ST OSWALD'S WEST END CENTRE

Registered charity 1150070 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE WEST END CENTRE

To improving the lives of individuals by providing groups and opportunities aimed at:-Reducing social isolation / stigmatisation.Promoting friendship, social networks, and independent lives.Improving social, physical and mental well being.Offering learning opportunities to enhance employability and the chance to improve thier economic well being.Increasing community involvement.

Objects

1) TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY OF LITTLE HORTON AND THE CITY OF BRADFORD IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.2) TO BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECTS OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.3) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLAUSE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING A MEMBER OF A SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITY.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£136k
Latest spending
£122k
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £14,047 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted and restricted funds carried forward amounting to £111,902. The trustees confirmed that the charity is in a good financial and operational place and are satisfied there are no material uncertainties regarding its 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

Reserves policy: between 3 months and 12 months budgeted expenditure (held: £67k)
“the trustees have agreed to retain target reserves of between 3 months and 12 months budgeted expenditure. Based on budgeted 2025 expenditure this equates to a reserves target of between £35,000 and £140,000.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bradford City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£136k£122k
31/12/2024£132k£117k
31/12/2023£117k£123k
31/12/2022£115k£96k
31/12/2021£110k£105k

Common questions

Is ST OSWALD'S WEST END CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £14,047 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted and restricted funds carried forward amounting to £111,902. The trustees confirmed that the charity is in a good financial and operational place and are satisfied there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund14/05/2026£10kWest End Centre Wellbeing Mondays
Sport England30/07/2024£6kMoving forward together project
The National Lottery Community Fund21/03/2024£319kThe Opening Doors for the Community Project
The National Lottery Community Fund25/01/2021£313kOpening Doors for the Community
The National Lottery Community Fund24/03/2017£305kThe Open Door Community Project