# TRUST LEEDS

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1182738
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** April 1, 2019
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1182738


## Contact

- **Address:** 47-49 Austhorpe Road, LEEDS
- **Postcode:** LS15 8BA
- **Phone:** 07842874595
- **Email:** info@trustleeds.org.uk
- **Website:** http://www.trustleeds.org.uk/



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE THE FURTHERANCE OF SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO:(A) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY;(B) SUPPORTING THE WORK OF CHARITIES OR FURTHERING CHARITABLE PURPOSES WHICH ADVANCE GOOD CITIZENSHIP OR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN PARTICULAR PROMOTING COMMUNITY CAPACITY BUILDING AND URBAN AND RURAL REGENERATION INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OR BUSINESS ADVICE OR CONSULTANCY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN CASES OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE NEED THROUGH HELP:(I) IN SETTING UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS; OR(II) TO EXISTING BUSINESSES.(C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY PROVIDING SUPPORT TO COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT SEEK TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND SKILLS OF PERSONS AT RISK OF FINANCIAL EXCLUSION AND POVERTY; AND(D) THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, UNEMPLOYMENT OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE.

**Activities:** Trust Leeds helps people to enterprise their way to a better future.  We do this in three ways: 1) By nurturing a network of community Self-Reliant Groups (peer support groups to save, share & learn together).2) By energising  Be Your Own Boss SRGs (programme for self-employment).2) Micro-finance (we invest small ethical loans for business purposes in people who are financially excluded).




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Other Finance, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £119045 | £99453 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £90745 | £97469 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £123596 | £87763 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £126068 | £100524 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £90037 | £80661 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Sandra Needham** (Chair) — appointed Oct. 26, 2023
- Alissia Deane — appointed Sept. 16, 2025
- CATHERINE GRACE FOLLIN — appointed Jan. 11, 2018
- Gary Wilson-Poe — appointed April 2, 2020
- Ian David McAleese — appointed Sept. 16, 2025
- Lisa Jones-Tinsley — appointed Sept. 16, 2025
- Sally-Anne Greenfield — appointed Jan. 11, 2018
- Yann Nicholas J Choiniere — appointed March 26, 2019