Volition - Leeds

Registered charity 1092126 Registered since 2002

Operates: Leeds City

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

8 trustees on the board

Ruth Amanda Kettle Chair since 2015
Graham Nicholas Hyde since 2025
James Hill since 2020
Mark Sidney Law since 2023
Parmjit Kaur Bhupal since 2021
Rob Wilson since 2023
Sharon Ann Marie Brown since 2025
Stephen Michael Hoey since 2023

4.1y median 3y

average tenure

11y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Ruth Amanda Kettle Chair since 2015
James Hill since 2020

10.3y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Ruth Amanda Kettle Chair since 2015
Graham Nicholas Hyde since 2025
James Hill since 2020
Mark Sidney Law since 2023
Parmjit Kaur Bhupal since 2021
Rob Wilson since 2023
Sharon Ann Marie Brown since 2025
Stephen Michael Hoey since 2023

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 8The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 8

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 12Arts and leisure 1Construction 1

Gaps to watch

Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£909k latest income

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

4.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 2.3 in 2021

16 from 9 in 2021

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

95%

Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

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Broome Family Charitable Trust Similar size; both Disability
Signpost for Carers Similar size; both Disability
Action for A-T Similar size; both Disability

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.forumcentral.org.uk
Email	hello@forumcentral.org.uk
Phone	01132421321
Address	E1 Joseph's Well, Hanover Walk, Westgate, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS3 1AB

Finances

£909,393 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£1,386,051	£967,167
2022	£1,070,371	£804,122
2023	£1,306,567	£1,204,290
2024	£807,642	£1,081,600
2025	£909,393	£849,997

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisability

Who

People With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

For the public benefit to promote the preservation of mental and physical health, the relief of persons suffering from mental health illness or from physical and sensory impairments and the relief of those with learning disabilities, in Leeds and the surrounding area ("the area of benefit") and to raise public awareness of such needs.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 3 AUGUST 2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 22 JAN 2018 as amended on 22 Aug 2019

Trustees (8)

8trustees

53median age

0aged 70+

Ruth Amanda Kettleage band 55-59 Chair since 2015
Graham Nicholas Hydeage band 50-54 since 2025
James Hillage band 50-54 since 2020
Mark Sidney Lawage band 60-64 since 2023
Parmjit Kaur Bhupalage band 40-44 since 2021
Rob Wilsonage band 50-54 since 2023
Sharon Ann Marie Brownage band 55-59 since 2025
Stephen Michael Hoeyage band 50-54 since 2023

Linked company (Companies House)

Volition - Leeds · 04046674 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 03/08/2000

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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