Kirkgate Community Centre

Registered charity 1124408 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE KIRKGATE CENTRE

The Kirkgate Centre is a Community centre based in Shipley, West Yorkshire. Our main activities include providing a meeting place, resources and support to community groups, voluntary organisations and other groups working with the community. We develop new activities and services for community benifit. We also provide additional services for older people including social day care.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£132k
Latest spending
£177k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £44,793 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net assets of £211,414. The trustees maintain a reserves policy targeting between £80,000 and £92,860, with actual free reserves excluding fixed assets standing at £173,665, which is above the stated policy target. The filing confirms no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Trustee expenses
“During the year no trustees were paid (previous year: 1 trustees and £20 in respect of travel). Trustee remuneration and benefits No trustee received any remuneration or benefit during this or the previous year.” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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
31/03/2025£132k£177k
31/03/2024£116k£121k
31/03/2023£165k£185k
31/03/2022£174k£143k
31/03/2021£176k£116k

Common questions

Is Kirkgate Community Centre financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £44,793 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net assets of £211,414. The trustees maintain a reserves policy targeting between £80,000 and £92,860, with actual free reserves excluding fixed assets standing at £173,665, which is above the stated policy target. The filing confirms no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds Kirkgate Community Centre?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Kirkgate Community Centre as a grant recipient include THE VIRGIN MONEY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE VIRGIN MONEY FOUNDATIONFY2022£8k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund19/12/2019£212kChildren and Families Project
The National Lottery Community Fund02/11/2016£6kDabble, Do and Tinker
The National Lottery Community Fund11/09/2014£444kOlder and Bolder

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
THE BARTLETT FOUNDATION1£90k
THE NORTHERN POWERGRID FOUNDATION1£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KYFFIN PLACE COMMUNITY CENTRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Kirkgate Community Centre£132k—0unclear—no doubt
KYFFIN PLACE COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£358k—0unclear—no doubt
GATEWAY (YORK) CIO FY2025£419k—0unclear—no doubt
CARDIGAN CENTRE FY2025£197k—0unclear—no doubt
CITYGATE CHRISTIAN OUTREACH CENTRE FY2026£3.4m——unclear—no doubt
THE CLARKE FOLEY CENTRE FY2025£327kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt

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