BAILDON COMMUNITY LINK

Registered charity 1134980 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Baildon Link will identify the collective and individual needs of the members of the community, explore potential responses to those needs, decide on the most appropriate responses by taking or facilitating action to meet those needs.

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF BAILDON IN WEST YORKSHIRE (BY WHICH PLACE NAME IS INCLUDED BOTH THE BAILDON WARD OF THE CITY OF BRADFORD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT AND THE AREA OF BAILDON PARISH COUNCIL) AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.

Area of benefit: BAILDON IN WEST YORKSHIRE

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

Causes: Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £5,728 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds increasing to £91,499. The trustees report that free reserves of £83,104 meet the stated policy target of holding a running costs reserve for approximately six months. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03387537

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.

• HIGGINS, Sandra — director, appointed 28/08/2026on trustee list
• COLES, Claire Ruth — director, appointed 11/03/2026on trustee list
• STEFFEN, Torge — director, appointed 11/03/2026on trustee list

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Claire Ruth Coleschair
• Sandra Higgins
• Torge Steffen

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

Operates in: Bradford City

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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