BRADFORD GUILD OF HELP

Registered charity 1059913 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRADFORD GUILD OF HELP AND DAISY BANK PLAYING FIELD

The objects of the charity are to promote any charitable purpose for the benefit of the community in the local government district of Bradford. In particular the advancement of education, the furtherance of health and the support of social activities. Having due regard to the guidance of public benefits, by the charity commission.

Objects

PROMOTION OF CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY GENERALLY

Area of benefit: GOVERNMENT DISTRICT OF BRADFORD

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves decreased to £7,067, a significant drop from £38,612 in the prior year, driven by a reduction in grant income from the Daisy Bank Playing Field Fund. The charity reports a net current account expense for the year and expresses hope that future grants will continue to enable it to meet its charitable objectives. Total funds increased slightly to £429,067 due to investment performance, but unrestricted reserves remain low relative to the previous year's levels.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• BERNARD HUGH STERN · trustee of 3 other charities
• Gordon Charles Nicholson · trustee of 1 other charity
• LAURENCE TORDOFF MANN · trustee of 1 other charity
• SIMON BLAKELEY · trustee of 2 other charities
• SIMON HENRI DENNIS · trustee of 3 other charities
• STEPHEN FLEMING

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

Operates in: Bradford City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BOLTON GUILD OF HELP.

• THE BOLTON GUILD OF HELP income £249k
• GUILD CARE income £27.5m
• ASHFIELD VOLUNTARY ACTION income £178k
• SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES income £176k
• SIMPLE REASON income £61k
• GRACE CHURCH BRIDGEND income £47k

Side by side with its peers

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