Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 9

Reasonable growth: +1
Deficit latest year: -2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 14

AIREBOROUGH VOLUNTARY SERVICES TO THE ELDERLY (AVSED)

AVSED is a local charity working to prevent social isolation & loneliness for Aireborough (LS19 & 20) seniors by supporting happy, healthy & independent living. We provide activities (physical exercise, social & friendship, health groups inc dementia, inclusion & lunch club and trips) alongside services (transport, needs assessment, handyman, befriending, digital & home support).

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income was lower than spending in the latest year

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£238	£286	£-48	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	88
31/03/22	£233	£256	£-23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	92
31/03/21	£276	£211	£64	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	106
31/03/20	£238	£210	£28	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	95
31/03/19	£180	£193	£-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	75
31/03/18	£198	£203	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£337	£201	£136	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 8 years

www.avsed.org.uk

info@avsed.org.uk

01132501702

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Recreation
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Services for the elderly

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Leeds City,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
88 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Leeds Community Foundation - Winter Done Well
£2,940	30/10/2023	Grant to Aireborough Voluntary Services to the Elderly (AVSED)
Leeds Community Foundation - AVSED - Aireborough Voluntary Services to the Elderly
£2,323	24/04/2023	Grant to Aireborough Voluntary Services to the Elderly (AVSED)
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Aireborough Voluntary Services to the Elderly (AVSED)
£250	10/03/2023	Grant to Aireborough Voluntary Services to the Elderly (AVSED)
Leeds Community Foundation - Winter watch
£5,100	20/09/2022	Grant to Aireborough Voluntary Services to the Elderly (AVSED)
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting Aireborough
£236,271	19/08/2022	This funding will support AVSED to deliver a project called ‘Supporting Aireborough’ which will benefit older people living in Guiseley Rawdon and Yeadon in north west Leeds. The project will ....more This funding will support AVSED to deliver a project called ‘Supporting Aireborough’ which will benefit older people living in Guiseley Rawdon and Yeadon in north west Leeds. The project will support older people to access more local activities and will support other local organisations providing activities to develop including through the co-production of activities involving older people. The project will also provide new volunteering opportunities supported by training induction and supervision and aims to result in reduced loneliness and social isolation improved health and well being and the acquisition of new skills and knowledge among older people.
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Aireborough Voluntary Services to the Elderly (AVSED)
£3,053	20/04/2022	Grant to Aireborough Voluntary Services to the Elderly (AVSED)
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting Older People Out of Isolation
£9,970	25/06/2021	The funding will be used to employ a minibus driver who's duties will include taking older members of the community out and about for activities. The aim is to reduce loneliness and isolation.
Leeds Community Foundation - Winter Done Well
£2,500	07/10/2020 4	Grant to Aireborough Voluntary Services to the Elderly (AVSED)
National Lottery Community Fund - Including 'hard to reach' older people
£9,400	21/03/2019 12	The group will use funding to expand their service to support people by developing staff skills and updating their website. The project aims to extend their outreach to help more isolated people and ....more The group will use funding to expand their service to support people by developing staff skills and updating their website. The project aims to extend their outreach to help more isolated people and will also raise the profile of the organisation.
National Lottery Community Fund - Connecting Aireborough
£163,617	20/12/2018 36	The aim of the organisation is to relieve the loneliness and isolation of older people. They achieve this through activities such as weekly social events, regular health and wellbeing afternoons, ad ....more The aim of the organisation is to relieve the loneliness and isolation of older people. They achieve this through activities such as weekly social events, regular health and wellbeing afternoons, ad hoc events such as fundraising evenings, a handyman service, and bespoke care tailored to an individual's needs. Funding for the project will go towards salaries, volunteer recruitment, training and expenses, administrative costs and a contribution to office overheads and a wall-mounted baby changing table.
National Lottery Community Fund - Capacity building for the future
£10,000	01/11/2017 12	The group will review their services by carrying out consultations and updating their strategy and business plan, to ensure sustainability into the future and build capacity to meet the needs of ....more The group will review their services by carrying out consultations and updating their strategy and business plan, to ensure sustainability into the future and build capacity to meet the needs of local people.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 65-87

ELAINE O'BRIEN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

GRAHAM NAYLOR LATTY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

RICHARD GRAY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

SUSAN DOUBTFIRE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

CHRISTINE PEARCE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired

KEN ELLIOTT (Chair) Appointed: 2004, Occupation: None

ROY BLANSHARD Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Driver

SHEILA BOWER Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired

WENDY HANSON Appointed: 2015, Occupation: None

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/02/2016, number: 1165792
Registered at Companies House on 20/11/2015, number: 09882948

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

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
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

7 returns made; all on time

Main office

GREEN ACRE HALL
NEW ROAD SIDE
RAWDON
LEEDS
LS19 6AS

Objectives

AVSED IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE FOLLOWING CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF OLDER PEOPLE (OVER 60 YEARS OF AGE) LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY OF AIREBOROUGH (LS19 AND LS20 POSTCODES), IN THE CITY OF LEEDS: 1) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO RELIEVE THE CHARITABLE NEEDS OF OLDER PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY RELIEVING THEIR LONELINESS AND ISOLATION AND BY PROMOTING AND SUPPORTING THEIR INDEPENDENCE 2) TO PROMOTE THE SOCIAL INCLUSION OF OLDER PEOPLE BY PREVENTING THEM FROM BEING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO BETTER INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY 3) TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF OLDER PEOPLE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT 4) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT

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