Play Bradford

Analysis

Play Bradford is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bradford. It was registered in February 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and amateur sport, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05845461). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Play Bradford reported income of £349k and spending of £358k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £298k to £349k (+17%), an average of +4.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Play Bradford sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Craghead Development Trust Limited (£349k), The Children, Young People and Families' Consortium (£349k) and Jubilee Foodbank Market Harborough (£349k).

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.