Leeds Jewish Welfare Board

Analysis

Leeds Jewish Welfare Board is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Yorkshire. It was registered in October 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and recreation, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02923217). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Leeds Jewish Welfare Board reported income of £3.7m and spending of £4.3m, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £4.1m to £3.7m (-10%), an average of -2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 963%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Leeds Jewish Welfare Board sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Fortune Centre of Riding Therapy (£3.7m), Hull and East Riding Citizens Advice Bureau Ltd (£3.7m) and English Touring Opera Limited (£3.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 70%, donations and legacies 24%, investments 3.2% and trading 1.9%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £142k. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 3.6%. Grants to other organisations totalled £135k. Reserves of £2.9m would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 86 people.