Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 8

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 17

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR LEEDS

This is a grant making charity, you can view its grants here

The aim of the Foundation is to attract income from a wide range of sources (private sector donations from individuals and companies, management of local and central government funding streams, profits on fundraising events etc). This is then made available to local charities and voluntary & community groups by way of an open grants programme(s).

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has an endowment fund which generates most of its income
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:

This charity only provides its support via other charities

Established: 21 years

www.leedscf.org.uk

info@leedscf.org.uk

01132422426

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£4,930	£5,224	£-293	£114	£26,829	£691	1.6	20	108
31/03/22		£4,468	£5,023	£-556	£103	£28,654	£858	2	20	132
31/03/21		£7,152	£6,677	£475	£87	£27,696	£893	1.6	17	125
31/03/20		£5,234	£4,571	£663	£15	£23,147	£535	1.4	16	83
31/03/19		£5,033	£5,153	£-119	£23	£25,299	£433	1	17	85
31/03/18		£4,750	£3,925	£825	£43	£24,280	£339	1	15	0
31/03/17		£4,194	£5,203	£-1,009	£26	£23,303	£261	0.6	13	0
31/03/16		£4,811	£4,670	£141	£103	£21,658	£221	0.6	11	0
31/03/15		£3,650	£3,264	£386	£160	£22,391	£202	0.7	11	0
31/03/14		£2,794	£3,669	£-875	£207	£20,454	£168	0.5	9	0
31/03/13		£3,561	£3,292	£269	£169	£20,610	£137	0.5	7	0
31/03/12		£2,310	£2,533	£-223	£113	£18,568	£109	0.5	6	0
31/03/11		£12,801	£4,286	£8,515	£89	£18,810	£94	0.3	5	0
31/03/10		£2,695	£4,319	£-1,624	£91	£10,203	£57	0.2	5	0
31/03/09		£5,057	£3,917	£1,140	£99	£11,749	£39	0.1	4	0
31/03/08		£11,485	£1,288	£10,197	£86	£10,613	£33	0.3	4	0
31/03/07	*	£976	£674	£303	£72	£416	£18	0.3	4	0
31/03/06		£341	£318	£23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£205	£133	£71	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 1%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 11%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 3%
Reserves/Spending: 1.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 7.6

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Leeds City,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Who works here?

20 employees
108 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Department for Education	£1,345,722
Pears Foundation	£480,000
Leeds Community Foundation	£26,000
Esmee Fairbairn	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - TASK to COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR LEEDS
£10,000	12/12/2023	TASK fund donation towards the Manjit Wolstenholme Fund
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Hamara Healthy Living Centre
£6,000	28/02/2022 4	Support the partnership to gather information for the public directory of services to enhance the understanding of health and care related assets across Leeds.
Leeds Community Foundation - Hamara Healthy Holiday Programme
£20,000	24/02/2022 8	We plan to use this grant to run an open access playscheme during the Easter and Summer & Winter holidays this year. The playscheme will run five days a week (Monday – Friday) for 1 week during ....more We plan to use this grant to run an open access playscheme during the Easter and Summer & Winter holidays this year. The playscheme will run five days a week (Monday – Friday) for 1 week during Easter, 4 weeks during the Summer and 1 week during the winter holidays. The sessions will include structured activities such as:• Crafts;• Health cooking & Baking;• Multi-sports and fitness sessions;• Day-trips;• Outdoor activities such as: den building and gardening
Pears Foundation - Grant to Leeds Community Foundation
£300,000	21/01/2021	Pears Youth Fund 2021-22
Pears Foundation - Grant to Leeds Community Foundation
£30,000	18/01/2021	Bradford Giving Collaboration
Department for Education - Holiday Activities and Food Programme 2020
£1,345,722	01/04/2020	To make free holiday-club places available to children who are eligible for and receiving benefits-related free school meals.
Pears Foundation - Grant to Leeds Community Foundation
£150,000	23/05/2019 12	Pears Youth Fund 2019-20
Pears Foundation - Grant to Leeds Community Foundation
£36,000	07/04/2019 12	Healthy Holidays 2019
National Lottery Community Fund - Bradford Healthy Holidays
£150,000	12/03/2019 12	This funding is for a project aimed at tackling 'holiday hunger'. This is experienced by families whose children are eligible for Free School Meals during term time but who may otherwise struggle to ....more This funding is for a project aimed at tackling 'holiday hunger'. This is experienced by families whose children are eligible for Free School Meals during term time but who may otherwise struggle to meet the costs of food bills when schools are closed. The project is designed to support smaller schemes that run holiday programmes that provide children with access to food, fun activities, and support.
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to Leeds Community Foundation
£20,000	03/12/2018	Towards homelessness in Leeds and Bradford
Pears Foundation - Grant to Leeds Community Foundation
£130,000	16/05/2018 18	Pears Youth Fund 2018-19
Pears Foundation - Grant to Leeds Community Foundation
£130,000	23/01/2017 20	Pears Youth Fund

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How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 25-57

ANTHONY MICHAEL COOKE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director, Health And Social Care

CARL ANDREW HAWKES Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Charity Sector Senior Management

CAROLYN ANNE COOPER-BLACK Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Investment Manager

CLEVELAND HENRY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director Of Cloud, Ukcloud Health

DEIRDRE REID Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director Of External Relations

EMILY JONES Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Lead Youth Worker

HUGH MARK FAIRCLOUGH Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

RUTH KIM BROMLEY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

SHARON SARAH FRANCES ORR Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Community Affairs Manager, Other trusteeship: BRADFORD DISTRICT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION,

WILLIAM ROBERT GERALD CLARKE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Civil Servant

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/04/2003, number: 1096892
Registered at Companies House on 21/05/2002, number: 04443312

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

20/09/2011 - Asset transfer in from ISAAC HOLDEN SCHOLARSHIPS
10/04/2013 - Asset transfer in from LEEDS TRADESMEN'S TRUST
24/10/2019 - Asset transfer in from VISCOUNT MOUNTGARRET HOUSE OF REST TRUST
11/12/2020 - Asset transfer in from EXCEED
23/09/2021 - Asset transfer in from CHARITY CALLED THE JOHN HOLMES DOLE FUNDS
Linked charity: COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR LEEDS TRUST

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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
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: 2 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from VISCOUNT MOUNTGARRET HOUSE OF REST TRUST on 24/10/2019
Asset transfer in from EXCEED on 11/12/2020
Asset transfer in from CHARITY CALLED THE JOHN HOLMES DOLE FUNDS on 23/09/2021

Main office

Leeds Community Foundation
51a St. Pauls Street
Leeds
LS1 2TE

Objectives

THE PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES PRINCIPALLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY OF LEEDS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT AND TO A LESSER DEGREE THROUGHOUT THE SUB-REGION OF WEST YORKSHIRE AND THE UNITED KINGDOM AS A WHOLE AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THE PROMOTION OF GOOD HEALTH BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LEEDS

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