Bradford and District Community Empowerment Network

Analysis

Bradford and District Community Empowerment Network is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Yorkshire. It was registered in April 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bradford and District Community Empowerment Network reported income of £179k and spending of £229k, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £499k to £179k (-64%), an average of -23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Bradford and District Community Empowerment Network sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Blossom Charity (£179k), Shipton Bellinger Playgroup (£180k) and Redcar Development Trust (£179k).