Leeds Destitute Asylum-Seekers Support Charity Number 1190001 **Annual Report and financial statements for the period 1[st] July 2021 to 30[th] June 2022** ## **LEDAS (Charity Number: 1190001)** ## **Charity Information** DIRECTORS: G Tober (Chair) S Brown J Willison (Secretary) T Pickles M Thornfield (Treasurer) REGISTERED OFFICE: 20 Moss Gardens Leeds LS17 7BH REGISTERED NUMBER: 1190001 (England and Wales) INDEPENDENT EXAMINER: T P Lawler Page 2 ## **Trustees’ report for the year ended 30 June 2022** ## **Review of the year** Throughout the year, the charity has provided accommodation and support to 10 destitute asylum seekers in two rented houses in Leeds. These individuals have no recourse to public funds, and so are not permitted to work and have no entitlement to claim benefits. They are therefore at risk of becoming destitute / streethomeless. We are able to accommodate 8 individuals at any one time, and have had full occupancy over the year, other than for an occasional night when two of our residents left the properties, and we were able to offer use of the vacant room to another destitute asylum seeker. Of the two residents who left, one was granted the right to remain and work in the UK. As well as providing the physical building for the individuals to live in (with their own bedroom and shared use of kitchen and bathroom facilities) we have been providing the residents with food, household consumables, mobile phone top ups (funded by the Leeds Conversation Club and Church Homeless Trust), a weekly delivery of a fruit and vegetable box (funded in part by Leeds Community Foundation), a monthly bus pass (funded by Leeds Community Foundation and and Sisters of the Cross and Passion) and a small weekly allowance for their personal needs. These have had a big impact on the quality of life of our residents and allow them to live with a sense of dignity, which is one of the key aims of the charity. The charity has received further funding from various organisations (detailed below) and donations from a number of individuals over the year. We therefore leave the year in a strong financial position, ready and in the expectation that we will be able to take on a further property, increasing our provision to 12 concurrent residents, during the year ahead. The trustees wish to express their thanks to all those who have supported the charity over the year, whether financially, with donations of food, clothing or other items, or with offers of practical help and support. ## **Summary of current operations and activities** We have rented two 4-bedroom properties in Leeds throughout the year, providing accommodation and services to 8 individual asylum seekers who would otherwise be street homeless. We meet the residents every week and offer practical assistance and support. This has included assisting residents to attend medical appointments and encouraging the residents to avail themselves of the Covid-19 vaccines and boosters. The other main activity undertaken by the trustees over the year were: - fundraising, to cover the costs of running the charity - negotiations with a benevolent landlord who is potentially willing to rent a property to us at below-market rates. ## **Reserves Policy** The trustees have decided that the charity should hold reserves equivalent to 3 months’ forecast operating costs (£10,500). ## **Trustee appointments** The charity is run by the trustees with a small team of volunteers. It does not employ any staff. The current trustees founded the charity. Trustees are normally to be appointed for a 2 year term. To provide for continuity, an initial term of office of between 1 and 3 years was agreed Page 3 for each trustee, as stated in the charity’s constitution. At the end of a trustee’s term of office, they may stand for re-appointment for a standard 2 year term. ## **Risk Management** To manage the risks faced by the charity, the trustees have put in place a number of policies covering topics including safeguarding, health and safety and data privacy. Procedures have been established to cover how asylum seekers may be referred to the charity and subsequently assessed for the suitability of living in the charity’s accommodation. All residents agree to abide by the charity’s rules and procedures for living in our accommodation. These include rules relating to living in a Covid-safe environment. ## **Summary of grants received** The following amounts were received during the year: Sisters of the Holy Family of Bordeaux - £25,200 for accommodation and living costs The Grail Community- £10,000 for energy costs and residents’ allowances National Lottery Fund - £8,604 for energy costs, fruit and veg, TV licences and insurance Albert Hunt - £7,000 for energy costs and residents’ allowances Leeds Community Foundation - £6,504 for energy costs, fruit and veg, bus passes, gym The Brelms Trust CIO - £5,000 for accommodation and living costs Garfield Weston - £5,000 for 10% of projected costs Church Homeless Trust - £3650 for energy costs and mobile phone top-ups memberships and sports equipment Allen Lane - £3,000 for accommodation Lush - £2,000 for accomodation Funding via Leeds Conversation Club - £880 for mobile phone top-ups _____________________________ Dr Gillian Tober Chair of trustees 24[th] August 2022 __________ Date Page 4 ## **LEDAS (Charity Number: 1190001)** ## **Statement of Financial Activities (prepared on a cash basis) for the Year Period 1 July 2021 - 30 June 2022** |**INCOME**
**June 2022**
**Restricted**
**June 2022**
**Unrestricted**
**June 2022**
**Total**
**June 2021**
**Total**
**Grants and donations from charitable trusts**
Albert Hunt
Allen Lane
Arnold Clark
Brelms
Church Homeless Trust
Garfield Weston
Garforth Refugee Group
The Grail Community
Leeds Community Foundation
Leeds Conversation Club
Lush
National Lottery Fund
Sisters of the Holy Family of Bordeaux
Other
7,000
3,000
5,000
3,650
5,000
320
10,000
6,504
720
2,000
8,604
25,200
1,000
5,000
7,000
3,000
1,000
5,000
3,650
5,000
320
10,000
6,504
720
2,000
8,604
25,200
1,280
2,800
32,189
**Donations and fundraising**
Donations eligible for gift aid
Other donations
2,350
1,023
2,350
1,023
14,508
3,039
**Other income**
Gift aid reclaim
1,101
1,101
2,731
TOTAL
71,998
10,474
82,472
56,547
**EXPENDITURE**
**June 2022**
**Restricted**
**June 2022**
**Unrestricted**
**June 2022**
**Total**
**June 2021**
**Total**
**Properties and residents’ expenditure**
Rent and Landlords’ costs
Weekly allowances and phone top ups
Bus passes and travel
Utilities (Gas, Electric, Water)
Council tax
TV Licences
Resident fitness and welfare
Other general expenses
21,534
7,120
2,454
4,273
458
319
574
4,340
216
21,534
11,460
2,454
4,273
458
319
574
216
14,356
6.900
3,485
1,507
367
487
**General expenses and one-off purchases**
Equipment and appliances
Set up expenses
Insurance
Organisation membership fees
50
722
60
50
722
60
1085
282
694
60
36,732
5,388
42,120
29,223
Net surplus
35,266
5,086
40,352
27,314|**INCOME**
**June 2022**
**Restricted**
**June 2022**
**Unrestricted**
**June 2022**
**Total**
**June 2021**
**Total**
**Grants and donations from charitable trusts**
Albert Hunt
Allen Lane
Arnold Clark
Brelms
Church Homeless Trust
Garfield Weston
Garforth Refugee Group
The Grail Community
Leeds Community Foundation
Leeds Conversation Club
Lush
National Lottery Fund
Sisters of the Holy Family of Bordeaux
Other
7,000
3,000
5,000
3,650
5,000
320
10,000
6,504
720
2,000
8,604
25,200
1,000
5,000
7,000
3,000
1,000
5,000
3,650
5,000
320
10,000
6,504
720
2,000
8,604
25,200
1,280
2,800
32,189
**Donations and fundraising**
Donations eligible for gift aid
Other donations
2,350
1,023
2,350
1,023
14,508
3,039
**Other income**
Gift aid reclaim
1,101
1,101
2,731
TOTAL
71,998
10,474
82,472
56,547
**EXPENDITURE**
**June 2022**
**Restricted**
**June 2022**
**Unrestricted**
**June 2022**
**Total**
**June 2021**
**Total**
**Properties and residents’ expenditure**
Rent and Landlords’ costs
Weekly allowances and phone top ups
Bus passes and travel
Utilities (Gas, Electric, Water)
Council tax
TV Licences
Resident fitness and welfare
Other general expenses
21,534
7,120
2,454
4,273
458
319
574
4,340
216
21,534
11,460
2,454
4,273
458
319
574
216
14,356
6.900
3,485
1,507
367
487
**General expenses and one-off purchases**
Equipment and appliances
Set up expenses
Insurance
Organisation membership fees
50
722
60
50
722
60
1085
282
694
60
36,732
5,388
42,120
29,223
Net surplus
35,266
5,086
40,352
27,314| |---|---| |
Equipment and appliances
Set up expenses
Insurance
Organisation membership fees
Net surplus|| ||36,732
5,388
42,120
29,223| ||35,266
5,086
40,352
27,314| Page 5 ## **Balance Sheet at 30 June 2022** |**Fixed assets**
**Current assets**
Cash at bank and in hand
**Debtors**
**Net current assets**
**Creditors**
**Total assets less current**
**liabilities**
**Net assets**|**June 2022**
**£**
**June 2021**
**£**
**Restricted**
**Unrestricted**
**Total**
0
0
0
0
52,361
0
15,305
0
67,666
0
27,314
0
52,361
15,305
67,666
27,314
0
0
0
0
52,361
15,305
67,666
27,314| |---|---| ||52,361
15,305
67,666
27,314| ## **Reconciliation of movement of funds to 30 June 2022** |Opening balance 1 July 2021
Opening balance 1 July 2021
Surplus of financial activities
Closing balance 30 June 2022|£
27,314
40,352| |---|---| ||67,666| Page 6 I reportto the thartty tn￿ on my eXaMina￿n ofthe accounts ofthe d*rlty for the year ended 30 June 2022. whKh are set out on pa8es 5 èrKI 6. Responslbllllles and ba515 of the As the thariVStn￿tees. are resm)nsible for the weparaoon ofthe accounts in accordan￿ wlth the requI￿rnents of the Charities *Lt 20111"tr* Acffl. I report In respert of my eXamsnat￿Th of the charriVs accounts carried out under sectlon 145 of the ACL and In carrying out my examinatlon I haNt folk>wed all the applScable Directions gNen bythe Char5ty Commlssion under section 1451511bl of the ACL I have completed my examination. I confirni that 110 material matters have come to my attention in connettion with the examination which glve me cause to belI￿e thaL in any material respert.. the accounting records were not kept in accordan￿ wrth sectlon 130 of the Charities Act. or the accounts drd not accord with the accounting record5. or the accounts dld ¢omplywrth the app1Kab￿ requireff*nts concerningthe fom and conterrt of account set out In the CharTbes (Accounts and Rep)rtsl Regul*ions 2CK18 other than any requlrement that the accounts 8ive a ar*d fairvlevf whlch Is not a matter considered as part of an irKlependenr examination. I have concems and have come atross no other matter5 in connection with the examlnation to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper undefstsrmling of the accounts to be reached. SIGNED.........................-....-..........................-..-.... DATE.....24- SEPTEM8ER 2022 NAME............T.P.LAWLER WHONS). FCA ADDRE55........20 PARK WCM)D QOSE. SKIPTON. NORTh YORKSHIRE. BD23 IQW QUALIFICATION OR BODY......INSrrrU￿ OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTAKfs IN ENGLAND AND WALES (RETIRED MEMBER) Page 7