KS4 LS-TEN provide a robust curriculum to support host schools in educating children struggling in a mainstream school environment.Skatepark:An indoor skatepark with an outdoor area delivering wheeled sports to schools, community groups and people from across Leeds.Community Engagement:Both onsite and offsite provisions.
Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total income increased to £2.26 million, resulting in a net income of £523,793 and unrestricted free reserves of £776,734. The Trustees confirm that the charity has sufficient resources to continue to operate and meet its ongoing liabilities on a going concern basis.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“One employee had total employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs and national insurance costs) in excess of £60,000 in the current year (2024: Nil).” — page 24
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: two months of core operating expenditure (held: £777k)
“The Trustees have set a target of £340,000 for unrestricted free reserves, equivalent to approximately two months of core operating expenditure.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Expenditure with First Response Team
“This comprised £945 payable to First Response Team (2024: £1,056) and £318 payable to Leeds Mencap (2024: income receivable of £720). The charity also incurred expenditure of £2,307 (2024: £2,267) with Ricoh UK Limited. Ricoh UK Limited is considered a related party as a trustee of the charity is employed by the company.”
“This comprised £945 payable to First Response Team (2024: £1,056) and £318 payable to Leeds Mencap (2024: income receivable of £720).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Expenditure with Leeds Mencap
“This comprised £945 payable to First Response Team (2024: £1,056) and £318 payable to Leeds Mencap (2024: income receivable of £720). The charity also incurred expenditure of £2,307 (2024: £2,267) with Ricoh UK Limited. Ricoh UK Limited is considered a related party as a trustee of the charity is employed by the company.”
“This comprised £945 payable to First Response Team (2024: £1,056) and £318 payable to Leeds Mencap (2024: income receivable of £720).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Expenditure with Ricoh UK Limited
“This comprised £945 payable to First Response Team (2024: £1,056) and £318 payable to Leeds Mencap (2024: income receivable of £720). The charity also incurred expenditure of £2,307 (2024: £2,267) with Ricoh UK Limited. Ricoh UK Limited is considered a related party as a trustee of the charity is employed by the company.”
“This comprised £945 payable to First Response Team (2024: £1,056) and £318 payable to Leeds Mencap (2024: income receivable of £720).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2024) → 1 (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Angus Martin — Chair of the Trustees (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~5.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Angus Martinchair · trustee of 1 other charity
- Ashley Jacobs
- Clare Nicola Jarvis
- David Mitchell
- David Smith
- Edward Carlisle
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Bradford City · Calderdale · City Of Wakefield · Kirklees · Leeds City · North Yorkshire · Sheffield City
Income and spending
Common questions
Is LS-TEN LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased to £2.26 million, resulting in a net income of £523,793 and unrestricted free reserves of £776,734. The Trustees confirm that the charity has sufficient resources to continue to operate and meet its ongoing liabilities on a going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Saffery LLP.
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