Citizens Advice Bradford & Airedale and Bradford Law Centre

Analysis

Citizens Advice Bradford & Airedale and Bradford Law Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bradford. It was registered in February 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04578503). It says it provides human resources and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Citizens Advice Bradford & Airedale and Bradford Law Centre reported income of £2.5m and spending of £2.5m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.4m to £2.5m (+2.9%), an average of +0.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Citizens Advice Bradford & Airedale and Bradford Law Centre sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Greenbelt Festivals (£2.5m), The C3 Church (£2.5m) and Bradford Cyrenians Limited (£2.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.1m would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 49 people.