BRADFORD NIGHTSTOP

Registered charity 1159365 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

BRADFORD NIGHTSTOP PROVIDES EMERGENCY ACCOMMODATION ONE NIGHT AT A TIME FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 16-25

Objects

THE RELIEF OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY THE PROVISION OF TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION AND SUPPORT FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16 AND 25. IN THE FURTHERANCE OF THIS OBJECT THE STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS MAY BRING THE ISSUE OF HOMELESSNESS TO THE ATTENTION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ORDER TO HIGHLIGHT THE EXTENT OF THE PROBLEM, PARTICULARLY AMONGST YOUNG PEOPLE, AS WELL AS SEEKING TO PUBLICISE THE CONSEQUENCES OF HOMELESSNESS AND WHAT STEPS CAN BE TAKEN TO ALLEVIATE IT. BRADFORD NIGHTSTOP WILL OPERATE WITHIN THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT OF BRADFORD AND ITS NEIGHBOURING DISTRICTS.

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

Causes: Education/training · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£130k
Latest spending
£136k
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £6,697 for the year ended 31 March 2025, continuing a trend of losses since the lockdown period. Total incoming resources were £129,616 against charitable expenditure of £136,313. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves stood at £68,945, with an additional £50,000 designated for closure costs, and note recent successful grant funding providing confidence for future operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: In 2024 one Trustee received £225 for providing an Art workshop. There were no other related party transactions in the year that required disclosure.
“None of the trustees (or any persons connected with them) received any remuneration or benefits from the charity during the year (2024: none). In 2024 one Trustee received £225 for providing an Art workshop. There were no other related party transactions in the year that required disclosure.” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 59

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 48

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 51
  • Government income: £22,887 — grants £22,887 (2); 21% of the £109,884 total gross income on the same return
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Bradford Nightstop (matched by registered charity number).

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bradford City · Calderdale · Kirklees

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£130k£136k
31/03/2024£126k£141k
31/03/2023£110k£112k
31/03/2022£101k£118k
31/03/2021£131k£121k

Common questions

Is BRADFORD NIGHTSTOP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £6,697 for the year ended 31 March 2025, continuing a trend of losses since the lockdown period. Total incoming resources were £129,616 against charitable expenditure of £136,313. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves stood at £68,945, with an additional £50,000 designated for closure costs, and note recent successful grant funding providing confidence for future operations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BRADFORD NIGHTSTOP?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BRADFORD NIGHTSTOP as a grant recipient include THE HARRY & MARY FOUNDATION, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARGARET'S, ILKLEY.

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund09/11/2011£230kYouth Homelessness Prevention Project
The National Lottery Community Fund14/02/2007£87kBradford Nightstop

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with REDDITCH NIGHTSTOP.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BRADFORD NIGHTSTOP£130k—0above—no doubt
REDDITCH NIGHTSTOP FY2025£238k—0unclear—no doubt
GLOUCESTERSHIRE NIGHTSTOP FY2026£287k—0unclear—no doubt
BRIDPORT CHARITIES FY2025£92k—0unclear—no doubt
SUSSEX NIGHTSTOP PLUS LIMITED FY2025£194k—0above—no doubt
BEDFORDSHIRE CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED FY2025£372k—0unclear—no doubt

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