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2025-03-31-accounts

Company number: 06332267 Charity Number: 1125805

Zest - Health for Life Limited Report and financial statements For the year ended 31st March 2025

Reference and administrative information for the year ended 31st March 2025

Company number 06332267 Charity number 1125805

Registered office and operational address

The Old Fire Station, Gipton Approach, Leeds, LS9 6NL

Zest – Health for Life Limited also uses the name Zest Leeds for operational and marketing purposes.

Trustees

Trustees, who are also directors under company law, who served during the year and up to the date of this report were as follows:

Scott Robson Treasurer & Chair Gemma Islip Tracey Akamaguna Juliet Brown Vice Chair Jack Phipps Giles Bradley Sarasa Poduval Appointed 6/6/24 Tracy Commons Appointed 6/6/24 – Resigned 31/1/25

Trustees who held title to property belonging to the charity during the reporting period or at the date of approval were none.

Key management personnel

Dominic Charkin Chief Executive Vicky Elswood Finance Manager Joe Grant Social Enterprise Manager Bankers Unity Trust Bank Nine Brindley Place Birmingham, B1 2HB Solicitors Wrigleys Solicitors LLP 19 Cookridge Street, Leeds LS2 3AG Independent James Denton, AME Accounting & Co, Examiner Madison Offices, Radley House, Richardshaw Road, Leeds, LS28 6LE

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The trustees present their report and the audited financial statements for the year ended March 2025. Included within the trustees’ report is the directors’ report as required by company law.

Reference and administrative information set out on page 1 forms part of this report. The financial statements comply with current statutory requirements, the Memorandum and Articles of Association and the Statement of Recommended Practice - Accounting and Reporting by Charities: SORP applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with FRS 102.

Objectives and activities

The objects of the organisation, as stated in the constitution adopted in August 2007 are to promote, preserve and protect the physical health and mental wellbeing of the inhabitants of Yorkshire, by providing or supporting the provision of facilities in the interests of the social welfare or other leisure time occupation, and by providing education, training, advice, and support.

Zest works for the purpose of daily use to the following Vision, Values, and Social Objectives:

Our Vision - Leeds is a fair city where everyone has the same opportunities

Our Mission - Enabling fulfilling lives through promoting healthier lifestyles

Who we work with – All ages

Our Core Values – We listen, we support, we respond, we care, we challenge

Our Social Objectives:

To promote healthier lifestyles

To enable fulfilling lives

All of Zest’s work is in line with the social objectives above. Each project meets one or several of the objectives and contributes to Zest’s key indicators as well as monitoring and reporting to funders on their requirements, staff report bi-monthly to the board on how their work meets Zest’s social objectives.

Main Activities

Zest’s current activities include the following:

Better Together – a community health development programme funded by Leeds City Council.

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Men’s Health Unlocked – a partnership programme supporting Mens Health Iprovement activities in Leeds.

FoodWise Leeds – To employ a Sustainable Food Places Coordinator – funded by Sustainable Food Places and Leeds City Council.

Thrive – Delivering weekly groups supporting people to make precious resources go further. Funded by the National Lottery Community Fund.

Taste of the Market – A four-week cookery course funded through Awards for All based around using affordable and accessible ingredients from Leeds Kirkgate Market.

Gipton Shared Futures - A partnership project with Space2 and GFS Community Enterprises delivering a programme of activities and volunteer opportunities to be delivered from the Old Fire Station and surrounds. Funded by the National Lottery Community Fund.

Men’s Pie Club – It’s not just about the pies, it’s about the guys making the pies! Pie Clubs bring men together to help reduce social isolation and create lasting friendships while making a pie together. Funded by through Movember through a delivery partnership with Food Nation.

Compost Collective - a proven community composting initiative. Funded through a variety of sources. Compost Collective supports Leeds’s ambition to be carbon neutral by 2030.

Welcome Café – Using food and stories to bring people seeking asylum and newly granted refugees together to celebrate food from their homes. Funded through UKSPF.

Eating With Empathy – A short pilot using food to create connections between different people in specified communities. Funded through UKSPF.

A core grant from Zurich Community Fund supporting the delivery of all Zest activities.

All these projects are focused on serving the charity’s aims, objectives, and stated purposes, and benefit the people Zest was set up to support. All projects are meeting or surpassing the targets and outcomes set by funders and are successfully operating in the charity’s stated area of operation.

The trustees have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the charity's aims and objectives and in planning its future activities. In particular, the trustees consider how planned activities will contribute to the aims and objectives that have been set.

The trustees and senior management team seek to further the charity’s aims and objectives by pursuing a fundraising strategy that benefits the people of Leeds who live in the city’s most disadvantaged areas and are suffering from health and social inequality of both opportunity and life expectancy.

The charity's main activities and who each project helps are described below. All its charitable activities focus on improving health and wellbeing, addressing health and social inequalities, and are undertaken to further Zest’s charitable purposes for the public benefit.

Our community projects team currently works with around 600 people, predominantly from east Leeds each year. Providing opportunities to become involved in a variety of community groups and activities that build community resilience and improve the skills and confidence of individuals, as well as helping to reduce social isolation.

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Zest involves and supports volunteers in all aspects of our work. We value the diverse range of skills and knowledge which our volunteers bring to these roles, and their experience of living and volunteering in the communities that we work informs our work at every level and contributes to our mission of improving life chances in Leeds through the principles of community development. By donating skills, time and knowledge, volunteers contribute towards the expansion and improvement of our services as well as personally learning skills, making new friends and having new experiences.

Beneficiaries of our services

While our services are open to all, the communities we target in Leeds fall into the bottom 10% super output areas nationally and are ranked as among the most disadvantaged in the district. People living in these areas experience multiple disadvantage that can have dramatic and negative impacts on their lives.

All our current funding is aimed at adults over the age of 16. However, during school holidays, we sometimes provide low or no cost family activities. Aimed at alleviating holiday hardship experienced by those living in disadvantaged areas and recruiting new users to our services outside of school holidays.

Achievements and performance

2024/25 was another challenging year for Zest. Inflation continued to place a strain on the communities Zest serves and on the finances of the organisation. A significant number of funders either remained closed or paused applications. Reducing the number of income sources available to the charity. This led to a drop in income of £115,904.38 from the same period the previous year.

Against our three fundraising targets we achieved the following actuals:

Target Actual Variance
New Business Target 25,000.00
£		 24,427.00
£		 573.00
-£
Social Enterprise Target 7,000.00
£		 7,000.00
£		 -
£
Fundraising Target 1 5,000.00
£		 1 4,939.01
£		 60.99
-£
47,000.00
£		 46,366.01
£		 633.99
-£

Direct Fundraising

Our staff teams overall continue to be engaged with the supporting raising funds for the charity either directly or through their friends and family. Notable efforts in the year came from a staff member and their father continuing to make and sell repurposed wood products including planters, bird tables and Christmas reindeer We are the charity partner of Bruntwood who continued to raise funds in support of our work. We also saw support from Credera who collected Christmas trees post December 2024 for a charitable donation.

Social Enterprise

Leeds Cookery School, a social enterprise and company limited by share with Zest being the sole shareholder failed to make a profit in the financial year. Trustees changed the Social Enterprise model formalising the financial support given from the charity to the Cookery School into a loan, requiring a monthly repayment.

New Business/Grants

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The charity was able to achieve it’s new business target. Most of the income was made up of short term non reoccurring grants.

Future Challenges

The new Leeds Cookery School Model has worked and all loan repayments have been made in the year. The new team has settled well into the school and we are seeing an impact on sales, especially those targeting kitchen hires and corporates. Class sales remain a concern. Ensuring the School breaks even in 25/26 while continuing to make loan repayments will be a priority for the team.

The funding landscape remains challenging. Zest will need to secure new long term funding in 25/26 and carefully monitor cash flow to ensure we are able to continue to deliver activities to beneficiaries across Leeds.

Financial review

Overview

The accounts reflect all the activities listed above.

Income decreased from £510,436 in 2023/24 to £394,531.62 in 2024/25. Existing grants and contracts still make up most of the income. Fundraising contributed £14,939 to this year’s income. Costs have decreased from £494,984 in 2023/24 to £440,643.91 in 2024/25 in line with the decrease in turnover. Zest had a year-end balance of £272,199.05 including deferred income and reserves.

Our principal sources of funding were Leeds City Council, The National Lottery Community Fund, Leeds Community Foundation, Awards for All, Food Nation, Sustainable Food Places, Leeds City Council and Zurich Community Fund. We are grateful to all our funders for their continued support.

Reserves policy

The Zest board consider that it is prudent to operate with a level of reserves to cover the following contingencies: redundancy and other costs in the event of the charity winding up through a substantial loss of funding; to provide working capital where contracts are paid in arrears; to finance existing or new activities until adequate external funding is obtained.

On 31st March 2025 the level of free reserves was £90,588. The reserves computations shows that the organisation needs to hold between £82,000 and £104,000 in reserve to allow for the above contingencies. During 2025-2026 the organisation may have to dip into their reserves to maintain charitable work on a short-term basis once funding has come to an end and before new funding has been secured. The policy is reviewed annually in April.

Plans for the future

Identifying new long term income streams and remains a challenge and a priority. The focus of senior management will be to identify traditional and new funding streams and

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income opportunities. Partnerships outside of our traditional partners will be priority to support development of wider work and new potential income.

Structure, governance and management

Recruitment, appointment and induction of trustees

Appointment of Trustees is governed by the Memorandum and Articles of Association. The Board of Trustees is authorised to appoint new members to fill vacancies arising through resignation or death of an existing member. Membership of the Board of Trustees is reviewed annually, and the confirmation or retirement of members will be considered at the Annual General Meeting.

As part of a good governance action plan, the Trustees follow a protocol for the recruitment and induction of new Trustees, which ensures effective understanding of the trustee role and mutual expectations from the beginning. Prospective Trustees are invited to visit Zest projects and meet with the CEO before having a discussion with the Chair and observing a Board of Trustees meeting. If both sides agree to proceed, the formal application process will then take place via an application form, and relevant training offered to the new trustee.

Organisational Structure

The Board of Trustees meets bi-monthly. On a day-to-day basis, management is delegated to the CEO Dom Charkin and Senior Management Team – Vicky Elswood (Finance Manager) and Joe Grant (Head of Social Enterprise). There is an HR Subgroup made up of the CEO and Trustees with HR experience which convenes monthly to review salaries, review policies and to oversee substantive HR issues such as restructures, new post creation and disciplinary proceedings.

Leeds Cookery School (LCS) is an incorporated business, wholly owned by Zest, which repays monthly a formalised loan. A minimum of two members of its board remains on the Zest Board of Trustees whilst the Chair and other members are independent. The LCS board is therefore able to make independent business decisions but submits reports to the Zest Board of Trustees which retains oversight of activity and finances, and whose primary aim is to protect the charity from any financial losses incurred by the cookery school.

The organisation is a charitable company limited by guarantee, incorporated on 2/08/2007 and registered as a charity on 10/09/2008.

The company was established under a memorandum of association which established the objects and powers of the charitable company and is governed under its articles of association.

Members of the charity guarantee to contribute an amount not exceeding £1 to the assets of the charity in the event of winding up. The total number of such guarantors in Mar 2025 was 7. The trustees are members of the charity, but this entitles them only to voting rights. The trustees have no beneficial interest in the charity.

All trustees give their time voluntarily and receive no benefits from the charity. Any expenses reclaimed from the charity are set out in note 10 to the accounts.

Related parties and relationships with other organisations

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Leeds Cookery School

Overview

Leeds Cookery School (LCS) was established in September 2017 as a trading subsidiary of Leeds charity Zest – Health for Life. Following a business review, Zest developed a three-strand fundraising strategy to reduce its reliance on local authority grant and contract funding, and to generate unrestricted income to ensure the charity’s survival. LCS is an independent social enterprise wholly owned by the charity, repays a loan monthly to the charity. Interest is chargeable on the loan.

LCS was formally constituted in September 2017, with founder directors consisting of two trustees of Zest who have specific food industry experience and now provide continuity by sitting on both boards, and two independent directors with relevant food knowledge and experience. One of the independent directors serves as Chair. The Zest CEO also attends the Board of Directors meetings, and the Zest Finance Manager is Company Secretary.

Objectives

The overriding objective of LCS is to generate income to support the work of the Zest charity.

Other objectives are:

Risk Management

Finance and operational overview reports are made by LCS at each Zest trustee meeting, but the division is clear; the LCS board concentrates on directing the business and ensuring profitability whilst the Zest board seeks to protect the charity from any financial liabilities or losses caused by the LCS.

The Finance Manager and Head of Social Enterprise meet regularly each month to review cashflow, future booking levels and expenditure. Regular LCS team meetings inform the schedule and marketing campaigns. The LCS board meets bi-monthly and retains a strategic overview of business operations and profitability.

Orion ConsortiumZest is part of a consortium – Orion – comprising of four likeminded Leeds charities working with similar social objectives and values. The four Orion partners – Feel Good Factor, Space 2 and Shantona collaborate on a variety of funding bids and resulting projects, with each organisation acting as the lead partner on occasion, and sub-contracting the other partners to deliver parts of the project work. A partnership agreement is put in place for each project, and a conflict resolution protocol is also available should the need ever arise. Staff members from all four organisations work closely together at all levels and share resources, line management responsibilities and reporting accountabilities.

Remuneration policy for key management personnelAn organisational Remuneration Policy is in place which outlines the procedures followed on an annual basis. A salary band table is in place which is reviewed annually in March, and all new

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jobs are evaluated and allocated a banding within this structure. Salary reviews take place annually in March and the HR Subgroup makes recommendations. Salary increases are not automatic or on an incremental basis but aside from any general cost of living rise, are awarded based on increased responsibility and demonstrable personal development. Employees would expect to be at the middle of their salary band when competently fulfilling all aspects of their job.

Risk Management

The Board of Trustees have examined the major strategic, business and operational risks that Zest faces and confirm that systems have been established to lessen these risks. A risk register is in place which is reviewed annually, and input is made by both the IT and HR consultants which Zest retains as specialist advisers.

Funds held as custodian trustee on behalf of others

Not applicable

Statement of responsibilities of the Trustees

The Trustees (who are also directors of Zest – Health for Life for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ annual report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Company law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:

The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies’ regime of the Companies Act 2006.

The Trustees’ annual report has been approved by the Trustees on ___ 12/04/2025 and signed on their behalf by

Scott Robson

Chair Scott Robson (Dec 4, 2025 11:57:25 GMT)

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I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the company for the year ended 31st March 2025 which are set out on pages 12 to 32.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity trustees of the company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (‘the 2006 Act’).

Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your company’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.

Independent examiner's statement

Since the company’s gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, which is one of the listed bodies. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

  1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or

  2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or

  3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view’ which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

James Denton ACCA AME Accounting & Co. Ltd, Madison Offices, Richardshaw Rd, Leeds, LS28 6LE

Date……………………………….4/12/2025

Statement of Financial Ac�vi�es (including Income and Expenditure account) for the year ended 31 March 2025

Unrestricted
Note
Income from:
Dona�ons & legacies
3 37,168
Charitable ac�vi�es
4 14,394
Investments
5 3,452
Total Income
55,014
Expenditure on:
Charitable ac�vi�es:
Community health
65,068
Total expenditure
65,068
Net Income/(expenditure) for
the year.
- 10,054
Transfer between funds
63,272
Net movement in funds for
the year reconcillia�on
Total funds B/fwd
142,044
Total funds carried forward
195,262		 Restricted
339,518
339,518
375,576
375,576
- 36,058
- 63,272
180,008
80,678		 Total funds
37,168
353,912
3,452
394,532
440,644
440,644
- 46,112
-
322,052
275,940		 Total funds 2024
21,983
486,019
2,434
510,436
494,982
494,982
15,454
15,454
306,599
322,052

All income and expenditure derive from con�nuing ac�vi�es. A full compara�ve SOFA is on the last page of the accounts.

Company number 6332267

Balance sheet as at 31 March 2025

Notes
Fixed Assets
Tangible assets
13
Total fxed assets
Current assets
Debtors
14
Cash at bank
15
Total current assets
Liabili�es
Creditors: amounts falling due in
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less than one year.
Net current assets
Total assets less current liabili�es
Net assets
The funds of the charity
Restricted income funds
17
Unrestricted income funds
18
Total charity funds		 2025
4,403
96,826
238,452
335,278
- 63,742
271,536
275,940
275,940
80,678
195,262
275,940		 2024
1,427
50,645
322,138
372,783
- 52,158
320,625
322,052
322,052
180,008
142,044
322,052		 2024
1,427
50,645
322,138
372,783
- 52,158
320,625
322,052
322,052
180,008
142,044
322,052
335,278
- 63,742		 372,783
- 52,158
322,052
322,052
180,008
142,044
322,052

For the year in ques�on, the company was en�tled to exemp�on from an audit under sec�on 477 of the Companies Act 2006 rela�ng to small companies.

Director Responsibili�es

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in ques�on in accordance with sec�on 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The Directors ackowledge their responsibili�es for complying with the requirements of the act with respect to accoun�ng records and the prepara�on of accounts.

These accounts are prepared in accordance with the special provisions of part 15 of the companies Act 2006 rela�ng to small companies and cons�tue the annual accounts required by the Companies act 2006 and are for circula�on to members of the company.

The notes on pages 15 - 32 for part of these accounts

12/04/2025 Approved by the trustees on…................................. And signed on their behalf by Sco� Robson

Scott Robson (Dec 4, 2025 11:57:25 GMT)

Statement of Cash Flows

for the year ending 31 March 2025

2025
Note
Cash provided by/(used in) opera�ng ac�vi�es
22- 87,138
Cash fows from inves�ng ac�vi�es
Dividends, interest and rents from investments
3,452
Cash provided by/(used in) inves�ng ac�vi�es
- 83,686
Increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
- 83,686
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
322,138
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
238,452		 2024
- 97
2,434
2,434
2,337
319,801
322,138

3 Income from dona�ons and legacies

Current repor�ng period
Unrestricted
Dona�ons
13,514
Grants
23,654
Leeds City Council
-
Total
37,168
Previous repor�ng period
Dona�ons
14,217
Grants
Leeds City Council
7,766
Total
21,983
4 Income from charitable ac�vi�es
Current repor�ng period
Unrestricted
Big Lo�ery
-
Bri�sh Triathlon
-
Colothworkers Founda�on
-
Feel Good Factor
-
Food Na�on
-
Henry Smith
-
Leeds City Council
-
Leeds Tidal
-
Leeds Building society
-
Reed Wellbeing
-
Soil Associa�on
-
Space2
-
West Yorkshire Combined Authority -
Other income
14,394
Total
14,394		 Restricted
-
-
-
-
-
-
Restricted
59,916
88,238
20,000
89,003
13,218
2,900
47,657
18,586
339,518		 Total 2025
13,514
-
-
37,168
14,217
7,766
21,983
Total 2025
59,916
-
-
88,238
20,000
-
89,003
13,218
-
-
2,900
47,657
-
32,980
353,912

Previous repor�ng period

Unrestricted
Big Lo�ery
-
Bri�sh Triathlon
-
Community Founda�on
-
Feel Good Factor
-
Food Power
-
Henry Smith
-
Leeds City Council
15,000
Leeds Tidal
-
People in Ac�on
1,000
Reed Wellbeing
-
Soil Associa�on
-
Space2
-
West Yorkshire Combined Authority -
Other income
513
Total
16,513		 Restricted
41,778
4,520
1,983
121,728
732
71,850
49,500
11,319
-
203,930
18,000
60,733
4,998
3,075
594,149		 Total 2024
41,778
4,520
1,983
121,728
732
71,850
64,500
11,319
1,000
203,930
18,000
60,733
4,998
3,588
610,662

5 Investment income current repor�ng period

Income from bank deposits
Previous repor�ng period
Income from bank deposits		 Unrestricted
3,452
3,452
Unrestricted
2,434
-		 Restricted
-
-
Restricted
-
-		 Total 2025
3,452
3,452
Total 2024
2,434
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6 Analysis of expenditure on charitable ac�vi�es Current repor�ng period

Current repor�ng period
Staf Costs
Accomoda�on
Project costs
Governance costs (see note 7)
Support costs (see note 7)
Previous repor�ng period
Staf Costs
Accomoda�on
Project costs
Governance costs (see note 7)
Support costs (see note 7)
Restricted expenditure
Unrestricted expenditure		 Community health
328,062
26,535
35,669
5,038
45,340
440,644
Community health
316,009
52,316
54,812
7,184
64,660
494,981
2025
375,576
65,068
440,644		 Total 2025
328,062
26,535
35,669
5,038
45,340
440,644
Total 2024
316,009
52,316
54,812
7,184
64,660
494,981
2024
338,425
156,557
494,982

7 Analysis of governance and support costs Current repor�ng period

Basis of appor�onment
Staf Costs
Time spent
Ofce costs
Floor area
Accountancy services
Governance
Legal & professional
Governance
Previous repor�ng period
Basis of appor�onment
Staf Costs
Time spent
Ofce costs
Floor area
Accountancy services
Governance
Legal & professional
Governance
8 Net income/(expenditure) for the year
This is stated a�er charging/(credi�ng):
Opera�ng lease rentals: Property
Other
Independent examiners fee
9 Staf Costs
Staf costs during the year were as follows:
Wage and salaries
Social security costs
Pension costs
Agency costs
Recruitment
Staf training
Expenses related
Allocated as follows:
Charitable ac�vi�es
Support costs		 Support
28,042
17,298
45,340
Support
43,262
21,398
-
-
64,660
2025
20,000
665
1,000
2025
230,894
78,510
966
11,307
1,751
4,634
328,062
300,020
28,042
328,062		 Governance
1,725
3,313
5,038
Governance
-
1,725
5,459
7,187
2024
20,000
665
1,000
2024
284,337
24,656
517
138
-
1,604
4,829
316,081
272,819
43,262
316,081		 Total 2025
28,042
19,023
3,313
-
50,378
Total 2024
43,262
23,123
5,459
-
71,844

The average number of staff employed during the period was 20 (2023: 25).

The key management personnel of the charity comprise the trustees and the Senior Management Team. The total employee benefits of the key management personnel of the charity were £124,500

10 Trustees remunera�on and expenses and related party transac�ons

Neither the management commi�ee nor any persons connected with them received any remunera�on or reimbursed expenses during the year (2024: Nil).

No members of the management commi�ee received travel and subsistence expenses during the year of £Nil. Aggregate dona�ons from related par�es were £Nil (2024: £0).

There are no dona�ons from related par�es which are outside the normal course of business and no restricted dona�ons from related par�es.

No trustee or other person related to the charity had any personal interest in any contract or transac�on entered into by the charity, including guarantees, during the year (2024: nil).

The Charity has one Subsidiary: Leeds Cookery School Ltd

registered on 5th December, a company Limited by shares, Company number - 11098044

2025 2024
Transac�ons in the period Comprise
Recharge of expenses to Subsidiary 4,100 65,616
Services provided by Subsidiary - 10,203 - 10,080
Balance owed by/(to) the Subsidiary at period end 24,897 44,141

11 Government grants

The government grants recognised in the accounts were as follows:

2025 2024
Leeds city council 89,003 47,442

12 Corpora�on tax

The charity is exempt from tax on income and gains falling within Chapter 3 of Part 11 of the Corpora�on Tax Act 2010 or Sec�on 256 of the Taxa�on of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 to the extent that these are applied to its its charitable objects. No tax charges have arisen

13 Fixed Assets: Tangible assets

Ofce equipment
Cost
At 1 April 2024
Addi�ons
Disposals
As 31 March 2025
Deprecia�on
At 1 April 2024
Charge for year
Disposals
As 31 March 2025
Net book values
As 31 March 2025
As 31 March 2024
14 Debtors
Amounts owed by group undertakings
Other debtors
Prepayments and accrued income
15 Cash at bank and in hand
Cash at bank and in hand		 2024
1,427
2,976
-
4,403
-
-
-
-
4,403
1,427
2025
30,553
66,273
-
96,826
2025
238,452		 Total
1,427
2,976
-
4,403
-
-
-
-
4,403
1,427
2024
16,502
34,143
-
50,645
2024
322,138
16 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2025
Other creditors and accruals
55,511
Taxa�on and social security costs
8,231
63,742		 2024
45,708
6,450
52,158
17 Analysis of movements in restricted funds
Current repor�ng period
Community health
01-Apr-24
Income
Be�er together
-
88,263
Climate Ac�on Lee
9,080
12,918
Compos�ng
843
Healthy Holidays
15,384
Henry Smith Holiday
7,135
Leeds MOF
36,373
MMATOFS
23,868
37,677
Sustainable Food
32,830
26,999
Ci�es
-
THRIVE
15,585
40,364
Other
39,224
133,297
180,008
339,518		 Expenditure
93,000
12,278
43,925
36,020
53,573
136,780
375,576		 Transfers
4,737
- 15,384
- 7,135
- 36,373
20,045
9,225
2,404
- 40,791
- 63,272		 -
9,720
843
-
-
-
37,665
33,034
-
4,780
- 5,050
Balance at 31 March
2025
80,678

17 Analysis of movements in restricted funds Previous repor�ng period Community health

Community health
Be�er together
Climate Ac�on Lee
Compos�ng
Digital Storytelling
Food Resilience
Healthy Holidays
Henry Smith Holiday
Leeds MOF
Leeds MOF Weight
MMATOFS
Winter
Sustainable Food
Ci�es
THRIVE
Other		 01-Apr-23
-
4,015
843
-
-
9,682
43,427
36,373
-
21,049
2,830
-
18,317
8,813
145,035		 Income
88,345
12,102
- -
-
-
-
24,750
-
-
53,326
-
35,000
-
80,265
133,412
427,200		 Expenditure
76,994
7,037
-
-
-
861
17,558
-
-
50,507
-
5,000
-
82,997
97,471
338,425		 Transfers
- 11,351
-
6,563
- 43,484
-
- 5,530
- 53,802		 -
9,080
843
-
-
15,384
7,135
36,373
-
23,868
-
32,830
-
15,585
39,224
Balance at 31 March
2024
180,008

18 Analysis of movement in unrestricted funds Current repor�ng period

General fund
Fundraising
Reed Momenta -
Leeds Cookery School		 At 1 April 2024
147,107
9,955
10,175
- 25,193
142,044		 Income
55,014
55,014		 Expenditure
65,068
65,068		 Transfer
63,272
63,272		 At at 31 March 2025
200,325
9,955
10,175
- 25,193
195,262

Previous repor�ng period

General fund
Fundraising
Reed Momenta -
Leeds Cookery School		 At 1 April 2023
166,626
9,955
10,175
- 25,193
161,563		 Income
83,236
83,236		 Expenditure
156,557
156,557		 Transfer
53,805
53,802		 At at 31 March 2024
147,107
9,955
10,175
- 25,193
142,044

Name of unrestricted fund

General fund

The free reserves a�er allowing for all designated funds Volunteering fund This amount has been put aside to support volunteers

Leeds Cookery School Costs associated with the set up of the cookery school before incorpora�on Reed Momenta - This amount has been ring fenced for the reloca�on and refurbishment of the new site in Leeds market.

19 Analysis of net assets between funds

19 Analysis of net assets between funds
Current repor�ng period
General fund
Net current assets
199,082
Previous repor�ng period
General fund
Net current assets
145,864		 - 3,820
- 3,820
Designated
funds
Designated
funds		 80,678
180,008
Restricted
funds
Restricted
funds		 Total
275,940
Total
322,052

20 Opera�ng lease commitments

The charity's total future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable opera�ng leases is as

Less than one year
One to fve years
Over fve years		 Property
2025
2024
20,000
20,000
45,000
45,000
-
65,000
65,000		 Equipment
2025
2024
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Equipment
2025
2024
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Net income/(expenditure) for the year
Adjustment for:
Dividends, interest and rents
Decrease/(Increase) in debtors
Increase/(decrease) in creditors		 2025
- 46,112
- 3,452
- 46,181
- 11,584
- 107,329		 2024
15,454
- 2,434
- 23,773
- 11,873
- 22,626

Statement of Financial Ac�vi�es (including Income and Expenditure account) for the year ended 31 March 2024

Unrestricted
Note
Income from:
Dona�ons & legacies
3 21,983
Charitable ac�vi�es
4 58,819
Investments
5 2,434
Total Income
83,236
Expenditure on:
Charitable ac�vi�es:
Community health
156,557
Total expenditure
156,557
Net Income/(expenditure) for
the year.
- 73,321
Transfer between funds
53,802
Net movement in funds for
the year reconcillia�on
Total funds B/fwd
161,563
Total funds carried forward
142,044		 Restricted
-
427,200
-
427,200
338,425
338,425
88,775
- 53,802
145,035
180,008		 Total funds
21,983
486,019
2,434
510,436
494,982
494,982
15,454
306,599
322,052		 Total funds 2023
6,946
686,231
997
694,174
652,141
652,141
42,033
42,033
193,356
306,599

All income and expenditure derive from con�nuing ac�vi�es. A full compara�ve SOFA is on the last page of the accounts.

Zest 2025 Accounts Combined V2

Final Audit Report

2025-12-04

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"Zest 2025 Accounts Combined V2" History

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