Overall GiG Score: 18 ?
Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 6
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6

BETTER LEEDS COMMUNITIES 

Advice Service, Support and Engagement service, Families and Communites work including volunteer support and community leadership, and social prescribing
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • 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 age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently
Established: 40 years

www.betterleeds.org.uk

info@betterleeds.org.uk

01132754142

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UN SDGs
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Financial Data ?

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£743£750£-7£0£605£5859.4238
31/03/22£656£600£56£0£613£58711.7245
31/03/21£689£649£40£0£556£5169.5276
31/03/20£708£635£72£0£516£4658.8247
31/03/19£665£730£-64£0£444£3876.4295
31/03/18£575£622£-47£0£508£4428.5240
31/03/17£767£727£40£0£555£4757.8370
31/03/16£570£630£-59£0£515£4819.2360
31/03/15£640£615£26£5£574£53810.5230
31/03/14£493£514£-21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£386£450£-65£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£548£493£55£81£634£52812.8220
31/03/11£551£555£-4£145£580£53811.6260
31/03/10£635£701£-66£251£584£5399.2250
31/03/09£696£627£69£214£649£55510.6250
31/03/08£774£696£78£26£580£5329.2200
31/03/07*£967£561£406£31£503£4559.7200
31/03/06*£454£452£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£383£403£-20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£381£352£29£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 10%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 6%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 97%
Reserves/Spending: 9.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 11.5
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 23 employees
  • 8 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Leeds City,

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£474,173
Henry Smith Charity£171,300
DCMS£9,993
Lloyds Bank Foundation£5,136
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Better Leeds Communities
£2,500 15/03/2023
Capital costs for Adult Welfare & Relief of Poverty
National Lottery Community Fund - 1 Burley:170 Voices
£474,173 11/12/2020
47
The funding will be used to empower the people of Burley by helping to build a sustained movement where residents will have the opportunity to shape a community environment that works for them - in ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Better Leeds Communities
£171,300 16/09/2020
36
towards three years' continuation funding of a project which provides debt advice and support to people in Leeds.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,993 28/08/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Better Leeds Communities
£5,136 24/07/2020
Grant to Better Leeds Communities meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Better Leeds Communities
£1,120 01/05/2020
COVID19 : purchase IT equipment for a charity that works with disadvantaged minoriy communities in West Yorkshire
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Better Leeds Communities
£74,486 20/03/2018
36
funding will support the 'My Home, My Rights' project which will provide an additional layer of in depth holistic support to clients that are struggling to maintain their tenancies and are homeless ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Better Leeds Communities
£139,200 08/06/2017
36
towards three years' salary of the Debt Outreach Worker at a project in Leeds providing debt advice and support
National Lottery Community Fund - Leeds Crisis Support Service and Community Exchange
£514,822 03/03/2016
60
This project aims to target people experiencing poverty including bailiff action, eviction, lack of money/income and fuel disconnection. People will not be engaging in mainstream services and will ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Up Our Street
£48,593 28/11/2013
12
The grant will enable Better Leeds Communities to run Up Our Street, a project that will deliver eight community play initiatives over six weeks right on the doorsteps of families using resources ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Burley Lodge Opportunities
£470,442 09/11/2011
60
The funding will continue and expand the existing volunteer programme at Burley Lodge Centre in Leeds to provide a new strand of activities to engage hard to reach participants in volunteering. The ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 37-74
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/10/1983, number: 514371
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/09/1983, number: 01754257
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Financial Conduct Authority
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • 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
20 returns made; AR07: 63 days late, AR06: 310 days late,
Main office

BURLEY LODGE CENTRE
COMMUNITY CENTRE
42-46 BURLEY LODGE ROAD
LEEDS
LS6 1QF

Objectives

(A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THAT PART OF THE CITY OF LEEDS KNOWN AS BURLEY, LEEDS AND NEIGHBOURHOOD (HEREINAFTER CALLED 'THE AREA OF BENEFIT') WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF RACE, SEX OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINION;(B) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AMONG THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT;(C) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT;(D) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT;(E) TO ASSOCIATE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND THE INHABITANTS IN COMMON EFFORT TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND TO FURTHER ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SAID INHABITANTS;(F) TO ACQUIRE, ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE OR TO CO-OPERATE WITH ANY LOCAL STATUTORY AUTHORITY OR ANY VOLUNTARY ORGANISATION IN THE MAINT-REGISTRATION DATE ENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE LATEST AMENDMENT COMPANY OR ITS MEMBERS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BURLEY LEEDS AND NEIGHBOURHOOD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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