OTLEY OLD PEOPLES WELFARE COMMITTEE

Registered charity 207385 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity provides a permanent building comprising a main hall, adjacent smaller meeting rooms, kitchen facilities an for older people to gather for social, recreational and culinary purposes. Access is open to all on a day to day basis.The building also has offices.

Objects

GENERAL GOOD OF ALL OLD PEOPLE BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL RECREATION FURTHERING HEALTH, RELIEVING POVERTY, DISTRESS OR SICKNESS.

Area of benefit: URBAN DISTRICT OF OTLEY.

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

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Latest income
£60k
Latest spending
£24k
Registered
1965
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total unrestricted reserves of £538,255.67, which significantly exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of keeping sufficient reserves to maintain the building in good repair. The filing confirms that resources are adequate and notes no material matters requiring further explanation regarding the financial position.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Letting of Rooms (79% of income)
“Letting of Rooms £ 47935.00” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: sufficient reserves in hand to keep the building in a good state of repair (held: £538k)
“The Trustees aim to keep sufficient reserves in hand to keep the building in a good state of repair.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Leeds City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£60k£24k
31/03/2024£34k£24k
31/03/2023£30k£22k
31/03/2022£22k£17k
31/03/2021£396k£386k

Common questions

Is OTLEY OLD PEOPLES WELFARE COMMITTEE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds total unrestricted reserves of £538,255.67, which significantly exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of keeping sufficient reserves to maintain the building in good repair. The filing confirms that resources are adequate and notes no material matters requiring further explanation regarding the financial position. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund15/11/2018£7kOtley Older People's Hub