THE BRADFORD FOUNDATION TRUST

Registered charity 1187065 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Bradford Foundation Trust is a civil society organisation actively engaged in community empowerment. We work with vulnerable people to support them make life improving decisions and with partners across the city that are eager to improve life chances for all. We specialise in making transformational grants to individuals and capacity building.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED IN BRADFORD AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL HEALTH, DISABILITY, OR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY COORDINATING AND DEVELOPING SERVICES SUCH AS, THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION, CLOTHING, FOOD FINANCE AND SUCH OTHER SERVICES FOR THOSE IN NEED AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reports total incoming resources of £501,860 against total expenditure of £374,492, resulting in a net surplus for the year. The trustees state that reserves remain low and are actively working towards building a target of six months' operational reserves. Despite competition for resources, the trustees express confidence in the charity's viability and ability to raise further funds.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2023 (received 07/04/2025, 158 days after the 31/10/2024 due date); year ending 31/12/2022 (received 09/02/2024, 101 days after the 31/10/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Wali Wardak
• KHURRAM SIDDIQUE BAIG · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sarah Khan Bashir
• Shadim Hussain
• Sofia Mahmood

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

Operates in: Bradford City

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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• VOLUNTEERING BRADFORD income £117k
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