BETTER LEEDS COMMUNITIES

Registered charity 514371 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BURLEY LODGE CENTRE

Advice Service, Support and Engagement service, Families and Communites work including volunteer support and community leadership, and social prescribing

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £33,861 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following a surplus in the previous year. The trustees confirm that free reserves of £329,372 are sufficient to meet the stated policy objective of covering six months of activity during unforeseen difficulty, and the auditors found no material 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 audited by Slade & Cooper Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~5.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (91% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexander James Edward Knight
• Kulvinder Richardson
• Neil David Canwell
• Richard Napier
• SARAH Walker
• WILLIAM RHYS HIRD

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

Operates in: Leeds City

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

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