Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 7
Support Score: 7
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 19 ?

TRUST LEEDS

Trust Leeds helps people to enterprise their way out of poverty. We do this in two ways: 1) By nurturing a network of Self-Reliant Groups (peer groups where people support each other, save together, build confidence and skills, and grow enterprising ideas). 2) Micro-finance (we invest small ethical loans for business purposes in people who are financially excluded).
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/03/23£124£88£36n/a
31/03/22£126£101£26n/a
31/03/21£90£81£9n/a
31/03/20£72£61£11n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 6 years

http://www.trustleeds.org.uk/

info@trustleeds.org.uk

07842874595

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides other finance
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years
Leeds Community Foundation£84,132
The Fore£26,005
Tudor Trust£2,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Leeds Community Foundation - SRG Minds
£20,000 15/02/2024
11
Grant to Trust Leeds
Leeds Community Foundation - Trust Leeds Digital Heart
£9,300 21/11/2023
Grant to Trust Leeds
Leeds Community Foundation - SRG Minds
£12,122 28/03/2023
Grant to Trust Leeds
Leeds Community Foundation - Supermarket Savers Self-Reliant Group
£18,380 14/03/2023
Grant to Trust Leeds
The Fore - Grant to Trust Leeds
£26,005 12/04/2021
36
Trust Leeds (TL) is a young, ambitious organisation that aims to tackle poverty, financial exclusion and social isolation amongst the most disadvantaged in Leeds by building Self-Reliant Groups (SRGs) and providing microfinance to those in the ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Trust Leeds
£2,000 06/01/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Leeds Community Foundation - Expanding a network of Self-Reliant Groups in Leeds
£24,330 14/08/2020
19
Growing a network of Self Reliance Groups in Leeds, creating a sustainable framework to address loneliness, self-reliance and financial resilience through purposeful friendship groups.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Trust Leeds
£90,000 07/11/2019
36
over three years as core funding for a charity working to set up a network of self reliant groups across Leeds, and ultimately Yorkshire
Leeds Community Foundation - Growing a network of Self-Reliant Groups in Leeds
£25,000 15/11/2018
17
Growing a network of Self Reliance Groups in Leeds, creating a sustainable framework to address loneliness, self-reliance and financial resilience through purposeful friendship groups.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 33-69
  • CATHERINE GRACE FOLLIN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Company Director
  • GARY WILSON-POE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Relationship Director
  • NATASHA BABAR-EVANS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Company Director
  • SALLY-ANNE GREENFIELD Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Fundraising And Philanthropy Consultant
  • SANDRA NEEDHAM (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired
  • YANN NICHOLAS J CHOINIERE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Solicitor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/04/2019, number: 1182738
  • Registered at Companies House on 26/04/2018, number: 11331021
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Fundraising Regulator
First registered: 08/13/2021, current status: Small charity
Other Regulators
  • Financial Conduct Authority
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
Filing Record
4 returns made; all on time
Main office

47-49 Austhorpe Road
LEEDS
LS15 8BA

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE THE FURTHERANCE OF SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO:(A) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY;(B) SUPPORTING THE WORK OF CHARITIES OR FURTHERING CHARITABLE PURPOSES WHICH ADVANCE GOOD CITIZENSHIP OR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN PARTICULAR PROMOTING COMMUNITY CAPACITY BUILDING AND URBAN AND RURAL REGENERATION INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OR BUSINESS ADVICE OR CONSULTANCY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN CASES OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE NEED THROUGH HELP:(I) IN SETTING UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS; OR(II) TO EXISTING BUSINESSES.(C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY PROVIDING SUPPORT TO COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT SEEK TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND SKILLS OF PERSONS AT RISK OF FINANCIAL EXCLUSION AND POVERTY; AND(D) THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, UNEMPLOYMENT OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
Charizone

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