Leeds Benevolent Society for Single Ladies
At a glance
Key takeaways
- The Society's work fits best if your project serves elderly single ladies of pensionable age living in the Leeds District postcode, or if you are a charity, university or research organisation involved with the healthcare and wellbeing of the elderly and based there.
- The annual report gives no grant range, so keep any request proportionate to annual giving of £170,000 and describe a specific project.
- No way to apply was published, and the Ladies Committee seeks out and investigates projects that fit its objectives, so a short enquiry describing your project is the sensible first step, and the route in appears to be an introduction rather than an open application.
- Nothing published gives a timing or measure of competition, so do not assume a deadline or fixed round.
- Organisations based outside the Leeds District postcode, institutions other than charities, universities and research organisations in the listed categories, and requests for purposes the government has a statutory responsibility to provide should not apply.
Overview
Leeds Benevolent Society for Single Ladies is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1155794).
Leeds Benevolent Society for Single Ladies is a registered charity in England and Wales that exists to help elderly single ladies in need, including through regular payments and grants in cases of extreme necessity. It also funds social activities to alleviate loneliness and isolation, female geriatric health research, and support for organisations whose objects relate to elderly ladies' health, safety, sickness and disability. According to the annual report, its annual giving is £170,000, and it also made grants totalling £32,669 to single ladies in the Leeds district.
What they fund
Profile based on the charity's Charity Commission register entry and annual report (year to 31 December 2025) only: no website or other web source for the charity was found. Every statement is checked against them. Sources read on 30 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The Society provides financial and general help to elderly single ladies of pensionable age who reside within the Leeds District postcode, including regular payments and grants in cases of extreme necessity. It funds social activities intended to alleviate loneliness and isolation, and female geriatric health research. It also considers support for charities, universities and research organisations involved with the healthcare and wellbeing of the elderly and based in the Leeds District postcode. Its wider purposes include supporting charities, not-for-profit organisations and social enterprises whose objects cover the protection, promotion and maintenance of elderly ladies’ health and safety, or the relief of sickness and disability affecting them. The Ladies Committee seeks out and investigates projects that fit within the Society’s objectives.
Themes
- Financial help for single ladies
- Loneliness and isolation
- Female geriatric health research
- Elderly healthcare and wellbeing
- Elderly women’s health and safety
- Sickness and disability relief
Geographic Focus
Leeds District postcode.
What they don't fund
- Grants that do not relate to the needs of elderly single ladies of pensionable age who reside within the Leeds District postcode
- The trustees will not usually approve the use of the charity’s funds for purposes the government has a statutory responsibility to provide
- Institutions other than charities, universities and research organisations involved with the healthcare and wellbeing of the elderly
- Institutions not based in the Leeds District postcode
How to apply
No way to apply was found in the charity's annual report or its register entry.
Who can apply:
- The trustees will consider grants to institutions which are charities, universities and research organisations involved with the healthcare and wellbeing of the elderly and are based in the Leeds District postcode.
Application success factors
What the charity says:
- The Ladies Committee seeks out and investigates particular projects that fit within the CIO’s objectives.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
Similar funders
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Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 December 2021 | £132,385 | £160,505 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2021 |
| year to 31 December 2022 | £129,029 | £231,139 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2022 |
| year to 31 December 2023 | £134,952 | £204,896 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2023 |
| year to 31 December 2024 | £135,298 | £245,126 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2024 |
| year to 31 December 2025 | £98,256 | £248,102 | £170,000 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2025 |
- Grants paid, year to 31 December 2025: the accounts do not say whether this is grants awarded or paid.
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
- Annual report (year to 31 December 2025)
This profile rests on the charity’s filed accounts and register entry only, so check with the funder directly before applying.
Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.
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Contact
- Charity Commission register entryContact details as held by the Charity Commission