VOLUNTARY ACTION - LEEDS

Charity Number: 225863
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Voluntary Action Leeds is the Council for Voluntary Service in Leeds. For 60 years we have been providing innovative and direct support, services and specialist advice to hundreds of voluntary and community groups, enabling them to carry out their work across Leeds

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Charitable expenditure

Charitable expenditure

Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.

In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.

Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.

By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

One or more trustees are also directors of the subsidiaries

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who the charity helps:
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
  • Leeds City

Governance

Registration history:
  • 14 January 1964: Standard registration
  • 21 July 1998: Removed (Funds spent (by trustees))
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • V A L (Working name)
  • VAL (Working name)
  • VOLUNTARY ACTION LEEDS (Working name)
  • LEEDS COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE (INCORPORATED) (Previous name)
  • LEEDS COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE INCORPORATED) (Previous name)
Company number:
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • 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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

15 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Sarah Rogers Chair 24 September 2020
None on record
Zoobin Surty Trustee 25 September 2024
None on record
Guilaine Brutus Trustee 25 September 2024
None on record
Wendy Tangen Trustee 27 October 2023
None on record
Simon Jose Trustee 05 October 2023
None on record
Jane Li Trustee 28 September 2022
None on record
Andrea Marie Edwards Trustee 28 September 2022
None on record
Emma Holmes Trustee 30 September 2021
None on record
Jane Tomlin Trustee 24 September 2020
None on record
Lindsey Topham-Whitton Trustee 24 September 2020
None on record
Robert Londo Trustee 24 September 2020
UMOJA TANZANIA-UNITED KINGDOM DIASPORA (UTZ-UKD)
Received: On time
Claudie Ineson Trustee 26 September 2019
None on record
Linda Audrey Evers Trustee 25 September 2014
None on record
ADRIAN NICHOLAS CURTIS Trustee 15 November 2011
GREEN LEEDS LIMITED
Received: On time
PAUL LANDEY Trustee
FRIENDS OF SHIRE VIEW
Received: On time
THE LEEDS SOCIETY FOR DEAF AND BLIND PEOPLE
Received: On time
LEEDS INVOLVING PEOPLE
Received: On time

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £991.77k £1.34m £1.42m £2.54m £2.54m
Total expenditure £937.84k £1.15m £1.37m £2.26m £2.85m
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £347.02k £425.70k £425.46k £1.36m £1.28m
Income - Donations and legacies £26.77k £4.33k £1.24k £925 £825
Income - Other trading activities £0 £185.57k £200.32k £224.26k £271.43k
Income - Charitable activities £958.12k £251.71k £252.54k £171.60k £177.16k
Income - Endowments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Investment £6.87k £4.69k £4.53k £20.97k £40.78k
Income - Other £0 £891.85k £966.03k £2.12m £2.05m
Income - Legacies £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Charitable activities £937.84k £1.15m £1.37m £2.26m £2.85m
Expenditure - Raising funds £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Governance £0 £10.00k £10.00k £11.97k £10.64k
Expenditure - Grants institution £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Investment management £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.

Long term Investments

Investments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.

Other assets

These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.

Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.

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Asset / Liability 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Own use assets £388.28k £384.97k £505.49k £496.23k £486.15k
Long-term investments £58.40k £67.12k £208.50k £209.66k £228.81k
Other assets £651.69k £1.28m £1.51m £1.67m £1.33m
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability -£36.56k -£30.86k -£2.64k -£1.68k -£785
Total liabilities £126.57k £527.01k £900.58k £806.79k £772.77k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2024 19 December 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 19 December 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 15 January 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 15 January 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 27 January 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 22 November 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 31 January 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 16 November 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 20 January 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 02 January 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document
WILL PROVED AT WAKEFIELD ON 20 JUNE 1967
Charitable objects
GENERAL PURPOSES OF LEEDS VOLUNTARY ACTION
Area of benefit
LEEDS
Registration history
  • 14 January 1964 : Standard registration
  • 21 July 1998 : Removed

Contact information

Address:
VOLUNTARY ACTION
STRINGER HOUSE
34 LUPTON STREET
LEEDS
LS10 2QW
Phone:
01132977920