ANCHOR PROJECT

Registered charity 1169265 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as The Anchor Project

To develop the capacity and skills of the members of the socially and economically disadvantaged community of Bradford BD3. To promote equality and diversity for the public benefit by promoting activities to foster understanding between people from diverse backgrounds in BD3. To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people from becoming socially excluded in BD3.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£80k
Latest spending
£113k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved net receipts of £92,798 for the year, resulting in total fund balances of £148,311. Per the trustees' report, free reserves were £54,530, which is slightly below the stated policy target range of £56,400 to £78,900. The charity is dependent on grants to meet the great majority of its costs.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months of total budgeted expenditure (held: £55k)
“It will aim to maintain unrestricted cash balances equivalent to a minimum of 3 months, and a maximum of 6 months, of total budgeted expenditure. Based on budgeted redundancy costs and 2025 expenditure this equates to a reserves target of between £56,400 and £78,900.” — page 5
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Anchor Project (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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£80k£113k
31/12/2024£186k£93k
31/12/2023£72k£66k
31/12/2022£59k£61k
31/12/2021£72k£66k

Common questions

Is ANCHOR PROJECT financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved net receipts of £92,798 for the year, resulting in total fund balances of £148,311. Per the trustees' report, free reserves were £54,530, which is slightly below the stated policy target range of £56,400 to £78,900. The charity is dependent on grants to meet the great majority of its costs. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds ANCHOR PROJECT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ANCHOR PROJECT as a grant recipient include BRIGHOUSE WEST YORKSHIRE AREA QUAKER MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAIN.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
BRIGHOUSE WEST YORKSHIRE AREA QUAKER MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAINFY2023£400Donations to non-Quaker bodies
BRIGHOUSE WEST YORKSHIRE AREA QUAKER MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAINFY2024£30Donations to non-Quaker bodies: Anchor Project

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery29/10/2024£20kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund08/02/2019£93kThe Anchor Project

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 BETTER COMMUNITIES BRADFORD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ANCHOR PROJECT£80k—0unclear—no doubt
BETTER COMMUNITIES BRADFORD FY2025£435k—0unclear—no doubt
BRADFORD GUILD OF HELP FY2025£76k—0below—noted
RESPONSE COMMUNITY PROJECTS (EARLS COURT) LIMITED FY2025£112k—0unclear—no doubt
ANAH PROJECT LTD FY2025£544k—0unclear—no doubt
BEAP FY2025£445k—0above—no doubt

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