The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

Voluntary Action - Leeds

Registered charity 225863 Registered since 1964

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.

7 trustees on the board

5.6y median 4y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

7
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 7Environment/conservation/heritage 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.

Health and social care 10Business services 4Professional services 3

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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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£3.0m 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.

2.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 5.1 in 2021

26 from 24 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.

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.doinggoodleeds.org.uk
Emailinfo@val.org.uk
Phone01132977920
AddressVOLUNTARY ACTION, STRINGER HOUSE, 34 LUPTON STREET, LEEDS, LS10 2QW

Finances

£2,981,302 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,338,208£1,145,787
2022£1,424,659£1,373,161
2023£2,538,388£2,264,055
2024£2,543,506£2,851,766
2025£2,981,302£2,828,772

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE, ASSIST AND ENCOURAGE SOCIAL SERVICE AND ALL OR ANY PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE CITY OF LEEDS WHICH NOW ARE OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE AND IN PARTICULAR BY ASSISTING THE WORK OF STATUTORY AUTHORITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ENGAGED IN ADVANCING EDUCATION, THE FURTHERING OF HEALTH, RELIEVING POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS OR IN PURSUING ANY OBJECT WHICH NOW OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 27 SEP 1955 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 24 JUNE 1974 AND CERT. OF INC (CHANGE OF NAME) 4 JULY 1988 AND SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 10 AUG 1994, 11 NOV 1999 AND 19 NOV 2009.

Trustees (7)

7trustees
54median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Voluntary Action - Leeds · 00555150 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 27/09/1955

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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