2025-03-31-accounts - West Yorkshire Destitute Asylum Network CIO

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West Yorkshire Destitute Asylum Network CIO Charity number 1158052

Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2025

West Yorkshire Destitute Asylum Network CIO

Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2025

Contents	Page
Trustees' report	2 to 4
Examiner's report	5
Receipts and payments account	6
Statement of assets and liabilities	7
Notes to the accounts	8 to 10

Prepared by West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO

West Yorkshire Destitute Asylum Network CIO

Trustees' report for the year ended 31 March 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 Dates

Position Edward Britton Chair Andrew Laycock Treasurer Andrew Rathbone Donald Mollison Jean Livesey Timothy Bean Amanda Church-Mcfarlane Susan Bean Eve McCallam

Appointed 21 May 2025 Resigned 8 May 2024 Appointed 7 October 2025 Registered in England and Wales

Charity number 1158052 Registered and principal address Bankers c/o Gipton Methodist Church Unity Trust Bank Oak Tree Place Nine Brindley Place Leeds Birmingham LS9 6SX B1 2HB

Independent examiner Katy Sargeant ACA West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW

Structure, governance and management

The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) association formed on 30 July 2014.

Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees

The trustees of the charity are appointed by the members at the AGM. The trustees also have the power to co-opt additional trustees subject to them being re-appointed at the next AGM.

West Yorkshire Destitute Asylum Network CIO Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2025

Objectives and activities

The charity's objects

To advance the education of the public in general about the issues relating to destitute asylum seekers.
To relieve the needs of destitute asylum seekers and their families by any such charitable means as the trustees shall think fit.
To preserve and protect the physical and mental health of destitute asylum seekers and their families.

The charity's main activities

The charity’s main activities has been to provide accommodation and other direct support to destitute asylum seekers in the Leeds area. These are people who have no recourse to claim benefits from public funds and are not permitted to work; without our support, they would be at risk of becoming or remaining street homeless.

Public benefit statement

In setting the organisation’s objectives and planning its activities, the Trustees take account of the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit, in particular the relief of poverty.

Achievements and performance

2024-2025 has been a year of continued stabilisation and improvement of our service provision.

This was our third season of successfully operating our 10-bed static Winter Night Shelter in premises owned by the Methodist Church, with whom we have strengthened our relationship by entering into a Memorandum of Agreement which gives WYDAN enhanced security of tenure. The Night Shelter again operated for the seven coldest months of the year, October 2024 to April 2025, providing accommodation and support to 41 separate individuals, 22 of whom achieved positive move on. The Shelter has again opened its doors for the similar 7 months of the 2025-2026 winter.

Having made necessary but quite basic building adaptations to enable the first winter’s operation of the static Night Shelter, we were delighted to obtain capital funding to enable us to complete the transformation of the building within the 2023-2024 financial year, enhancing the comfort and dignity of our guests by creating fully enclosed single rooms and improving the building environment and energy efficiency by upgrading lighting, replacement of all the windows and improved insulation. In 2024-2025 the work to transform the accommodation was completed, including a complete upgrade of the bedroom provision with new beds, furniture, blinds and bedding.

We have continued to employ an experienced part time project manager, together with an experienced part time administrator. The Shelter is staffed entirely by volunteers during opening hours – recruiting and retaining sufficient volunteers is an ongoing challenge but the body of volunteers has been strengthened by a number of former Night Shelter guests bringing with them their various languages, cultural understandings and lived experience.

We began the financial year holding the tenancies of 3 properties (2 houses and a flat), which enabled us to provide supported accommodation for up to 10 destitute asylum seekers who would otherwise be homeless. (8 men and 2 women – each of whom have their own room). However, in December 2024, for various logistical reasons trustees terminated the tenancy of one of the houses. For each of the houses and the flat, we have also provided other support to the guests, particularly by providing food and a weekly subsistence allowance. In total, over 3,000 nights (and days) of accommodation were provided in this supported accommodation.

Recognising the level of growth and positive change that WYDAN has experienced post-Covid, trustees identified an urgent need to review and update our organisational structures and strategy in order to ensure the future sustainability of the work we do. In 2024 we were successful in an application to Lloyds Bank Foundation for assistance from their Organisational Support Programme; this work is proving beneficial, and work is ongoing to develop a ‘Strategy’ for 2026 through to 2029.

West Yorkshire Destitute Asylum Network CIO Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2025

Achievements and performance continued

We have continued to work closely with, and are indebted to, our referral agency partners, British Red Cross and PAFRAS. Locally, we have built on our links with other asylum seeker accommodation providers and agencies who are also working to support asylum seekers and refugees. Nationally, through our membership of Housing Justice and NACCOM, we have continued to learn from other organisations working in the same field and to add our voice to others advocating for refugees and asylum seekers.

We believe that our work has a significant impact on some of the most marginalised people in our society, who would otherwise at best be living in a precarious situation and at worst be street homeless, providing them with some stability and security in a warm, safe and welcoming environment.

The trustees are very grateful to all those who have supported WYDAN during the course of the year, in particular the many volunteers who have provided practical support, the funders who have provided grants, and the many people who have made generous financial contributions which have been vital in enabling us to continue our work.

Financial review

The net receipts for the year were £12,583, including net receipts of £27,156 on unrestricted funds and net payments of £14,573 on restricted funds.

Reserves policy

The charity's free reserves, at the year end were £54,888.

The trustees aim to maintain sufficient reserves to cover between 3 and 6 months operating expenditure, which based on the projected expenditure for 2025/26 would be between £23,300 and £50,700.

Approved by the board of trustees on 12/1/26

E Britton (Trustee)

West Yorkshire Destitute Asylum Network CIO

Independent examiner's report to the trustees of West Yorkshire Destitute Asylum Network CIO

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the CIO for the year ended 31 March 2025, which are set out on pages 6 to 10.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity trustees of the CIO you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act').

I report in respect of my examination of the CIO's accounts as carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act. In carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material 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 charity as required by section 130 of the Charities Act; 2 the accounts do not accord with those records.

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.

Katy Sargeant ACA

19/1/2026

West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO

Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW

West Yorkshire Destitute Asylum Network CIO

Receipts and payments account for the year ended 31 March 2025

Notes 2025 Unrestricted funds £ Receipts Grants (2) 2,000 Donations 34,235 Bank interest 1,797 Other income - Total receipts 38,032 Payments Salaries, NI and pensions 2,375 Freelance workers - Travel costs - Beneficiary support 3,943 Rent and rates 69 Utilities 1,884 Shelter and provision expenses 49 Insurance - Premises repairs and maintenance 760 Phone and internet - Computers and IT 75 Printing, postage and office supplies - Volunteers expenses 20 Bank charges 127 Miscellaneous expenses 399 Subscriptions and licenses 515 Independent examination 660 Total payments 10,876 Net receipts / (payments) 27,156 Fund balances brought forward 27,732 Fund balances carried forward (3) 54,888	2025 Restricted funds £ 92,100 - - - 92,100 14,758 8,890 - 21,626 28,653 15,542 4,919 2,025 8,031 130 - - 2,099 - - - - 106,673 (14,573) 29,631 15,058	2025 Total funds £ 94,100 34,235 1,797 - 130,132 17,133 8,890 - 25,569 28,722 17,426 4,968 2,025 8,791 130 75 - 2,119 127 399 515 660 117,549 12,583 57,363 69,946	2024 Total funds £ 151,193 30,919 429 70 182,611 20,747 10,464 600 26,701 28,290 17,083 1,834 1,928 50,045 617 888 194 2,239 149 20 1,220 630 163,649 18,962 38,401 57,363

West Yorkshire Destitute Asylum Network CIO Statement of assets and liabilities

as at 31 March 2025 2025 Unrestricted £ Cash funds Cash at bank 55,581 Cash in hand (693) Total cash funds 54,888 Debtors and prepayments Debtors Prepayments Liabilities Accruals	2025 Restricted £ 15,058 - 15,058	2025 Total £ 70,639 (693) 69,946 2025 £ 1,250 1,687 2,937 2025 £ 1,378 1,378	2024 Total £ 63,539 (6,176) 57,363

The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 12/1/26

E Britton (Trustee)

West Yorkshire Destitute Asylum Network CIO

Notes to the accounts

for the year ended 31 March 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.

West Yorkshire Destitute Asylum Network CIO

Notes to the accounts continued

for the year ended 31 March 2025

2 Grants 2025 Unrestricted funds £ Bentley ALC - Dept for Level'g Up, Housing and C'ties (DLUHC) - Evan Cornish Foundation - Forum Central (FC) - Leeds Christian Community Trust (LCCT) - Leeds City Council (LCC) - Leeds Community Foundation (LCF) - Leeds N&E Methodist Circuit - Postcode Neighbourhood Trust - Screwfix Foundation - Sir George Martin Trust - Tilehouse Trust 2,000 Hilden Charitable Fund - The Brelms Trust - The Masonic Charitable Foundation - The Methodist Church - West Riding Masons - 2,000 3 Restricted funds Balance b/f Incoming £ £ Leeds City Council 1,300 - Forum Central 1,000 - B&Q Foundation 1,336 - DLUHC NSTF 1 (Revenue) 2,272 33,000 DLUHC NSTF 2 (Capital) 5,884 - Bentley ALC 131 500 West Riding Freemasons 3,600 - Leeds City Council 12,500 12,500 Forum Central Household Suppo 1,608 - Leeds N&E Methodist Circuit - 2,000 Postcode Neighbourhood Trust - 15,000 Evan Cornish Foundation - 7,500 Forum Central HSF 2 - 5,000 Forum Central HSF 3 - 5,000 Household Support Fund (LCCT) - 2,000 Sir George Martin Trust - 3,000 Screwfix Foundation - 3,600 Leeds Community Foundation - 3,000 29,631 92,100	2025 Restricted funds £ 500 33,000 7,500 10,000 2,000 12,500 3,000 2,000 15,000 3,600 3,000 - - - - - - 92,100 Outgoing £ 1,300 1,000 1,336 35,272 5,884 559 3,600 25,000 1,608 1,944 7,669 4,753 5,000 5,000 2,000 1,748 - 3,000 106,673	2025 Total funds £ 500 33,000 7,500 10,000 2,000 12,500 3,000 2,000 15,000 3,600 3,000 2,000 - - - - - 94,100 Transfers £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	2024 Total funds £ 500 106,993 - 10,000 - 12,500 - - - - - - 7,000 5,000 3,600 2,000 3,600 151,193 Balance c/f £ - - - - - 72 - - - 56 7,331 2,747 - - - 1,252 3,600 - 15,058

West Yorkshire Destitute Asylum Network CIO Notes to the accounts continued for the year ended 31 March 2025

3 Restricted funds continued

Fund name

Purpose of restriction

Leeds City Council (22/23) Towards food, household essentials and energy costs. Forum Central Towards utility and food costs at both the houses and flat and the night shelter, and project management costs. B&Q Foundation Towards the costs of renovation and improvement work at the night shelter. DLUHC NSTF 1 (Revenue) Towards the costs of operating the night shelter from 1/4/23. DLUHC NSTF 2 (Capital) Towards the capital costs of improvements to the Night Shelter building. Bentley ALC Towards the costs of providing wi-fi at our houses. West Riding Freemasons Towards the cost of providing replacement beds and bedding. Leeds City Council Towards the costs of WYDAN’s provision of accommodation and support to destitute asylum seekers. Forum Central Household Suppo Towards food, household essentials and utility costs. Leeds N&E Methodist Circuit To support WYDAN’s provision of accommodation and support to destitute asylum seekers. Postcode Neighbourhood Trust Towards the costs of the WYDAN Destitute Asylum Seekers Project. Evan Cornish Foundation Towards the costs of the WYDAN Destitute Asylum Seekers Project. Forum Central HSF 2 Towards food, household essentials and utility costs. Forum Central HSF 3 Towards food, household essentials and utility costs. Household Support Fund (LCCT) Towards food, household essentials and utility costs. Sir George Martin Trust Towards the cost of employing an Administrator. Screwfix Foundation Towards the cost of improvements at the Gipton Night Shelter. Stay Well This Winter 24 (LCF) Towards the costs of the Night Shelter in the winter of 2024/2025.

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.

Other related party transactions

There were no other related party transactions in this or the previous financial year.