Leek Building Society Charitable Foundation

Registered charity 1196906 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LEEK UNITED BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

To advance such charitable purposes as the trustees see fit by making grant and awards to charities and other organisations that provide public benefit, principally within communities located in Staffordshire, Shropshire, Cheshire and Derbyshire.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO RELIEVING POVERTY BY MAKING GRANTS AND AWARDS TO CHARITIES AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS THAT PROVIDE PUBLIC BENEFIT, PRINCIPALLY WITHIN COMMUNITIES LOCATED IN THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA OUTLINED IN THE APPENDIX ATTACHED AT THE REAR OF THE GRANT MAKING POLICY (IN PARTICULAR WITHIN STAFFORDSHIRE, SHROPSHIRE, CHESHIRE AND DERBYSHIRE).NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

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 · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's financial position is strong, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £57,834 at the end of the period. The charity reported a net surplus of £15,582 for the year, having distributed £41,055 in grants against incoming resources of £56,638. The trustees confirmed there are no funds in deficit and no uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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.

• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Davies
• Claire Louise McCarthy
• Elizabeth Hall
• Lynne Ransome
• Matthew Collins
• Mirriam Lawton · trustee of 2 other charities
• VISHWAS KHANNA

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Derby City · Derbyshire · Shropshire · Staffordshire

Income and spending

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