Battle Scars
Charity number England and Wales 1177020 Charity number Scotland SC052466
Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 March 2026
Battle Scars
Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2026
| Contents | Page |
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| Trustees' report | 2 to 9 |
| Examiner's report | 10 |
| Receipts and payments account | 11 |
| Statement of assets and liabilities | 12 |
| Notes to the accounts | 13 to 15 |
Prepared by West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO
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Battle Scars
Trustees' report for the year ended 31 March 2026
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 Dates Jean Birch Chair Tristan Batten Vice-Chair Resigned 3 July 2025 Glenn Groves Treasurer Karen Johnson Secretary Aisling O'Brien Appointed 21 February 2025 Charity number 1177020 Registered in England and Wales
Charity number
Registered and principal address Bankers Onward Mental Health & Wellbeing Hub NatWest Bank plc Onward House 8 Park Row Millshaw Park Way Leeds Leeds LS1 5HD LS11 0LS
Independent examiner
Michelle Westmoreland CGMA
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 6 February 2018 and governed by a constitution as amended on 27 October 2020.
Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees
The trustees of the charity are appointed by the members at the AGM.
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Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2026
Objectives and activities
The charity's objects
To relieve the needs of persons affected by self-harm in particular but not exclusively by:
Holding survivor led support groups for persons affected by self-harm and anybody interested in understanding self-harm;
Advance the education of the general public in all areas relating to self-harm;
Provide training and practical advice to:
Professionals, staff and volunteers of other organisations (public, voluntary and private sector) who deal with persons who self-harm;
Parents of school age children, young people and adults who self-harm;
Anyone wishing to attend the training or trying to understand self-harm; and
In any such ways as the trustees see fit in furtherance of said objects.
The charity's main activities
Adult peer support groups at various locations and times to increase self-awareness and a sense of belonging and decrease isolation. A system of no referral or booking is in operation so that anybody over 18 can attend whenever they’re able to. We do not have gender-specific services, they are all inclusive. We provide a safe environment to allow everybody present to be themselves, to work towards understanding and managing their behaviour and to help them re-adjust to living in a mixed society. In this way we also make our services available to those not fitting in gender stereotypes.
On-line peer support for people 13 or over for quick access to support encouraging people to develop strategies and learn to manage their self-harming behaviour.
Training for professionals from a survivor’s perspective providing them with hard to get insights so they can support others more effectively.
Workshops for under 18’s to educate, provide them with better self-awareness and providing them with options to better manage life.
Discussion groups for carers/ friends to increase understanding and acceptance and decrease guilt.
On-line resources and printed materials to make disclosing self-harm easier, tools to understand the behaviour and information to break down the stigma.
Volunteer development programme to increase the volunteers’ self-worth and confidence, to teach them skills and provide them with different experiences.
Running stalls/information sessions to increase awareness about self-harm and our services.
We encourage our volunteers and service users to actively take part in steering the direction the organisation is taking by expressing their ideas and needs, by suggesting improvements, designing printed material and requesting the sort of resources and information they’d like to see available to them, to their families/friends and to professionals. Feeling involved and listened to makes a big difference to them. We value their input and take all their suggestions into consideration. Some we reject if they are either incompatible with our objectives or unattainable (due to funding or structure) and provide explanations for this, some are acted upon quickly while others are included in future plans. The volunteers are making running our services possible and receive compulsory as well as additional optional training regular supervision and expenses
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 the relief of those in need, by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage, the advancement of education and the advancement of citizenship or community development.
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Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2026
Achievements and performance
Following a period of significant concern during the previous financial year regarding the future of the organisation, stability began to return. We secured essential core funding as well as funding for a new project and the expansion of existing services. The year ended in a stable financial position with core costs covered and reserves maintained.
Thanks to the hard work of the Battle Scars team, the quality of our services remained high, creative solutions were implemented, networking increased and new partnerships were formed. Our reputation continued to grow and the Onward Mental Health & Wellbeing Hub firmly established our presence, improving access to services, hosting over 150 events and welcoming thousands of visitors. This significantly helped raise awareness of our work and the facilities available. We faced challenges head on, ranging from supporting people in severe crisis to undertaking the substantial garden landscaping task.
As multiple Battle Scars services can be used simultaneously, we adjusted how we collect data this year to reflect this more accurately. Overall, there were over 3,500 direct beneficiaries, 99 of whom accessed multiple services: 70 accessed two services, 20 accessed three services and 9 accessed four. Due to rules, anonymity options and the structure of our online group, only limited data can be collected, making direct comparison challenging. We estimate that a further 70-100 online group members also access other Battle Scars services. The above figure has been adjusted accordingly. This demonstrates that many receive intensive, layered support through our organisation while maintaining autonomy over their own care.
Feedback flowed freely throughout the year with many people wishing to express their gratitude and some offering constructive suggestions for improvement, which we were able to implement.
Thanks to our newly established team of Ambassadors, we increased efforts to raise awareness of our services and reach people who could benefit from them. While awareness raising remains an ongoing challenge, we also recognise that taking the initial step to make contact and explore support can be difficult for many people. We continue to use a range of marketing approaches, taking advantage of every opportunity to network and promote what we offer.
Impact & Value
Adult services – face-to-face groups
Self-harm peer support groups
The repeat awarding of a Mental Health Transformation grant combined with a 2-year grant from Jimbo’s Fund covered all face-to-face service costs curing this financial year. Following last year’s closure of the community mental health hubs the two groups relocated to our premises – the 16-25s and evening 18+ group – both of which successfully re-established themselves. The new weekly 18+ group experienced some fluctuations in attendance due to changes within the facilitator team but is now consistently vibrant with excellent engagement and a total attendance of 441 over the year. The 50+ group after showing considerable promise mid-year, encountered challenges linked to low attendance. While there is undoubted need, it is proving harder than expected for older people to acknowledge they self-harm and seek support. In response, increased effort is being made to promote this group through older people’s services alongside reinforcing the broader Battle Scars definition of self-harm – any harm we do to our bodies and minds – and working to reduce the stigma particularly felt by this demographic.
LGBTQ+ group: Rainbow Collective
Launched on 28 August 2025 and based on a different model to our other groups, the Rainbow Collective provides a safe space for people of this community who self-harm to discuss specific LGBTQ+ issues that affect their lives and their experience of self-harm.
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Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2026
Socials
Craft, film, books and crochet sessions, alongside the collective effort to decorate Onward House for Christmas added a different dimension to peer support. These activities offered relief from the heavy subject matter of selfharm, encouraging laughter, creativity and the opportunity to try new hobbies, while also producing heart warming artwork to display around the building. Total attendance at the above groups over the year was 826.
Adult services – virtual
The popular virtual groups continued to be a vital way to provide support to people across the UK, regardless of location. During the year, we ran 215 groups with an average attendance of 9.5 per session and a total attendance of 2,048. Changes within the facilitator teams are sometimes unavoidable and can be challenging for service users, occasional resulting in fluctuations in attendance. This is an inherent challenge within our largely volunteer-run services for both group coordinators and the volunteer manager. Encouragingly, almost all groups showed an increase in attendance in the final quarter of the year.
Following the success of the Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) peer support workshops, provision was doubled. These popular groups offer participants the opportunity to try out, learn and practice DBT skills that are not always readily accessible.
The decision to double the frequency of the Self-Harm Addiction Programme support groups from January, providing virtual support to those working through the workbook, resulted in a 124% increase in average attendance.
All virtual groups were self-funded during the previous year.
Adult services – phone
Referrals for our FRESH service increased by 6% compared to the previous year. This service provides an initial point of contact, offering the opportunity to openly discuss self-harm with peers. During the year, the service was expanded to include a follow-up call 6 weeks after the initial contact, alongside the provision of additional information and resources via email.
Referral data indicates that the service is most frequently accessed by 18-19 year olds followed by those aged 21-25 and 26-30. We were able to make contact with 79% of individuals referred which is typical for this service, with some calls lasting up to an hour. The most frequent referrers were NHS Talking Therapies – Chester, Leeds Arts University, Primary Care Mental Health Team Leeds, Live Well Leeds, Safe Space Housing, Waltham Forest College London, Leeds Student Medical Practice, Linking Leeds and St George's Crypt. All calls were made by a small volunteer team, coordinated by a volunteer and managed by the CEO.
This service was self-funded during the previous year
All ages Facebook group
The all-ages online support group had 4,693 members from 96 countries. Of these, 52% were based in the UK and 30% in the USA, with other members from countries including Vietnam, Egypt, Nepal and Mongolia. Within the UK membership, 24% were from Yorkshire including10% from Leeds. Across the UK, 81% of members were from England, 16% from Scotland, 2% from Wales and 1% from Northern Ireland. The busiest times for posting were between 6 pm and 10 pm and around 11 am with engagement spread fairly evenly across the week. Around a third of members were active in the group during the year, reflecting the fact that individuals access support at different times depending on their needs
Plans and aspirations
Our aims for the coming year are to reach full capacity across our virtual groups while maintaining and increasing attendance at face-to-face groups, increase usage of the FRESH service as an initial steps into further support and to ensure the online support remains both an effective introduction to our wider services and an easy-to-access form of ongoing support.
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Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2026
As we continue to cross-reference engagement across different Battle Scars services and compare attendance data over multiple years, we are identifying repeatable patterns that will help guide and strengthen our marketing efforts.
Young people and families
Discovery Journal
During the year, 221 copies of the Discovery Journal were posted to children and young people aged 10 to 17. Trends observed over the past two years show a consistent pattern, with demand decreasing between the first and second quarters followed by increased uptake in quarters three and four. Analysis by age indicates that that 14-year-olds placed the highest number of orders. Of all orders to date, 39% of young people indicated that they were autistic, 37% had ADHD and 23% identified with other neurodivergent profiles including dyslexia and dyspraxia. In addition, 23% of orders were from young people with learning or physical disabilities. Most individuals learned about the resource through family or friends (26%), counsellors or therapists (25%) or school staff (13%), with others finding it via online searches, social media, their GP or Feedback remains extremely positive.
16-25s group
Demand for the weekly 16–25s group continued to grow steadily throughout the year, with attendance increasing by 75%. This builds on a similar increase in the previous year and reflects the time required for such groups to become embedded and trusted. Sustained growth highlights both the ongoing need for support within this age group and the value participants place on the service. The group is funded through the Jimbo’s Fund grant, enabling its continued development and stability.
Video for children and young people
The 15-minute recorded presentation, which shares a personal story and encourages young people to reach out for support and develop healthier ways to manage life, was shown to over 570 young people across the UK. It was requested by schools, children’s residential homes, CAMHS, youth organisations, social services and psychologists. We have not yet been successful in securing funding to produce a professional version of this video
Family
The two virtual family groups thrived during the year. As one of the most challenging services to establish, they achieved significantly higher and more consistent attendance, reflecting growing trust and engagement from families. The face-to-face equivalent funded by the Leeds Mental Health Transformation Fund took longer to gain traction. However attendance doubled in the final quarter following the first in-person seminar held at our premises in February, which was strongly targeted at parents and carers, and supported by outreach work and an increased social media presence. Feedback has been overwhelmingly positive, with parents reporting that they have implemented our suggestions and, as a result experienced noticeable improvements in their relationships with their children
Plans & aspirations
We plan to deliver regular seminars and webinars to reach relevant professionals, families and carers and promote these resources more widely. We will continue to engage with schools, particularly those supporting students with SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) and build new connections to extend our reach.
Training delivery & supporting professionals
We delivered our training to a total of 329 professionals, a 9% increase from the previous year: 104 attended inperson self-harm training and 142 attended virtual sessions, while 25 attended eating disorders/disordered eating training delivered in both formats and 20 participated in bespoke training.
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Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2026
Participants represented a wide range of organisations including The Children’s Society, Unity Foster Care, Leeds Primary Care Networks, Heart of Yorkshire, King’s College London, Catalyst, Touchstone, Well Windsor, the University of West London, Mind Cambridgeshire, Gasped, The Alphabet Collective, Justb, Dumfries and Galloway Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Support Centre, Yes Project, United Fostering and many others.
Consistent high ratings and positive feedback were received.
A new alumni group, the SelfHarmAware Professionals Guild, was established for those attending our self-harm training. The Gild provides opportunities for continued learning, peer connection and ongoing access to the trainer.
Resources
A collaboration with Leeds City College’s Safeguarding Quality and Learning Manager resulted in the development of the Managing Disclosures of Self-Harm by Under and by Over 16s guides for staff working within educational settings, which are now widely available through our website.
Work also begun on developing a resource to support prison staff to respond compassionately and with understanding to prisoners who self-harm. This work was funded by the Albert Hunt Trust.
Plans & aspirations
Increased focus is being placed on promoting our specially designed training course for the private sector as part of our wider strategy to diversify income and raise awareness. Alongside this, our team of Ambassadors continues to support awareness-raising efforts, working in tandem with our social media activity and monthly newsletter
The Onward Mental Health & Wellbeing Hub
The hub and Battle Scars premises, now much more established, continued to accommodate Leeds Mental Wellbeing Service therapists and the organisation Memec while also providing the Leeds Community Healthcare NHS with a training room and Unity Foster Carers with a group room. Unity later decided they were not using the space sufficiently to justify extending their contract and moved out at the end of March. Maintenance and garden landscaping were the primary focus in terms of manual work. Our landlords, MunroeK, supported us to address a roof leak and a partially faulty heating system while additional practical help was provided by friends, service users and partners, including a gardening crew from Virgin Media.
The four meeting/event rooms were frequently hired out and used by approximately 3,000 people from a wide range of organisations. Income generated by the building now covers its running costs with a small sink fund in place to manage unexpected expenses such as repairs due to storm damage.
Plans & aspirations
With continued marketing, including a promotional video filmed in early April, we anticipate increased demand for room hire. Alongside this, we will continue efforts to identify tenants for the two remaining medium-sized rooms. We are also seeking funding to improve building access and security. Contributions created by Battle Scars service users, volunteers and staff will be used to decorate remaining blank walls and further enhance the welcoming atmosphere of the building
Work in Scotland
Our virtual groups were attended by 6 service users based in Scotland, while over 45 individuals accessed our online support. Discovery Journals were sent to children in Edinburgh, Kirkcaldy, Paisley and Perth. The Scotland-only webinar delivered in October was attended by 20 professionals, while a proportion of the 80 attendees at the Self-Harm Awareness Day webinar held in early March were from Scottish organisations. Professionals based in Scotland also continued to attend our wider training sessions throughout the year.
One member of staff ran workshops at a local mental health group in Dumfries and attended the National Rural and Islands Mental Health Forum when agendas aligned with our work.
Due to limited capacity, we were again unable to promote our work as widely as intended.
We currently receive no funding specifically to support work with people in Scotland
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Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2026
Plans & aspirations
The primary challenge in increasing engagement with service users from Scotland remains our limited local outreach. Recruiting local volunteer Ambassadors will be a priority in the coming year to help raise awareness and increase uptake of our accessible services.
Research
Over the financial year, we worked with 28 researchers and formed formal partnerships with six organisations. Income generated through this work will cover CEO and senior staff time required to manage patient and public involvement and consultation work. We continued our collaboration with current second-year Sociology students from the University of Leeds to engage with diverse community leaders across Leeds and gather views on self-harm within their communities. Students encountered similar barriers as those experienced by Battle Scars. While this resulted in different evidence than original anticipated, the work nevertheless provided valuable insight into the challenges of reach and engagement within these communities
Awareness raising
We delivered our new Respond or Ignore webinar on three occasions, including one session specifically for professionals in Scotland, with total attendance reaching 187. A number of mini workshops were delivered introduce our organisation and work and to raise awareness and understanding of self-harm. Those included a session for 70 staff from GP surgeries in the Leeds 25 and 26 areas, a workshop at the Grimsby Samaritans AGM for 30 attendees and a further session for 12 staff from the Leeds and York Partnership Foundation Trust Community Learning Disability Team.
Our first ever seminar at our premises took place one evening in February and was attended by 18 people. While parents and carers were the primary target audience, the seminar was open to all and was also well attended by professionals
Our newly formed Ambassador team played an active role in awareness raising throughout the year. Ambassadors ran stalls at the Leeds Conservatoire’s Freshers’ Wellbeing event, wellbeing events at York College and Cockburn School and delivered introductory sessions on Battle Scars to a range of organisations
We became members of the Federation of Small Businesses and attended networking meetings whenever capacity allowed. As a result, several businesses have already begun offering practical support.
We took part in radio interviews. A total of 478 new people signed up for our newsletter, increasing the mailing list to over 2,500 recipients. The website was fully updated and refreshed and overall traffic increased by 4.5% to 38,689, a notable achievement given the wider impact of AI on website engagement.
Awards
During the year, Battle Scars received four awards in recognition of its work. These included the West Yorkshire Adversity, Trauma and Resilience award for Empowerment & Voice, the Yorkshire Prestige award for Mental Health Support Service of the Year, as well as awards from Acquisition International and SME Northern Enterprise
The Battle Scars workforce
During the year, there was one change and one addition to our small staff team, which now comprises 8 people, equivalent to 3.7 full-time roles. The organisation operated at maximum capacity for most of the year, especially considering the additional demands associated with building management and room hire.
Our volunteer team is made up of 57 individuals who support the delivery of services and wider organisational activity.
Our AGM took place in July with those in attendance contributing ideas to support our marketing strategy. Shortly before the AGM, the vice-chair stepped down reducing the board to just four trustees. A well-received recruitment process has since taken place and we expecting three to four new trustees to be formally appointed at the forthcoming and we expecting three to four new trustees to be formally appointed at the forthcoming AGM following a period of gradual introduction. Additional prospective trustees are currently on a waiting list.
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Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2026
Funding & strategic plan
Following the completion of the Pilotlight 360 programme, we are now implementing our new marketing strategy which has four strands of focus: increasing uptake of services, increasing uptake of training, raising awareness about self-harm and increasing income generated by our hub. A new 5-year strategic plan is being finalised focusing on sustainable growth alongside a 1-year operational plan to support delivery of our immediate priorities. Trustees continue to monitor key risks including funding security, volunteer capacity and the demands of delivering high-intensity services, with mitigating actions in place to manage these effectively.
Funding was received from the Brelms Trust (year two of three), the Mental Health Transformation Fund, a Leeds strategic grant, Jimbo’s Fund, the Garfield Weston Foundation, Leeds Community Foundation (Suicide Prevention), The Womble Bond Dickinson Foundation and the Charles and Elsie Sykes Trust.
In addition, we have diversified income streams by selling donated items through our new eBay charity shop and through Facebook Marketplace and by adding a free will writing facility to our website.
Financial review
The net receipts for the year were £19,020, including net receipts of £23,621 on unrestricted funds and net payments of £4,601 on restricted funds after transfers.
Reserves policy
The charity's free reserves, at the year end were £87,285.
To provide the organisation with adequate financial stability and the means to meet its charitable objectives for the foreseeable future. The trustees propose to maintain the organisation’s unrestricted reserves at a level which is to three to six months’ operational expenditure according to the Battle Scars’ budget. This would equate to approximately £97,500 based on planned spending of £195,000.
Approved by the board of trustees on 3/7/26
Jean Birch (Trustee)
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Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Battle Scars
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the CIO for the year ended 31 March 2026, which are set out on pages 11 to 15.
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.
Michelle Westmoreland CGMA
3/7/26
West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO
Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
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Battle Scars
Receipts and payments account for the year ended 31 March 2026
| Notes 2026 Unrestricted funds £ Receipts Grants and donations (2) 17,145 Fees and charges 13,543 Rental income 60,980 Memberships 246 Other income 442 Total receipts 92,356 Payments Salaries NICs and pensions 26,302 Payroll charges 1,379 Materials and resources - Travelling 433 Phone and internet 288 Printing and postage 551 Consumables 540 Equipment and materials 1,144 Food and refreshments 829 Rent and rates 8,669 Utilities 12,962 Insurance 723 Repairs, maintenance and refurbishment 12,635 Accountancy and Independent examination 924 Professional fees and DBS 1,113 Bank charges 243 Total payments 68,735 Net receipts / (payments) 23,621 Fund balances brought forward 63,664 Fund balances carried forward (3) 87,285 |
2026 Restricted funds £ 74,496 - - - - 74,496 69,971 - - 1,042 - 443 249 619 - - 5,381 - 1,392 - - - 79,097 (4,601) 55,256 50,655 |
2026 Total funds £ 91,641 13,543 60,980 246 442 166,852 96,273 1,379 - 1,475 288 994 789 1,763 829 8,669 18,343 723 14,027 924 1,113 243 147,832 19,020 118,920 137,940 |
2025 Total funds £ 128,428 16,097 11,318 177 680 156,700 116,613 1,328 304 1,550 968 1,150 65 3,715 655 11,660 13,369 757 8,221 924 773 233 162,285 (5,585) 124,505 118,920 |
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Statement of assets and liabilities
| as at 31 March 2026 2026 Unrestricted £ Cash funds Cash at bank 87,226 Cash in hand 59 Total cash funds 87,285 Debtors and prepayments Debtors Prepayments Liabilities Accruals |
2026 Restricted £ 50,655 - 50,655 |
2026 Total £ 137,881 59 137,940 2026 £ 5,934 300 6,234 2026 £ 952 952 |
2025 Total £ 118,861 59 118,920 |
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The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 3/7/26
Jean Birch (Trustee)
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Notes to the accounts
for the year ended 31 March 2026
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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Notes to the accounts continued for the year ended 31 March 2026
| 2 Grants and donations DWF Foundation Jimbos fund Leeds Community Foundation Sykes Trust The Brelms Trust Transformation Womble Bond Dickinson Foundation Arnold Clark Garfield Weston Foundation National Lottery Community Fund (NLCF) OneStop The Co-op Foundation The Foyle Foundation The Morrissons Foundation The Tudor Trust General donations 3 Restricted funds Balance b/f £ Albert Hunt 1,500 Focus Foundation 209 Rank Foundation 150 Screwfix Foundation 1,993 Leeds Community Fdn 14,861 Co-op Foundation 746 The Brelms Trust - Garfield Weston 2 12,723 Garfield Weston 2 5,930 Foyle Foundation 2,010 OneStop 61 NLCF Awards For All 6,895 Morrisons Foundation 1,100 Jimbos fund - Transformation - Womble Bond - Leeds Community Fdn - DWF Foundation - Leeds Community Fdn - Sykes Trust - The Tudor Trust 7,078 55,256 |
2026 Unrestricted funds £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 17,145 17,145 Incoming £ - - - - - - 6,000 - - - - - - 18,876 12,000 3,985 3,835 800 27,000 2,000 - 74,496 |
2026 Restricted funds £ 800 18,876 30,835 2,000 6,000 12,000 3,985 - - - - - - - - - 74,496 Outgoing £ 1,500 136 150 632 5,644 746 6,000 12,505 981 2,010 61 5,007 610 14,682 15,021 1,389 1,389 307 3,249 - 7,078 79,097 |
2026 Total funds £ 800 18,876 30,835 2,000 6,000 12,000 3,985 - - - - - - - - 17,145 91,641 Transfers £ - - - - (9,217) - - - - - - - - - 9,217 - - - - - - - |
2025 Total funds £ - - 24,213 - 5,400 - - 1,000 21,500 20,000 997 1,972 8,200 1,100 30,000 14,046 128,428 Balance c/f £ - 73 - 1,361 - - - 218 4,949 - - 1,888 490 4,194 6,196 2,596 2,446 493 23,751 2,000 - 50,655 |
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Notes to the accounts continued for the year ended 31 March 2026
3 Restricted funds
Fund name
Purpose of restriction
Albert Hunt Towards the cost of producing a resource for prison staff Focus Foundation Towards the costs of the Addiction Workbook program. Rank Foundation Towards the cost of onward Hub set-up. Screwfix Foundation Towards the cost of onward Hub set-up. Co-op Foundation Towards the cost of 16-25s group running costs. The Brelms Trust Towards utilities costs. Garfield Weston 2 Towards programme expenses for the Pilot 360 project. Garfield Weston 2 Towards programme expenses for the Pilot 360 project. Foyle Foundation Towards the costs of the Virtual groups. OneStop Towards group expenses. NLCF Awards For All Towards volunteer development and management. Morrisons Foundation Towards sensory and garden equipment. Jimbos fund Towards the cost of face-to-face services Transformation Towards the cost of face-to-face services Womble Bond Towards set up, run and promote an LGBTQ+ group Leeds Community Fdn Towards providing support to LGBTQ+ people who self-harm DWF Foundation Towards covering costs for the postage of the Discovery Jourals to 10-17's Leeds Community Fdn Towards implementing new strategic plans, learning and ststainability Sykes Trust Towards the cost of face-to-face services The Tudor Trust Towards CEO wages
4 Related party transactions
Trustee expenses
No trustee received any expenses during this year or the previous year.
Trustee expenses
No trustee received any expenses during this year or the previous year.
| Details of remuneration and benefits Jenny Groves Gross pay Social security Pensions |
2026 £ 30,000 1,394 900 32,294 |
2025 £ 39,538 2,157 1,186 42,881 |
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Reason for remuneration
The trustee was employed in the role of CEO
Legal authority for the payment
The legal authority for the payment is via a provision within the charity's governing document.
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