THE PARENTS FORUM FOR BRADFORD AND AIREDALE

Registered charity 1149878 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PFBA

Support families of children and young people with disabilities and/or additional needs by giving them a voice within the community and local authority.Provide information and support to parent/carers around health, social care and education.Hold events for parent/carers, services and local support groups on important local and national issues.Represent members on strategic service groups.

Objects

TO PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG DISABLED CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS AND CARERS WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF IT, AS A RESULT OF THEIR DISABILITY, IN THE BRADFORD DISTRICT AND SURROUNDING AREAS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY,A) PROVIDING FORUMS, WORKSHOPS, ADVOCACY AND GENERAL SUPPORTB) RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF ISSUES AFFECTING DISABLED CHILDREN AND THIER PARENTS AND CARERS.

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 · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £3,026 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted reserves at £nil. The trustees note that funding remains a worry due to reductions from the Local Authority and NHS, indicating a reliance on external grants for sustainability.

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 5 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• PFBA — “PFBA is proud to be funded by” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID MICHAEL FIRTHchair
• Abdul-Jabbar Ali
• Anne Irondet
• Carol Ann Beardmore
• Darcy Midgley
• Fiona Cooper
• Gemma Muff
• Naomi Dennison
• Richard Leak
• Saira Bano

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).