Belle Isle Senior Action - BISA

Registered charity 701895 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BELLE ISLE ELDERLY WINTER AID

The charity works in the Belle Isle area of Leeds and supports older people to remain living at home. We offer activities in the following areas of need: Social Contact; Health Promotion; Safety & Security; Winter Warmth and help around the House and Home.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF THE AGED IN THE BELLE ISLE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF LEEDS AND IN PARTICULAR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH OF THE AGED. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE AGED IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT IN RELATION TO FINANCIAL, HEALTH, HOUSING AND WELFARE ENTITLEMENTS. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, AND PROMOTION OF RESEARCH CONCERNING THE NEEDS OF THE AGED IN RELATION TO THE PROVISIONS OF FUEL HEATH AND LIGHT, AN THE*

Area of benefit: BELLE ISLE NEIGHBOURHOOD

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 · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£165k

Latest spending

£234k

Registered

1989

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £68,752 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £229,179 to £160,427. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted general reserves stood at £111,864, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain operating activities for up to one year. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters were identified during the examination of the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: up to 1 year (held: £112k)

“BISA's reserves policy is to maintain a sufficient level of reserves to enable operating activities to be maintained (for a period of up to 1 year)” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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 handling
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
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Leeds City Council — “We are one of forty ‘Neighbourhood Network’ schemes in Leeds supported by Leeds City Council.” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

Rosalyn Margaret Whitfieldchair
David Geldard
Joyce Appleyard
Margaret Elizabeth BROWN

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

Operates in: Leeds City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£165k	£234k
31/03/2024	£174k	£236k
31/03/2023	£173k	£216k
31/03/2022	£161k	£166k
31/03/2021	£199k	£141k

Common questions

Is Belle Isle Senior Action - BISA financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £68,752 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £229,179 to £160,427. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted general reserves stood at £111,864, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain operating activities for up to one year. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters were identified during the examination of the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	01/04/2020	£42	Bus Service Operators Grant Eng Comm Transport 20/21
UK government	01/04/2020	£83	Bus Service Operators Grant Eng Comm Transport 20/21

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
CHARITIES OF THOMAS WADE AND OTHERS	3	£23k
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION	2	£70k
AGE UK	1	£246k
IRWIN MITCHELL CHARITIES FOUNDATION	1	£188k
Leeds Hospitals Charity	1	£100k
THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£80k
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£76k
CHARITY OF RICHARD CLOUDESLEY	1	£76k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BURMANTOFTS SENIOR ACTION CIO.

BURMANTOFTS SENIOR ACTION CIO income £338k
BRAMLEY ELDERLY ACTION income £589k
OLDER PEOPLE'S ACTION IN THE LOCALITY income £527k
AGE CONCERN ISLE OF WIGHT income £1.3m
HOLBECK TOGETHER income £648k
AGE CONCERN ISLINGTON income £2.2m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
Belle Isle Senior Action - BISA	£165k	—	above	—	no doubt
BURMANTOFTS SENIOR ACTION CIO FY2025	£338k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRAMLEY ELDERLY ACTION FY2025	£589k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
OLDER PEOPLE'S ACTION IN THE LOCALITY FY2026	£527k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
AGE CONCERN ISLE OF WIGHT FY2025	£1.3m	—	above	—	no doubt
HOLBECK TOGETHER FY2025	£648k	—	within	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.