COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR CALDERDALE

Registered charity 1002722 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CALDERDALE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

Raising and distributing funds to support local community activity, through grant-making, and thereby improving the quality of life for the people of Calderdale

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Latest income
£2.8m
Latest spending
£2.7m
Registered
1991
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net decrease in total funds of £433,992 for the year ended 30 June 2025, primarily due to a £491,040 investment loss. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £255,962, which the Executive Committee considers adequate to cover specific designated items including IT upgrades, running costs, and a forecasted budget deficit. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting was appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Walter Dawson & Son. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Total income
£3.2m
Total spending
£2.7m
Cost of raising funds
£288k
Reserves (reported)
£256k
Employees
8

Reported reserves equal ~1.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 9.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Calderdale

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£2.8m£2.7m
30/06/2024£3.2m£3.3m
30/06/2023£3.2m£3.5m
30/06/2022£3.1m£2.6m
30/06/2021£1.6m£1.7m

Common questions

Is COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR CALDERDALE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net decrease in total funds of £433,992 for the year ended 30 June 2025, primarily due to a £491,040 investment loss. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £255,962, which the Executive Committee considers adequate to cover specific designated items including IT upgrades, running costs, and a forecasted budget deficit. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting was appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Walter Dawson & Son.

Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR CALDERDALE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR CALDERDALE as a grant recipient include THE CRUCIBLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE CRUCIBLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£50k
THE CRUCIBLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£27k
THE CRUCIBLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£20k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund18/06/2020£80kSupporting Yorkshire Communities

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRADFORD DISTRICT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR CALDERDALE£2.8m—0unclear—no doubt
BRADFORD DISTRICT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2025£618k—0unclear—no doubt
CALDERDALE AND HUDDERSFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITABLE FUNDS FY2025£345k—0unclear42.6%no doubt
ONE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025£1.5m—0unclear—no doubt
Community Foundation for Staffordshire and Shropshire FY2025£4.6m——unclear—no doubt
CALDECOTT FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025£11.5m——below—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.