Hive Bradford

Analysis

Hive Bradford is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shipley. It was registered in November 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, arts/culture/heritage/science and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04720047). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hive Bradford reported income of £159k and spending of £162k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £318k to £159k (-50%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Hive Bradford sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Scarborough and Ryedale Mountain Rescue Team (£159k), Nkuringo Education and Community Support (£159k) and Muhammad Bilal Welfare Foundation (£159k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.