BURLEY IN WHARFEDALE COMMUNITY TRUST

Registered charity 1098871 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BURLEY-IN-WHAREFDALE COMMUNITY TRUST, BWCT

BWCT raises funds for projects, services, facilities & schemes which benefit the community of Burley in Wharfedale & Burley Woodhead. We coordinate/run: Xmas Lights, Street & Craft Markets, Duck Race, Teas in the Park, Wharfedale Wombles Litter Picking, Burley Summer Festival, and maintain Scalebor Pavilion & Playing Fields, Cornmill Pond, Fountain of Life, Pudding Tree, and Jubilee Gardens.

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Latest income
£126k
Latest spending
£51k
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total reserves stood at £281,411 at year-end, with £120,952 available for general purposes. The charity reports a successful year with 877 members and notes significant future funding commitments, including a £50,000 pledge for a pump track project.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“In addition to subscriptions and donations from members and the income from the former BET investments we have received extra income from Burley Parish Council, Shipley Community Chest, Burley Trojans and Burley Cricket Club .” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bradford City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£126k£51k
30/09/2024£140k£52k
30/09/2023£49k£46k
30/09/2022£84k£37k
30/09/2021£47k£65k

Common questions

Is BURLEY IN WHARFEDALE COMMUNITY TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total reserves stood at £281,411 at year-end, with £120,952 available for general purposes. The charity reports a successful year with 877 members and notes significant future funding commitments, including a £50,000 pledge for a pump track project. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund13/12/2024£20kBurley in Wharfedale Pump & Balance Bike Tracks

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
TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION1£8k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WHARFEDALE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BURLEY IN WHARFEDALE COMMUNITY TRUST£126k—0unclear—no doubt
WHARFEDALE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£138k—0unclear—no doubt
BANGLADESH WELFARE ASSOCIATION FY2025£125k—0unclear—no doubt
ASIAN DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION OF BURY FY2025£285k—0unclear—no doubt
BAKEWELL TOWN & COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025£131k—0unclear—no doubt
WHITEHILL & BORDON COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025£183k—0unclear—no doubt

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