Registered charity (CIO) · Leeds
Catch Leeds
- 9 trustees
- Income £398k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Ian ShortChair · since 2020
- Jean ClennellTrustee · since 2020
- Jennifer Louise HamiltonTrustee · since 2020
- Joanne BuckTrustee · since 2020
- Rebekah Elizabeth BesfordTrustee · since 2013
- Rob BumbyTrustee · since 2015
- Rod BarnesTrustee · since 2020
- Suzanne HallamTrustee · since 2015
- Thomas Martin BallTrustee · since 2013
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Leeds City
- Website
- www.catchleeds.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2013
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£398k£321k
- 2024£228k£254k
- 2023£389k£291k
Earlier years
- 2022£528k£388k
- 2020£247k£215k
Income trend, 2020 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 24%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:(1) TO ADVANCE IN LIFE, RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 25 FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN LEEDS THROUGH:(A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; AND BY(B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.(2) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY WORKING WITH PEOPLE IN LEEDS WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, AGE OR GENDER AND TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PEOPLE AND ASSIST THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. (3) TO PROMOTE THE PREVENTION OF CRIME AND PUBLIC SAFETY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN LEEDS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE POLICE AND RELEVANT STATUTORY AUTHORITIES IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO SUPPORTING MEASURES, PROGRAMMES AND PROJECTS THAT PREVENT AND PROTECT PEOPLE AND PROPERTY FROM CRIMINAL ACTS AND ANTI SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR WITH THE AIM OF BUILDING BRIDGES BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THE POLICE.
Grants received
34 grants · £395,838 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Leeds Community Foundation · £249,778 (22 grants)
- Pears Foundation · £70,000 (3 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £50,000 (2 grants)
- Sport England · £13,400
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £4,810
Most recent
Board analysis
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Ian Short Chair since 2020
- Jean Clennell since 2020
- Jennifer Louise Hamilton since 2020
- Joanne Buck since 2020
- Rebekah Elizabeth Besford since 2013
- Rob Bumby since 2015
- Rod Barnes since 2020
- Suzanne Hallam since 2015
- Thomas Martin Ball since 2013
Trustees past 6 years
- Ian Short Chair since 2020
- Jean Clennell since 2020
- Jennifer Louise Hamilton since 2020
- Joanne Buck since 2020
- Rebekah Elizabeth Besford since 2013
- Rob Bumby since 2015
- Rod Barnes since 2020
- Suzanne Hallam since 2015
- Thomas Martin Ball since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Ian Short Chair since 2020
- Jean Clennell since 2020
- Jennifer Louise Hamilton since 2020
- Joanne Buck since 2020
- Rebekah Elizabeth Besford since 2013
- Rob Bumby since 2015
- Rod Barnes since 2020
- Suzanne Hallam since 2015
- Thomas Martin Ball since 2013
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1154044
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION CONVERSIONCONVERSION 08 APR 2021
- Contact on the register
- 0113 235 0614 · CATCH@arkleeds.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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