Eternal Light Secondary School

Analysis

Eternal Light Secondary School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bradford. It was registered in September 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Eternal Light Secondary School reported income of £420k and spending of £382k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £1.1m to £420k (-60%), an average of -21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income dropped by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 55% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Eternal Light Secondary School 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 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Running Charity (£420k), Preston and District Citizens Advice Bureau (£420k) and Influence Church (£419k).