TRINITY MINISTRIES BRADFORD

Registered charity 1160708 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity exists to advance the Christian faith, this is achieved through the equipping of Christians, building the church and planning new initiatives at present in the area local to Bradford.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECT IS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS, TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

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

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£44k
Latest spending
£40k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £3,950 for the year ended 30th September 2025, reversing a deficit from the previous year. Reserves excluding fixed assets stood at 2.40 months of expenditure, which is below the trustees' stated target of 3-4 months. The trustees anticipate that giving will be maintained and increased as the church grows.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“Trinity Ministries Bradford held reserves at 30th September 2025, excluding fixed assets, that represented 2.40 months expenditure (2024 – 1.2 months), against a target level of 3-4 months expenditure.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Trustee Adrian Watts received a salary of £15,300.
“Mr Adrian Watts, a trustee, is employed as a full-time pastor under the authority to pay a trustee which is contained in the articles of association. During the year he was paid £15,300 (2024 £15,605)” — page 10
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.

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 30/09/2025

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2024

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2023

  • Volunteers: 20

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bradford City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£44k£40k
30/09/2024£35k£41k
30/09/2023£45k£42k
30/09/2022£39k£46k
30/09/2021£43k£39k

Common questions

Is TRINITY MINISTRIES BRADFORD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £3,950 for the year ended 30th September 2025, reversing a deficit from the previous year. Reserves excluding fixed assets stood at 2.40 months of expenditure, which is below the trustees' stated target of 3-4 months. The trustees anticipate that giving will be maintained and increased as the church grows. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
TRINITY MINISTRIES BRADFORD£44k—0below—no doubt
TRINITY MINISTRIES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£127k—0unclear—no doubt
TRINITY CHURCH FY2025£75k—0above—no doubt
THE TRINITY PARISH FY2025£128k—0unclear—no doubt
TRINITY CHURCH LOWER EARLEY FY2025£459k—0unclear—no doubt
TRECC MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL FY2025£30k—0below—no doubt

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