Left Bank Leeds Charitable Trust

Analysis

Left Bank Leeds Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in April 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06805675). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Left Bank Leeds Charitable Trust reported income of £511k and spending of £520k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £255k to £511k (+100%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 140%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Left Bank Leeds Charitable Trust sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hospital of St Mary the Virgin (Rye Hill and Benwell) (£510k), Food for All (£511k) and NACCOM (No Accommodation Network) (£510k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 92% and donations and legacies 8.0%. Charitable activities took 2.5% of spending and raising funds 97%. It employed 18 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.