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Registered charity · Leeds

Better Leeds Communities

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £756k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes
Where
Leeds City
Website
www.betterleeds.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Better Leeds Communities
Registered
1983

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£756k£790k
  • 2024£836k£813k
  • 2023£743k£750k
Earlier years
  • 2022£656k£600k
  • 2021£689k£649k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 38%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THAT PART OF THE CITY OF LEEDS KNOWN AS BURLEY, LEEDS AND NEIGHBOURHOOD (HEREINAFTER CALLED 'THE AREA OF BENEFIT') WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF RACE, SEX OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINION;(B) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AMONG THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT;(C) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT;(D) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT;(E) TO ASSOCIATE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND THE INHABITANTS IN COMMON EFFORT TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND TO FURTHER ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SAID INHABITANTS;(F) TO ACQUIRE, ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE OR TO CO-OPERATE WITH ANY LOCAL STATUTORY AUTHORITY OR ANY VOLUNTARY ORGANISATION IN THE MAINT-REGISTRATION DATE ENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE LATEST AMENDMENT COMPANY OR ITS MEMBERS.

Grants received

21 grants · £2,637,223 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

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.

6 trustees on the board

6.6y median 4y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

6
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 6

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 6Utilities 3Dormant 2

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£756k 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.

5.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 6.1 in 2021

21 from 27 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
514371
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 19/09/1983AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 29/10/2012
Companies House
Company number 01754257 · Active
Contact on the register
01132754142 · info@betterleeds.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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