FOUNTAINS CHURCH BRADFORD

Registered charity 1183423 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FOUNTAINS CHURCH

To advance the Christian faith within Bradford by providing a space for prayer and worship, open daily and to take its mission out to the surrounding areas. To engage with and aim to help those on the margins of society in recovery from addiction and prevention and reduction of need. To be a home to one or more social enterprises, bringing people in for activity that encourages meeting and sharing

Objects

3.1 THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC ARE:3.1.1 TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH WITHIN THE CITY OF BRADFORD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT IN THE DIOCESE OF LEEDS AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINES, POLICIES, PRACTICES AND PATTERNS OF WORSHIP OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND BY FURTHERING ITS PASTORAL, EVANGELISTIC, SOCIAL AND ECUMENICAL ACTIVITIES; AND3.1.2 THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN THE CITY OF BRADFORD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT BY PROVIDING ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a small £4k deficit and unrestricted reserves of £121,426, which the trustees note equates to approximately three months of non-SDF funded costs. While the trustees acknowledge challenges regarding reduced balances and liquidity as grant funding tapers, they report reasonable stability and no material uncertainties about continuing as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~5.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (67% 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: 1.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (05/05/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• THE RT REVD DR TOBY MATTHEW HOWARTHchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Hendrika Jolley
• Gareth John Medd
• Laurence Crummay
• Matthew Kehinde
• Megan Emily McCallum
• Rev Chris Enwerem
• Rev Leah Leighton
• Rev Linda Maslen
• Rev Sharon Bavington
• Shelby Pocock
• TERRY HENRY
• The Venerable Dr Andrew John Jolley · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Bradford City

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AVENUE ST ANDREW'S SOUTHAMPTON UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY.

• AVENUE ST ANDREW'S SOUTHAMPTON UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY income £111k
• THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD (RCCG) CHAPEL OF HIS GLORY BRADFORD income £377k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH DORE income £403k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, TUNBRIDGE WELLS income £802k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF FAWKHAM AND HARTLEY income £105k
• THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD LIVING FAITH SUNDERLAND income £107k

Side by side with its peers

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