WYKE COMMUNITY AND CHILDRENS CENTRE

Registered charity 1155591 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity provide a community nursery, including Nursery Education Funded places for 2 year old and 3.- 4 year old children. They also provide out of school childcare both during school term and holiday times.The charity provides services to elderly people, in the form of meals and activities which support social inclusion, health and well being.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BELOW STATUTORY SCHOOL AGE AND TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, RELIEVE POVERTY, SICKNESS, AND DISTRESS, AND PROVIDE LEISURE TIME FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR FAMILIES IN WYKE, BRADFORD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT OF THE ELDERLY RESIDENTS OF WYKE, BRADFORD AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated on a financially sustainable basis with a net income surplus of £127,108 for the year. Unrestricted reserves stood at £286,480, which the trustees note is below their desired target of £400,000 due to continued investment in services and staffing. The charity holds sufficient cash and unrestricted funds to support its continued operations without material uncertainty.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06484333

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.

• KEENAN, Lauren Claire — director, appointed 03/12/2025on trustee list
• BUCKLEY, Hayley — director, appointed 20/03/2025on trustee list
• RICHARDSON, Amanda Jane — director, appointed 04/11/2024on trustee list
• HINCHCLIFFE, Andrew Philip, Mr. — director, appointed 16/07/2020on trustee list
• FARKAS, Sharon — director, appointed 28/02/2020on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~4.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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: 7.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW PHILIP HINCHCLIFFEchair
• Amanda Richardson
• Hayley Buckley
• Lauren Keenan
• Sharon Farkas

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

Operates in: Bradford City

Income and spending

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