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.

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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.

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£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).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government01/04/2020£42Bus Service Operators Grant Eng Comm Transport 20/21
UK government01/04/2020£83Bus Service Operators Grant Eng Comm Transport 20/21

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRAMLEY ELDERLY ACTION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Belle Isle Senior Action - BISA£165k0aboveno doubt
BRAMLEY ELDERLY ACTION FY2025£589k0unclearno doubt
AGE CONCERN ISLE OF WIGHT FY2025£1.3m0aboveno doubt
HOLBECK TOGETHER FY2025£648k0withinno doubt
AGE CONCERN ISLINGTON FY2025£2.2munclearno doubt
AGE UK LEWISHAM AND SOUTHWARK FY2025£2.6maboveno doubt

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