Third Sector Leaders Kirklees

Analysis

Third Sector Leaders Kirklees is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Huddersfield. It was registered in July 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Third Sector Leaders Kirklees reported income of £2.1m and spending of £2.0m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.2m to £2.1m (+72%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Third Sector Leaders Kirklees sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Groundswell Network Support UK (£2.1m), King's Arms Trust (Bedford) (£2.1m) and Coventry Haven (£2.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 99%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £134k. Reserves of £244k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 19 people.