BRADFORD NORTH FOODBANK

Registered charity 1160060 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Relieve persons in the North of Bradford and the surrounding area that are in financial hardship in such ways as the trustees from time-to-time think fit, in particular, but not exclusively by:providing emergency food, essential toiletries, and household items to individuals and families in need and / or for distribution by charities or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty

Objects

TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN THE NORTH OF BRADFORD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THAT ARE IN FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME-TO-TIME THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(1) PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD, ESSENTIAL TOILETRIES, AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED AND / OR FOR DISTRIBUTION BY CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY(2) SUCH OTHER MEANS, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT OR SIGNPOSTING TO RELEVANT INFORMATION AND OTHER ADVISORY SERVICES.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORIZE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE.

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£186k
Latest spending
£208k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £21,138 for the year, with total expenses of £207,521 against income of £186,383. Unrestricted reserves stood at £89,332, while the trustees anticipate a larger deficit of £92k for the upcoming budget year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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: 130

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

  • Volunteers: 122
  • Government income: £33,428 — grants £33,428 (2); 19% of the £175,606 total gross income on the same return

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

  • Volunteers: 70

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bradford City · Leeds City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£186k£208k
31/03/2024£176k£179k
31/03/2023£158k£130k
31/03/2022£122k£61k
31/03/2021£127k£51k

Common questions

Is BRADFORD NORTH FOODBANK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £21,138 for the year, with total expenses of £207,521 against income of £186,383. Unrestricted reserves stood at £89,332, while the trustees anticipate a larger deficit of £92k for the upcoming budget year.

Who funds BRADFORD NORTH FOODBANK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BRADFORD NORTH FOODBANK as a grant recipient include The Keith Howard Foundation, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, SHIPLEY.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
The Keith Howard FoundationFY2023Unverified read£85k
The Keith Howard FoundationFY2022£10kEmergency
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, SHIPLEYFY2024£94Home missions and other church societies
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, SHIPLEYFY2025£94Home missions and other church societies

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

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 BEDFORD FOODBANK.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BRADFORD NORTH FOODBANK£186k—0unclear—no doubt
BEDFORD FOODBANK FY2025£623k—0above—no doubt
BRIDPORT FOOD BANK FY2025£77k—0above—no doubt
MID NORFOLK FOODBANK FY2025£44k—0unclear—no doubt
BRADFORD METROPOLITAN FOOD BANK FY2025£322k——above—no doubt
TRAFFORD SOUTH FOODBANK FY2025£132k—0unclear—no doubt

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