Community Action Bradford & District Ltd.

Analysis

Community Action Bradford & District Ltd. is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bingley. It was registered in January 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04283003). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Community Action Bradford & District Ltd. reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.4m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.2m to £1.4m (+16%), an average of +3.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Community Action Bradford & District Ltd. sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Quaker Social Action (£1.4m), The Bassetlaw Citizens Advice Bureau (£1.4m) and Bikur Cholim and Gemiluth Chesed Trust (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 43%, trading 36%, charitable activities 19% and investments 1.5%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £2,650. Charitable activities took 73% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.6m would cover about 13 months of spending at that rate. It employed 24 people.