OTLEY ROAD AND UNDERCLIFFE COMMUNITY WORKS

Registered charity 1109010 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COMMUNITY WORKS

Full day care Nursery, community support, health initiatives, jobs and benefits advice, support based on local need, groups and social activities for children and adults across the age range. Children's activities age 5-13. Adult learning to build capacity and skills for local people. This is supported by our creche provision. An elderly day care provision. Partnerships to maximise effectiveness.

Objects

3.1 THE PROMOTION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF URBAN OR RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION (AND IN PARTICULAR THE AREA OF BENEFIT) BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:3.1.1 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT;3.1.2 THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT;3.1.3 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING AND RETRAINING PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE;3.1.4 THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL COHESION BETWEEN MULTI ETHNIC, CULTURAL AND FAITH COMMUNITIES;3.1.5 THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OR BUSINESS ADVICE OR CONSULTANCY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN CASES OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE NEED THROUGH HELP:3.1.5.1 IN SETTING UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS, OR3.1.5.2 TO EXISTING BUSINESSES;3.1.6 THE CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF WORKSPACE, BUILDINGS AND/OR LAND FOR USE ON FAVOURABLE TERMS;3.1.7 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 ANY LOCAL AUTHORITIES OR OTHER BODIES OF A STATUTORY DUTY TO PROVIDE OR IMPROVE HOUSING;3.1.8 THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES;3.1.9 THE PRESERVATION OF BUILDINGS OR SITES OF HISTORIC OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE;3.1.10 THE PROVISION OR 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;3.1.11 THE PROTECTION OR CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT;3.1.12 THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES AND CHILDCARE;3.1.13 THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREVENTION OF CRIME; AND3.1.14 SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES.3.2 THE PROMOTION OF ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE THE BD3 POSTAL AREA AND ITS LOCAL COMMUNITY IN THE DISTRICT OF BRADFORD.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · 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 total income of £589,978 and incurred total costs of £535,525, resulting in a net deficit for the year. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves of £630,807 exceed the stated policy target range of £310,000 to £496,000, and they have deliberately set deficit budgets to reduce reserves to within this target range by 2027.

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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

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 31/03/2021 (received 03/02/2022, 3 days after the 31/01/2022 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 05262323

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.

• NASEER, Samia — director, appointed 01/08/2023on trustee list
• AFRIN, Shahnaz — director, appointed 01/08/2023on trustee list
• BEGUM, Nabila — director, appointed 16/11/2021on trustee list
• FAIRHURST, Rosemary Anne, Rev — director, appointed 12/03/2019on trustee list
• WHITE, Judith Laura — director, appointed 01/08/2018not on trustee list
• NORTH, Rhys James — director, appointed 18/11/2012on trustee list
• BHATIA, Vikrant — secretary, appointed 22/04/2026

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~14.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (50% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• RHYS NORTHchair
• Janet Naylor · trustee of 1 other charity
• Judy White
• Nabila Begum
• Raza Khan
• Rev Rosemary Anne Fairhurst
• Samia Naseer
• Shahnaz Afrin

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

Operates in: Bradford City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TYSOE CHILDRENS GROUP.

• TYSOE CHILDRENS GROUP income £452k
• OTTERY HELP SCHEME income £230k
• SCAITCLIFFE COMMUNITY CENTRE income £108k
• MIRFIELD COMMUNITY TRUST income £86k
• Caring for Communities and People income £13.0m
• OVINGHAM AND DISTRICT UNDER 5'S income £67k

Side by side with its peers

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