South Leeds Alternative Trading Enterprise Limited

Analysis

South Leeds Alternative Trading Enterprise Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in October 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06394383). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, South Leeds Alternative Trading Enterprise Limited reported income of £756k and spending of £780k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £721k to £756k (+4.8%), an average of +1.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, South Leeds Alternative Trading Enterprise Limited sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hertsmere Citizens Advice Bureau (£755k), The Wingate Special Childrens Trust (£757k) and Caritas Diocese of Shrewsbury (£755k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 87%, donations and legacies 9.0% and trading 4.4%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £574k would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate. It employed 21 people.