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BRADFORD CHRISTIAN SCHOOL

Registered charity 1027573 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

PRIVATE SCHOOL - FEE PAYING

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Latest income
£1.3m
Latest spending
£1.2m
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £127,705 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with unrestricted funds rising to £877,854. Per the trustees' report, this reserve level significantly exceeds the stated policy target of £75,000. The auditor confirmed an unqualified opinion with no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Fundraising cost ratio: 0.0% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“There were no employees whose annual remuneration was more than £60,000.” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £75,000 (held: £878k)
“The Trustees established several years ago a policy that the Charity should maintain £75,000 in unrestricted funds.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Payments to spouses of trustees for services
“Included within staff costs is £32,031 which was paid to the spouses of S Mackenzie and R Shackleton, trustees of the charity, for services provided to the school” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Payments to spouses of trustees
“Included within staff costs is £32,031 which was paid to the spouses of S Mackenzie and R Shackleton, trustees of the charity, for services provided to the school (2024 - £31,900). ” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Governance: The Charity did not meet the Charity Commission filing deadline of June 2026. The audit team notified the Charity Commission of the late filing.
“The Charity did not meet the Charity Commission filing deadline of June 2026. The audit team notified the Charity Commission of the late filing.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£1.3m
Total spending
£1.2m
Reserves (reported)
£878k
Employees
50

Reported reserves equal ~8.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below 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: Bradford City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£1.3m£1.2m
31/08/2024£1.2m£1.1m
31/08/2023£1.1m£1.0m
31/08/2022£995k£927k
31/08/2021£997k£901k

Common questions

Is BRADFORD CHRISTIAN SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £127,705 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with unrestricted funds rising to £877,854. Per the trustees' report, this reserve level significantly exceeds the stated policy target of £75,000. The auditor confirmed an unqualified opinion with no material uncertainties regarding going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services.

Who funds BRADFORD CHRISTIAN SCHOOL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BRADFORD CHRISTIAN SCHOOL as a grant recipient include BRADFORD GUILD OF HELP.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
BRADFORD GUILD OF HELPFY2021£20k
BRADFORD GUILD OF HELPFY2024£3k
BRADFORD GUILD OF HELPFY2022£100
BRADFORD GUILD OF HELPFY2022£0

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
The Keith Howard Foundation2£155k
THE PALOMA FOUNDATION1£300k
THE SHEARS FOUNDATION1£150k
UK CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS LTD1£66k
THE CROSS TRUST1£50k
THE HEALTH FOUNDATION1£38k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£3k
JOHN JACKSON CHARITABLE TRUST1£320

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LONDON CHRISTIAN SCHOOL LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BRADFORD CHRISTIAN SCHOOL£1.3m—0unclear0.0%no doubt
LONDON CHRISTIAN SCHOOL LTD FY2025£1.6m——unclear—no doubt
CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS LIMITED FY2024£4.5m£110,001 - £120,000—unclear—no doubt
CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP SCHOOL TRUST FY2025£1.2m—0above—no doubt
THE FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL OF KING CHARLES II AT BRADFORD FY2025£17.1m——above—no doubt
UK CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS LTD FY2024£1.0m—0unclear—no doubt

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