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Registered charity (CIO) · West Yorkshire

Purpose of Life

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £2.6m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Bangladesh, China, India and more
Website
www.POL.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2016

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£2.6m£2.1m
  • 2024£2.6m£2.4m
  • 2023£1.3m£1.3m
Earlier years
  • 2022£992k£1.0m
  • 2021£626k£608k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1. TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE OF ALL RACES AND BACKGROUNDS WHILST BEING PARTICULARLY SENSITIVE TO THE NEEDS OF ETHNIC MINORITY COMMUNITIES, THROUGH:(A) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS”(B) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;(C) ADVANCING EDUCATION(D) SUPPORTING CAUSES THAT DIRECTLY HELP, NURTURE OR DEVELOP YOUNG PEOPLE2. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE UK OR OVERSEAS3. THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN THE UK OR OVERSEAS BY PROVIDING GRANTS, ITEMS, SUPPORT AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY

Grants received

1 grant · £5,000 total

360Giving 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

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £5,000

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £5,0002020-08-13
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.

7 trustees on the board

6.3y median 5y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

0
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 7The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 7The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 7

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on 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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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£2.6m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

0
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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1165627
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - Foundation Registered 17 Feb 2016
Contact on the register
07810272029 · Saj@POL.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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