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.

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

Latest income
£590k
Latest spending
£536k
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2025

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

Related-party transaction: Landlord and trustee appointment right
“The Bradford Diocesan Board of Finance (Trustees of the North Wing Trust), as landlords of the property, are entitled to appoint a representative to the Board of the company.” — page 16
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 (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)

Total income
£590k
Total spending
£536k
Reserves (reported)
£631k
Employees
21

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

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

Operates in: Bradford City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£590k£536k
31/03/2024£441k£560k
31/03/2023£411k£534k
31/03/2022£413k£520k
31/03/2021£521k£509k

Common questions

Is OTLEY ROAD AND UNDERCLIFFE COMMUNITY WORKS financially healthy?

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. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds OTLEY ROAD AND UNDERCLIFFE COMMUNITY WORKS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name OTLEY ROAD AND UNDERCLIFFE COMMUNITY WORKS as a grant recipient include LOCAL TRUST, THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION, TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
LOCAL TRUSTFY2023£41kBig Local area: Somers Town
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATIONFY2025£10k
TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2023£10kNo Poverty
TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2024£5kZero Hunger
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATIONFY2026£5k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund23/12/2025£20kEnvironment Matters
UK government28/09/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund23/01/2020£890Summer Celebration
UK government01/04/2019£17kBuilding Connections Fund
UK government02/01/2019£17kBuilding Connections Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund26/11/2018£42kNani Ji
The National Lottery Community Fund20/09/2005£50kDevelopment of old school as a community resource.