## InterACT Church and Community Partnership
Charity number 1171402
## Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 December 2025
## InterACT Church and Community Partnership
Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2025
|**Contents**|**Page**|
|---|---|
|Trustees' report|2 to 6|
|Examiner's report|7|
|Receipts and payments account|8|
|Statement of assets and liabilities|9|
|Notes to the accounts|10 to 12|
## **Prepared by West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO**
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## InterACT Church and Community Partnership
## Trustees' report for the year ended 31 December 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** Charles Laxton Chair Rev. Angela Hughes Rev. John Rogers Rev. Simon Jones Guy Austin-Bride David Keighley
Resigned 17 February 2025 Appointed 11 March 2025 Registered in England and Wales
## **Charity number**
1171402
## **Registered and principal address**
## **Bankers**
Stainbeck Church CAF Bank Ltd Stainbeck Road 25 Kings Hill Avenue Leeds West Malling LS7 2PP Kent ME19 4JQ
## **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) foundation formed on 1 Feb 2017 and is governed by a constitution.
## **Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees**
The trustees of the charity are appointed by the trustees at a duly convened meeting.
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## InterACT Church and Community Partnership Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 December 2025
## **Objectives and activities**
## **The charity's objects**
The objects of the CIO are:
(1) Relief and prevention of poverty for the public benefit in Meanwood, Leeds, in particular, but not exclusively, focusing on the ‘Meanwood 7 Estates’*, by:
(a) The provision of recreational activities and activities that promote self-development and wellbeing, intended to improve the quality of life of the beneficiaries and tackle effects of financial and cultural poverty.
(b) The provision of activities to develop the capacity and skills of the beneficiaries, in such a way that they are better able to identify, and help meet, their needs and to participate more fully in society.
(2) The advancement of community development for the public benefit in Meanwood, by:
(a) The provision of activities that draw together a diversity of people from across Meanwood and its immediate surroundings, with the aim of promoting social cohesion and tackling exclusion resulting from hardship and cultural differences.
(b) The promotion of volunteering, by supporting local people to take active, voluntary roles in the management of the organisation and the running of its activities.
(c) The promotion of the voluntary sector, through active engagement with community forums and public sector bodies, to the benefit of the Meanwood community, and particularly the ‘Meanwood 7 Estates’*
- (3) The advancement of religion for the public benefit in Meanwood, by:
(a) Working as a partnership of Christian churches, operating and delivering activities in accordance with Christian principles.
* The ‘Meanwood 7 Estates’ is the name given locally to a number of areas in Meanwood, Leeds, which see higher levels of financial hardship and poor health in comparison to neighbouring areas. Most of them rank repeatedly in the top 2% of the Government’s indices of multiple deprivation.
## **The charity's main activities**
A wide variety of activities, for example, youth work, food pantry, men shed and family fun days, that bring people together from all parts of the community of Meanwood, Leeds, to help build relationships across social divides. Also individual and household support such as benefits and welfare support.
## **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:
Relief and prevention of poverty for the public benefit in Meanwood, Leeds, in particular, but not exclusively, focusing on the ‘Meanwood 7 Estates.’
The advancement of community development for the public benefit in Meanwood.
The advancement of religion.
## **Achievements and performance**
Over the last few years, we’ve been working to connect better with other spaces in Meanwood. Now we have a Men Shed at Meanwood Farm, a community café at Holy Trinity Community Hall, a food pantry at Meanwood Community Centre, a shared youth space at Stainbeck Church and run Meanwood Olympics annually at Woodhouse Cricket Club. These wider connections help increase awareness of InterACT, encouraging a larger number of people to have a sense of ownership and belonging, and ensures we are working in partnership with others.
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## InterACT Church and Community Partnership Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 December 2025
## **Achievements and performance continued**
Partnership working has continued to be a key element of the philosophy and practice of InterACT. We believe it’s an important way for us to be as effective as possible, bring a faith voice to the table, stay relevant and support others. We are the Community Anchor for the Moortown Ward as part of Leeds Community Anchor Network and attend interagency and network meetings where possible. We’re also connected to other organisations through the Council’s ABCD network, Your Local Pantry, Leeds Food Aid Network, Men’s Health Unlocked and more. The after-school drop in on a Thursday at Stainbeck Church is run in partnership with Thrive Leeds, and we look forward to the development of a new Youth Community Action Team (YCAT) as part of this joint work.
## **Food Pantry**
2025 saw the highest number of visits to the Pantry since it opened, with over 3,300 visits in the year. This reflects the difficulties people are having with the cost of every day living but also, on a more positive note, the community and friendship people find when they visit. Reducing food waste is also important to our members.
## **Community Café**
We’re grateful that café visitors continue to support the Pantry through their weekly pay-as-you-feel contributions. It’s a great way to link these two community food initiatives, which also share volunteers and members.
The café continues to be a safe space, where local people meet on a regular basis, and where we can welcome those we come across in other parts of our day-to-day work. In the Winter months, we’ve been part of Leeds’ Welcome Spaces initiative. Numbers of visitors have certainly grown over the past year and we have had to make some adjustments in order to meet demand. For some of our 25-50 visitors, the café is a very special part of their week, and we’re aware of the part it plays in helping to combat isolation.
## **Men’s Work**
We were excited to end the year with a new Wednesday session at the Shed to help meet growing demand. The Shed is a place for socialising as well as creativity and craftsmanship. It’s been fantastic this year to see members become more connected with the wider Men Sheds network, learning from how other Sheds work and bringing ideas and developments to our own Shed.
We also started a ‘Green Men’ group in the summer, focusing on outdoors work such as gardening and clearing. This group is planned to run throughout the warmer months and bring a different offer to local men.
Like the café, we’re aware of the part these activities play in helping to combat isolation as well as skills sharing, peer support and wellbeing. They are much valued spaces that are already sparking new ideas and friendships.
## **Support and Advice**
Whilst this is not the main purpose of InterACT, providing help, advice and signposting to those in need is an important and inevitable part of what we do. Partnership working is key to this, as is having a dependable presence in the area and drawing on our experience and knowledge as a team. As Community Anchor, we’ve also held the Government’s Household Support Fund for our Ward over the last few years, intended to help people struggling with daily living costs. This has made a significant difference in enabling us to give practical help such as food and fuel.
One of the most rewarding things about this element of the work is seeing people get back on their feet, very often keen to give back through volunteering or giving in other ways. It’s such a good reminder that we all need a helping hand from time to time, and that we all have something to offer too
## **Youth Work**
We were finally able to launch our new youth building in January after the space had been transformed to include an accessible toilet, kitchenette, furniture, furnishings and cladding.
Young people have been involved throughout, marking out the space, digging holes for soil testing, choosing carpet colours and furniture. The building is already hosting weekly sessions with young people (led by local group, Shine Bright), as well as regular young volunteer celebration events and youth leader meetings.
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## InterACT Church and Community Partnership Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 December 2025
## **Achievements and performance continued**
Our new Youth Community Action Team (YCAT) are full of ideas on how to use the space, and we can’t wait to see what else is to come.
## **Asset Based Community Development**
For the past three-and-a-half years, InterACT has been funded by Leeds City Council as something they call a Pathfinder organisation. The commission is specifically for community development on the Beckhills, with strengths and assets as the starting point (known as Asset Based Community Development, or ABCD). Through this emerged Lynn, a local resident who’d connected for some time through Team Beckhill, and with funding through the ABCD work, was able to get the garden started.
Lots of people have been involved since its early days, watering it through the summer, taking part in action days, weeding, growing, harvesting and chatting in passing. It now has its own bank account and governing document and is ready for the future! The garden is a fantastic point of connection and a great space that will only keep growing, developing and seeing fruit in many senses of the word.
## **Holiday Activities and Events**
From Meanwood Olympics, which sees hundreds of children and their families gather on the grounds of Woodhouse Cricket Club each summer, to sea and countryside trips, Christmas parties and fairs and corporate challenge days, one-off events and trips are great ways for people to make memories, and it’s been moving to hear people share the importance of these with us this year.
New to 2025 was a cultural food evening, which we held after one of our Pantry members became inspired to share stories, recipes and meals. A small number of women, all first or second generation migrants to the UK, gathered in the Cabin, sharing, laughing and learning. It was a special night, and we look forward to seeing this initiative develop as we move into 2026.
We’re grateful to corporate groups Mears, QBE Insurance and Participate for bringing their teams to us this year. What a huge difference some focused time and resource can make in moving things forward, and we know taking part in these events is great for their teams too.
We also really enjoy our volunteer celebration events, this year held in the summer. We are completely unable to do what we do without a fantastic team of people giving their time and skills. We have so many different activities that it really is great to bring everyone together from across all the work of InterACT and be able to thank them for their involvement.
From summer activity to winter fun, Christmas not only brought a party but hampers and gifts. Supported once again by partners around the city, these were a special way to make connections at a time of year that is not easy for everyone. Some recipients have been moved to tears, and we know it’s not just the material items received that make a difference, but the sense that a community cares. We feel so privileged to be a part of this.
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## InterACT Church and Community Partnership
## Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 December 2025
## **Financial review**
The net receipts for the year were £19,789, including net receipts of £3,965 on unrestricted funds and net receipts of £15,824 on restricted funds, after transfers.
## **Reserves policy**
The charity's free reserves, at the year end were £50,887.
We have set an unrestricted reserves target that equates to the cost of four months overheads, excluding payroll costs; three months payroll costs, including staff expenses; and the amount needed to cover redundancy payments calculated for the end of the budget year. This is to enable the smooth running of the charity and to enable an orderly winding up should the charity need to close. For the 2026 budget, the target figure is £44,271.
Approved by the board of trustees on 14/7/26
Charles Laxton (Trustee)
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## InterACT Church and Community Partnership
## Independent examiner's report to the trustees of InterACT Church and Community Partnership
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the CIO for the year ended 31 December 2025, which are set out on pages 8 to 12.
## **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
3/8/26
## **West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO**
Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
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## InterACT Church and Community Partnership
## Receipts and payments account for the year ended 31 December 2025
|Notes
2025
Unrestricted
funds
£
**Receipts**
Grants and donations
(2)
33,021
Sales and fees
18,885
Bank Interest
139
**Total receipts**
52,045
**Payments**
Salaries, NIC and pensions
33,108
Payroll costs
456
Sessional staff
370
Staff travel
665
Training
1,168
Meeting expenses
558
Volunteer expenses
308
Rent
2,040
Website
250
Materials and resources
488
Events and activities
6,295
Insurance
666
Bank charges
78
Other expenses
2
Independent examination
924
Office costs
1,315
**Total payments**
48,691
**Net receipts / (payments)**
3,354
**Transfers between funds**
611
**Net movement in funds**
3,965
**Fund balances brought forward**
46,922
**Fund balances carried forward**
(3)
50,887|2025
Restricted
funds
£
85,510
-
-
85,510
36,222
-
69
52
-
37
-
1,500
-
-
30,870
-
-
200
-
125
69,075
16,435
(611)
15,824
20,915
36,739|2025
Total
funds
£
118,531
18,885
139
137,555
69,330
456
439
717
1,168
595
308
3,540
250
488
37,165
666
78
202
924
1,440
117,766
19,789
-
19,789
67,837
87,626|2024
Total
funds
£
111,804
12,137
118
124,059
61,253
342
6,313
703
66
921
370
2,040
132
756
51,200
690
55
181
1,080
1,117
127,219
(3,160)
-
(3,160)
70,997
67,837|
|---|---|---|---|
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## InterACT Church and Community Partnership
## Statement of assets and liabilities
|as at 31 December 2025
2025
Unrestricted
£
**Cash funds**
Cash at bank
50,428
Cash in hand
459
**Total cash funds**
50,887
**Debtors and prepayments**
Debtors|2025
Restricted
£
36,739
-
36,739|2025
Total
£
87,167
459
87,626
2025
£
87
87|2024
Total
£
67,767
70
67,837|
|---|---|---|---|
## **Assets retained for the charity's own use**
Storage container, steel (converted and used as a food pantry) Mammoth Shed, wooden, used as the Men Shed
Aasgard storage container, steel
1 x upright display fridge, 1 x upright display freezer, 1 x upright freezer, 1 x upright fridge, 1 x storage fridge Large wooden notice board
1kw portable power station
|**Liabilities**
IE fee|2025
£
810
810|
|---|---|
The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 14/7/26
Charles Laxton (Trustee)
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## InterACT Church and Community Partnership
## Notes to the accounts
for the year ended 31 December 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.
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## InterACT Church and Community Partnership
## Notes to the accounts continued
## for the year ended 31 December 2025
|**2 Grants and donations**
Leeds City Council (LCC)
LS14 Trust
National Lottery Community Fund (NLCF)
Voluntary Action Leeds (VAL)
Wharfdale Foundation
Windmill Community Transport Limited
John Lewis Partnership PLC
Leeds Christian Community
Church donations
Other donations
**3 Restricted funds**
Balance b/f
£
VAL Household Support Fund
4,742
LCC ABCD
15,782
Leeds Christian Community UPA
(4,100)
LCC Mice
-
VAL Warm Spaces
2,071
Nat. Lottery C'mty Fund (NLCF)
397
LCC HAP Olympics
1,545
LCC Beckhill Film
350
LCC ABCD SPARKS
128
VAL Leeds Together Fund
-
NLCF
-
Windmill Community Transport
-
LS14 Trust - Listening project
-
LCC Community Committee 1
-
LCC Community Committee 2
-
Gary Chappelow Memorial Fund
-
20,915|2025
Unrestricted
funds
£
-
-
-
-
5,000
-
-
-
21,450
6,571
33,021
Incoming
£
10,500
23,000
16,000
300
4,625
-
-
-
2,000
2,000
19,989
1,500
2,300
1,448
1,448
400
85,510|2025
Restricted
funds
£
44,196
2,300
19,989
17,125
1,500
-
-
-
400
85,510
Outgoing
£
11,922
27,696
8,124
300
3,796
397
1,545
350
204
1,740
7,238
1,500
1,000
1,448
1,448
367
69,075|2025
Total
funds
£
44,196
2,300
19,989
17,125
5,000
1,500
-
-
21,450
6,971
118,531
Transfers
£
(750)
-
(11)
-
-
-
-
-
150
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(611)|2024
Total
funds
£
41,153
-
3,904
15,400
5,000
1,500
1,050
6,250
22,400
15,147
111,804
Balance c/f
£
2,570
11,086
3,765
-
2,900
-
-
-
2,074
260
12,751
-
1,300
-
-
33
36,739|
|---|---|---|---|---|
## **Fund name**
VAL Household Support Fund
LCC ABCD
Leeds Christian Community UPA
LCC Mice VAL Warm Spaces
Nat. Lottery C'mty Fund (NLCF) LCC HAP Olympics
## **Purpose of restriction**
Support with food, fuel and other essentials. The transfer was an agreed contribution towards core costs included the grant funding.
For Asset Based Community Development work on the Beckhills. Support with food, fuel and other essentials in relationship to InterACT Pantry, Meanwood.
Christmas Party for older people in the community. To support costs of providing warm spaces. The transfer was for a contribution towards the core running costs in order for InterAct to remain sustainable, which was written into the funding agreement.
Partnership youth work, including building repayments, with Thrive Leeds. Towards equipment for Meanwood Olympics.
**fund purposes continue overleaf**
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## InterACT Church and Community Partnership Notes to the accounts continued
## for the year ended 31 December 2025
## **4 Restricted Funds continued**
**Fund name Purpose of restriction** LCC Beckhill Film Ringfenced for Beckhill resident use following monies made from filming on the estate. LCC ABCD SPARKS For a community garden project. The transfer was related to receipt of residual funds from a previous external bank account set up for the project. VAL Leeds Together Fund To support grassroots groups/organisations in our area undertaking events and activities which bring people together and promote social cohesion. NLCF Developing work with men. Windmill Community Transport Towards trips. LS14 Trust - Listening project For listening exercise - to use ourselves and/or to spread across Anchor. LCC Community Committee 1 Towards the Meanwood Olympics. LCC Community Committee 2 Towards the Meanwood Olympics. Gary Chappelow Memorial Fun Towards the Meanwood Olympics.
## **5 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.
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