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Registered charity (CIO) · Leeds

Leeds Older People's Forum

3.1 The relief of older people in the Metropolitan District of Leeds and West Yorkshire (the area ofbenefit) and in particular the relief of poverty and the promotion of good healthof older people, primarily, but not exclusively, by associating...

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £2.3m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Bradford City, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds City
Website
www.opforum.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2020

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£2.3m£2.5m
  • 2024£2.7m£2.5m
  • 2023£2.3m£2.1m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.3m£1.2m
  • 2021£0£0

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 10% · Government grants 73%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

3.1 The relief of older people in the Metropolitan District of Leeds and West Yorkshire (the area ofbenefit) and in particular the relief of poverty and the promotion of good healthof older people, primarily, but not exclusively, by associating voluntary,statutory and other agencies and individuals in a support network.3.2 The advancement of the education of older people in the area of benefit inparticular in relation to financial, health, housing, social and welfareentitlements.3.3 The advancement of the education of the public, and promotion of researchconcerning the needs of older people in relation to the provision of communitycare, and the publication of the useful results of such research.3.4 The promotion of the benefit of older people in the area of benefit withoutdistinction of sex or political, religious or other opinion, by associating thestatutory authorities, voluntary organisations and individuals in a commoneffort to provide educational, cultural, social welfare, recreational and leisure-time facilities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for older people.

Grants received

7 grants · £874,872 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

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £499,869
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £113,433
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £103,817
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £89,392
  • Road Safety Trust · £49,371

Most recent

  • Vivensa Foundation £14,9902024-09-04
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £499,8692024-01-25
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £103,8172024-01-25
  • Road Safety Trust £49,3712023-06-08
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £113,4332022-11-07
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.

12 trustees on the board

4.2y median 5.5y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (4)

5
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 12The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 11General Charitable Purposes 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Education/training 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

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

Arts and leisure 3Education 3Professional services 3

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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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£2.3m 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.

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

16 from 10 in 2022
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.
83%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1191030
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 26 Aug 2020 as amended on 15 Oct 2025
Contact on the register
01132441697 · info@opforum.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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