Charity Number: 1181114
Trustee’s Report – 2025
We held 10 meetings in total this year with no meetings held in August or December.
The charity currently has 9 Trustees including 2 new Trustees (Sarah Chadwick and Kathrin Dunning) appointed in 2025. Christine Cooper resigned as a Trustee during the year.
Our main attention this year has been the review OF Children’s Centres by Leeds City Council. Fortunately, A.C.T.I.O.N. and Aireborough Children’s Centre (ACC) staff were involved in the review process, which took most of the year to complete. The outcome is that a number of Children’s Centres in Leeds will close, however ACC will remain open, with the effect on staffing, finances and premises, are still to be finalised.
‘Friends of A.C.T.I.O.N.’ continues to provide important income from local businesses thanks to one of our Trustees who has taken the lead on this initiative. Hopefully, it will continue to develop in the future.
We continue to be represented in ‘Aireborough Together’ the forum where a number of local good causes meet with the purpose of sharing news and collaborating on events, to help manage their activities.
We continued to maintain a Family Emergency Support Fund which has been utilised this year to purchase, a storage unit for a local family with a new baby, and carpets for a young mother and her baby in their house.
We were fortunate to receive a £200 grant from Arnold Clark this year, and we were also successful with our application to SEEDLINGS who provided grant funding of £1000 to pay for CYGNET training for staff at ACC Centre to enable them to respond to children with undiagnosed autism and other behaviour needs, however, because of the
uncertainty surrounding the ACC, this has been put on hold until 2026, when it will be reviewed.
Another staff training initiative that was funded in 2025 was for Speech And Language Therapy training (SALT)
We again organised a Christmas collection, borrowing the sleigh from another local organisation to allow Santa to visit a local housing estate.
We have contributed to the play activities of the Children’s Centre which have included Fun Days, a visit to Hesketh Farm and a Christmas celebration in a soft play facility for local children.
As always, thanks are due to those who contributed to our funding in 2025. Contributions to projects and our links with Aireborough Rotary Club and the Guisley Community Foundation are also appreciated
Thanks, are again due to:-
David Ball and the staff of Community Matters for their help and general support to our group.
The staff of Aireborough Children’s Centre for their continued support, input, and help.
The Trustees of ACTION, without whom none of our activities would happen.
R I Banks Chairman
A.C.T.I.O.N. (Aireborough Children’s Trust In Our Neighbourhood)
Charity Number: 1181114 Accounts 12/12/2024 – 11/12/2025
Income 2025
Expenditure 2025
| Income 2025 | Expenditure 2025 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balance from December 2024 | £3,704.69 | ||||
| 16/12/2024 | Santa's sleigh ride | £342.08 | 22/01/2025 | Community Matters annual fee | £25.00 |
| 23/12/2024 | Guiseley memories café - donation | £50.00 | 23/01/2025 | Argos Storage furniture - Emergency Fund | £70.00 |
| 23/12/2024 | Leeds City Council - grant | £300.00 | 24/02/2025 | Fay Cartlidge Invoice 127 | £120.00 |
| 03/01/2025 | Virgin money cashback | £1.33 | 25/02/2025 | Rascals Entertainment | £75.00 |
| 16/01/2025 | FPS Cronapress LTD | £150.00 | 26/03/2025 | AJ Kearsley Parking fee for LCC meeting | £6.80 |
| 03/02/2025 | CRD84VM Cashback | £0.25 | 27/03/2025 | Rascals Entertainment | £426.00 |
| 21/02/2025 | Arnold Clark - grant | £200.00 | 02/05/2025 | MOB Away with words | £440.00 |
| 28/02/2025 | Seedlings Grant - MOB | £1,000.00 | 24/06/2025 | Neils carpets - Emergency Fund | £340.00 |
| 03/03/2025 | CRD84VM Cashback | £0.26 | 26/06/2025 | The Barn Playscheme fees for family outing | £432.00 |
| 06/03/2025 | FPS Castmark ltd Murgatroyds | £100.00 | 18/07/2025 | Hesketh Farm Trip | £480.00 |
| 06/05/2025 | LCC MICE money | £350.00 | 14/08/2025 | Mr Lee Lambert Mascots fun day | £140.00 |
| 13/05/2025 | Easy Fundraising cash back | £29.27 | 25/11/2025 | Kids about Tarn Christmas Party | £380.00 |
| 27/05/2025 | WI donation | £50.00 | |||
| 14/08/2025 | Easy Fundraising cash back | £18.25 | |||
| 13/11/2025 | Easy Fundraising cash back | £21.56 | |||
| 17/11/2025 | Rotary donation for Xmas Party | £380.00 | |||
| 05/12/2025 | cashback CRD84VM | £1.33 | |||
| Actual Income 2025 | £2,994.33 | Total expenditure 2025 | £2,934.80 | ||
| Total Income 2025 | £6,699.02 | Balance 12 December 2025 | £3,764.22 |