BRADFORD YOUTHBUILD TRUST LTD

Registered charity 1088227 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Bradford Youthbuild Trust provides opportunities to individuals, particularly young people, to improve their lives and their communities through construction, housing and environmental projects. From our purpose built training centre and through housing development and contract work we share our passion and skills to train and develop young people to gain access into the industry

Objects

TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, IN PARTICULAR FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 25, AND ADULTS, IN THE BRADFORD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT, WHICH SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES, IN TERMS OF PHYSICAL/ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL IMPROVEMENTS BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:(A) TO IMPROVE THE EMPLOYABILITY OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE BRADFORD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT IN PARTICULAR THE INNER CITY AREA AND DISTRICTS WITH THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT;(B) TO INITIALLY CONCENTRATE ON CONSTRUCTION RELATED PROJECTS, PROVIDING TRADE, TECHNICAL AND IT RELATED TRAINING;(C) TO MAXIMISE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRAINING YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH MAINSTREAM SOURCES AND LINKING THIS TO THE WIDER REGENERATION PROGRAMMES SUCH AS NEW DEAL FOR COMMUNITIES, SINGLE REGENERATION BUDGET AND THE HOUSING CORPORATION'S APPROVED DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME;(D) TO ENGAGE OTHER AGENCIES IN THE DELIVERY OF THESE PROJECTS TO MAXIMISE THE POTENTIAL BENEFIT TO YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY;(E) TO BUILD CONFIDENCE IN BOTH THE INDIVIDUALS TAKING PART AND THE BRADFORD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT;(F) TO DEVELOP YOUNG PEOPLE CAPABLE OF SETTING UP BUSINESS ENTERPRISES;(G) TO GIVE YOUNG PEOPLE ROLE MODELS OF THEIR OWN AGE;(H) TO ENSURE EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY;(I) TO RELIEVE POVERTY IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGH FIT;(J) THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, OR BUSINESS ADVICE OR THE PROVISION OF CONSULTANCY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNEMPLOYED YOUNG PEOPLE IN CASES OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE NEED THROUGH HELP:(I) IN SETTING UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS, OR(II) TO EXISTING BUSINESSES;(K) THE CREATION OF TRAINING OR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF WORKSPACE, BUILDINGS AND/OR LAND FOR USE ON FAVOURABLE TERMS;(L) THE PROVISION OF HOUSING FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF HOUSING IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR OR IN CHARITABLE OWNERSHIP PROVIDED THAT SUCH POWER SHALL NOT EXTEND TO RELIEVING LOCAL AUTHORITIES OR OTHER BODIES OF A STATUTORY DUTY TO PROVIDE OR IMPROVE HOUSING;(M) THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES;(N) ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE AND/OR THOSE WHO, BY REASONS OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY, OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES;(O) THE PROTECTION OR CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT;(P) THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE PREVENTION OF CRIME;(Q) TO IMPROVE THE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE OF SCHOOL AGE AND BEYOND ESPECIALLY IN RELATION TO PREPARING THEM FOR WORK;PROVIDED THAT IN FURTHERANCE OF ALL OR ANY OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS THE COMPANY SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO PROMOTE PROVIDE OR ASSIST ACTIVITIES ELSEWHERE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WHICH WILL PURSUE OBJECTS SIMILAR TO OR COMPATIBLE WITH THOSE OF THE COMPANY.

Area of benefit: BRADFORD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT OR ELSEWHERE IN THE UK

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

Causes: Education/training · Accommodation/housing · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

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 the charity generated a surplus on unrestricted funds of £43,571 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds increasing to £2,685,699. The Trustees report a reserves policy target of six months' operating costs, and the actual unrestricted reserves of £2,685,699 significantly exceed this threshold. The going concern basis is adopted with no material uncertainties identified.

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 4 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 19/04/2024, 79 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03944240

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• KIRAN, Aishah — director, appointed 12/07/2022on trustee list
• FRANK, Elizabeth — director, appointed 07/06/2021on trustee list
• CALVERT, Martin John — director, appointed 16/03/2018on trustee list
• REDFERN, Sally Elizabeth — director, appointed 16/02/2018on trustee list
• STOREY, Mark — director, appointed 25/08/2015on trustee list
• ROGERS, Jonathan Graham — director, appointed 24/02/2015on trustee list
• JENNINGS, William Gordon — director, appointed 10/03/2000not on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

19 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (18 freehold); recorded price paid £453k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Aishah Kiran
• Elizabeth Frank
• Jonathan Graham Rogers
• MR WILL JENNINGS
• Mark Storey · trustee of 2 other charities
• Martin John Calvert
• Sally Elizabeth Redfern

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 BUILD UP FOUNDATION.

• BUILD UP FOUNDATION income £366k
• THE BRADFORD FOUNDATION TRUST income £368k
• CITY OF BRADFORD YMCA income £867k
• CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRUST FOR YOUTH income £2.1m
• BROADFIELD YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE income £182k
• KIDDERMINSTER AND DISTRICT YOUTH TRUST income £314k

Side by side with its peers

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