Bradford District Community Foundation

Analysis

Bradford District Community Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in September 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06852262). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bradford District Community Foundation reported income of £618k and spending of £703k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £280k to £618k (+121%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 3292%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Bradford District Community Foundation sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Pedal Power Project Ltd (£618k), Commission Apostolic Trust Ltd (£619k) and Iceni Ipswich (£618k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 84%, donations and legacies 14% and investments 1.9%. Charitable activities took 78% of spending and raising funds 22%. Grants to other organisations totalled £548k.