LEAF - LOCALLY ENCOURAGING ALL TO FLOURISH

Registered charity 1194047 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LEAF

LEAF is a charity focused on improving the well-being of people in its community. We work across all age ranges and offer a variety of activities and support. These include a chaplaincy service in the local surgery, mentoring and couselling of children in the local school, couselling for adults, debt advice, children's activities, Kintsugi Hope and Alpha courses and Family Support provision,

Objects

1. THE RELIEF OF THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, OR SOCIAL DISADVANTAGE (IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) BY THE PROVISION OF: • PASTORAL CARE AND PEER SUPPORT;• COUNSELLING IN PARTICULAR FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED A BEREAVEMENT OR WHO HAVE A SUBSTANCE ADDICTION;• EDUCATION AND TRAINING;• ESSENTIAL ITEMS AND SERVICES SUCH AS FOOD AND CLOTHING OR DEBT ADVICE. 2. TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF FAITH ATTACHED TO THIS SCHEDULE.

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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total receipts increased significantly to £245,035, resulting in an excess of receipts over payments of £29,042. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £71,066, which exceeds its stated policy target of £30,000 to £40,000. The trustees report that the current financial position allows services to continue while future grant applications are considered.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 4 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 policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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 — LEAF - Locally Encouraging All to Flourish (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

• Christopher John Anthony Hopkins
• Dr Alice Mary Geraldine Davies
• GEOFFREY RUTHERFORD
• Janet Hopkins
• Katharine Elizabeth Mason
• Rev Joseph Robert Simons
• Rev Phillip John Warrey · trustee of 4 other charities
• Timothy Harold Keyes

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

Operates in: Herefordshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE LITTLE ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION FOUNDATION.

• THE LITTLE ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION FOUNDATION income £131k
• BIG LEAF FOUNDATION income £269k
• ANA LEAF FOUNDATION income £114k
• THE TEA LEAF TRUST income £249k
• OAKLEAF ENTERPRISE income £1.3m
• NEWLEAF FOUNDATION income £142k

Side by side with its peers

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