PUDSEY COMMUNITY PROJECT

Registered charity 1191152 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PCP

Pudsey Community Project exists to transform Pudsey and its surrounding areas (an area of 20,000 households) with and for the local community, especially for those who are most vulnerable and disadvantaged. We do that through operating Pudsey Foodbank, Pudsey Community Pantry, Reduce Reuse Kids' Clothes, a weekly lunch club and youth and children's provision several times each week.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PUDSEY AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS, THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF AGE, ILL HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL DISADVANTAGE BY THE PROVISION OF A RANGE OF SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SERVICES DELIVERED WITH A CHRISTIAN ETHOS.

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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£267k
Latest spending
£338k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £76,027 at the end of the year, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £67,000. The charity reported a net deficit of £55,054 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £219,505 to £164,451.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of running costs (approx. £67,000) (reserves figure: £76k)
“The Trustees have a reserves policy of ideally holding a minimum of three months of running costs (for 2024, this was approx. £67,000), aside from restricted funds.” — page 5
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Rent paid to Pudsey Parish Church
“During the year £6,000 (2023: £10,000) was paid to Pudsey Parish church in rent. There were no outstanding balances at the end of the year.” — page 34
“During the year the charity has received £2,000 (2023: £44,640) from Pudsey Parish Church (Charity number 1134156).” — page 34
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Income from Pudsey Parish Church
“During the year £6,000 (2023: £10,000) was paid to Pudsey Parish church in rent. There were no outstanding balances at the end of the year.” — page 34
“During the year the charity has received £2,000 (2023: £44,640) from Pudsey Parish Church (Charity number 1134156).” — page 34
Per its FY2024 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 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 180
  • Government income: £44,300 — grants £44,300 (1); 17% of the £267,030 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 205
  • Government income: £52,079 — grants £52,079 (1); 24% of the £219,041 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 105
  • Government income: £7,668 — grants £7,668 (1); 4% of the £203,674 total gross income on the same return

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, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2021 (received 22/12/2022, 52 days after the 31/10/2022 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Pudsey Community Project (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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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
31/12/2025£267k£338k
31/12/2024£219k£274k
31/12/2023£204k£177k
31/12/2022£68k£70k
31/12/2021£142k£33k

Common questions

Is PUDSEY COMMUNITY PROJECT financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £76,027 at the end of the year, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £67,000. The charity reported a net deficit of £55,054 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £219,505 to £164,451. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds PUDSEY COMMUNITY PROJECT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PUDSEY COMMUNITY PROJECT as a grant recipient include THE SCURRAH WAINWRIGHT CHARITY, MOSAIC CHURCH LIMITED.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE SCURRAH WAINWRIGHT CHARITYFY2025£3kNorth of England
MOSAIC CHURCH LIMITEDFY2024£750

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund18/06/2026£20kReduce Reuse Kids' Clothes
The National Lottery Community Fund16/01/2025£20kSignposting and sustainable support services
The National Lottery Community Fund18/08/2023£10kReduce Reuse Kids' Clothes

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 PUDSEY PARISH CHURCH.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PUDSEY COMMUNITY PROJECT£267k—0above—no doubt
PUDSEY PARISH CHURCH FY2025£157k—0below—no doubt
PUDSEY WELLBEING CHARITY FY2026£72k—0above—no doubt
SUTTON COMMUNITY WORKS FY2025£423k£61,124—unclear1.0%no doubt
HELPING WHITTLESEY FY2026£94k—0unclear—no doubt
POMPEY IN THE COMMUNITY FY2025£2.2m——unclear—no doubt

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