2025-07-31-accounts - Community Unity (Leeds) CIO

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Community Unity (Leeds) CIO

Charity number 1157737

Annual Report and Financial Statements

for the year ended 31 July 2025

Community Unity (Leeds) CIO

Annual Report and Financial Statements

for the year ended 31 July 2025

Contents	Page
Trustees' report	2 to 3
Receipts and payments account	4
Statement of assets and liabilities	5
Notes to the accounts	6 to 7

Prepared by West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO

Community Unity (Leeds) CIO

Trustees' report for the year ended 31 July 2025

Reference and administrative details of the charity, its trustees and advisors

The trustees during the financial year and up to and including the date the report was approved were: Name Position

Karl Footitt Chair/Treasurer Mary Brennan Ann Lamprell Joanne Thewlis

Charity number

1157737 Registered in England and Wales

Registered and principal address

Bankers

36 Westway Co-op Bank Garforth PO Box 250 Delf House Leeds Southway LS25 1DB Skelmersdale WN8 6WT

Accountants West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO

Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW

Structure, governance and management

The charity is a CIO governed by an Association constitution adopted on 7 July 2014 and as amended 5 January 2019 and 16 October 2019.

Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees

The trustees of the charity are appointed by the members at the AGM.

Community Unity (Leeds) CIO

Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 July 2025

Objectives and activities

The charity's objects

To develop the capacity and skills of the members of the community of Richmond Hill, Cross Green and East End Park in the ward of Burmantofts and Richmond Hill in the Metropolitan District of Leeds in such a way that they are better able to identify, and help meet their needs and to participate more fully in society.
To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society.
The prevention or relief of poverty by providing items and services to individuals in need through: a) The provision of recreational and leisure time activities provided in the interest of social welfare, designed to improve their conditions of life;
b) Providing support and activities which develop their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as mature and responsible individuals.

The charity's main activities

Community Unity (Leeds) CIO’s main activities are community family parties, support for local people, weekly meals and Christmas hampers and toy deliveries.

Public benefit statement

In setting our objectives and planning our activities our Trustees have given serious consideration to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit and in particular the prevention or relief of poverty.

Achievements and performance

This year Community Unity trustees and volunteers continued running our weekly Wednesday Meals and community outreach, providing practical help and support to local people, this included Christmas food and toy hampers to local individuals and families as well as a Christmas day meal. Wednesday meals continues to be very well attended. With financial support from the Household Support fund from Leeds Christian Community Trust via the Burmantofts & Richmond Hill Community Anchor Network (BRH CAN) we also have continued our practical support for local individuals and families including food parcels and energy financial support.

In partnership with St Hilda’s Church and Project Hope Leeds, and with support from the BRH CAN, we ran several well attended family community events during summer, Halloween and Christmas.

We also supported the running of the annual Lark in the Park summer event.

Financial review

The net receipts for the year were £8,200, including net receipts of £447 on unrestricted funds and net receipts of £7,753 on restricted funds after transfers.

Reserves policy

The charity's free reserves, at the year end were £7,690.

The trustees have not adopted a formal reserves policy. The Trustees recognise the need to regularly review the finances, budgets and spend against budget together as part of the effective stewardship of the CIO. The charity has not or will not in the near future employ any persons or lease or rent property therefore the Trustees recognise that future reserves need only be kept to a minimum amount to cover its activities for the public benefit and fluctuations in cash flow as well as orderly winding up should the charity need to close.

Approved by the board of trustees on 12/11/2025

Mary Brennan (Trustee)

Community Unity (Leeds) CIO

Receipts and payments account

for the year ended 31 July 2025

Notes 2025 Unrestricted funds £ Receipts Grants and donations (2) 90 Sales and fees 4,032 Total receipts 4,122 Payments Christmas hampers 1,006 Community events 196 Insurance - Wednesday meals 90 Accounts preparation - Community support 2,379 Lark in the park event - AGM and meeting costs 4 Total payments 3,675 Net receipts / (payments) 447 Fund balances brought forward 7,243 Fund balances carried forward (3) 7,690	2025 Restricted funds £ 17,432 - 17,432 1,335 - 131 2,433 300 5,460 - 20 9,679 7,753 3,250 11,003	2025 Total funds £ 17,522 4,032 21,554 2,341 196 131 2,523 300 7,839 - 24 13,354 8,200 10,493 18,693	2024 Total funds £ 12,941 2,045 14,986 2,019 407 131 3,266 253 6,210 97 93 12,476 2,510 7,983 10,493

Community Unity (Leeds) CIO

Statement of assets and liabilities

as at 31 July 2025 2025 Unrestricted £ Cash funds Cash at bank 7,667 Cash in hand 23 Total cash funds 7,690 Debtors and prepayments Accrued income Liabilities Accruals	2025 Restricted £ 11,003 - 11,003	2025 Total £ 18,670 23 18,693 2025 £ 1,500 1,500 2025 £ 300 300	2024 Total £ 10,476 17 10,493

The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 12/11/2025

Mary Brennan (Trustee)

Community Unity (Leeds) CIO

Notes to the accounts

for the year ended 31 July 2025

1 Accounting policies

Basis of accounting

The trustees have taken advantage of section 133 of the Charities Act 2011 and have prepared the accounts on a receipts and payments basis.

There has been no change to the accounting policies since last year.

No changes have been made to the accounts for previous years.

Taxation

As a charity the organisation benefits from rates relief and is generally exempt from income tax and capital gains tax but not from VAT. Irrecoverable VAT is included in the cost of those items to which it relates.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity.

Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor or through the terms of an appeal.

Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the accounts.

Community Unity (Leeds) CIO

Notes to the accounts continued

for the year ended 31 July 2025

2 Grants and donations Jimbo's fund Leeds Christian Community Trust (LCCT) Leeds Community Foundation (LCF) NLCF Awards for All Give a Gift LEDA Ltd St Hilda's Church Veolia Other donations 3 Restricted funds Balance b/f £ LCCT Household Support Fund 1,843 LCF Lunch Clubs 1,407 Veolia - NLCF Awards for All - Jimbo's fund - Donations for hampers - 3,250	2025 Unrestricted funds £ - - - - - - - - 90 90 Incoming £ 4,400 433 - 8,932 2,667 1,000 17,432	2025 Restricted funds £ 2,667 4,400 433 8,932 - - - - 1,000 17,432 Outgoing £ 5,642 1,840 336 684 177 1,000 9,679	2025 Total funds £ 2,667 4,400 433 8,932 - - - - 1,090 17,522 Transfers £ - - - - - - -	2024 Total funds £ - 5,150 1,816 - 1,500 40 2,035 1,500 900 12,941 Balance c/f £ 601 - (336) 8,248 2,490 - 11,003

Purpose of restriction

Fund name Purpose of restriction LCCT Household Support Fund For emergency support and practical help for local people Apr 2024 to Sep 2024.

LCF Lunch Clubs To support the running of Wednesday Meals and community outreach. Veolia To support the running of Wednesday Meals and community outreach. The negative balance is due to the funding being paid in arrears.

NLCF Awards for All To support the running of Wednesday Meals and community outreach. Jimbo's fund To support the running of Wednesday Meals and community outreach. Donations for hampers Individual donations towards Christmas hamper purchases.

4 Related party transactions

Trustee expenses

No trustee received any expenses during this year or the previous year.

Trustee remuneration and benefits

No trustee received any remuneration or benefit during this or the previous year.