BRADFORD AFRICAN COMMUNITY

Registered charity 1191374 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We Provide Homework Club support for refugees (parent and children)Drop in session for refugees Workshop and Various trainings ( for example hate crime, antisocial behaviour and Covid-19 awareness)English language classes

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

Latest income
£137k
Latest spending
£132k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held free reserves of £38,136 at the year end, which falls within the trustees' stated policy target of between £33,000 and £66,000. The organization reported a net receipt of £5,024 for the year, resulting in total fund balances of £48,792. The financial statements were prepared on a receipts and payments basis and underwent an independent examination with no material matters identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months expenditure (held: £38k)
“The trustees have agreed the target reserves should be between three and six months expenditure. Based on 2024/2025 expenditure this represents a reserves target of between £33,000 and £66,000.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Burundi · Congo (Democratic Republic) · Ethiopia · Kenya · Rwanda · Somalia · Sudan · Tanzania · Throughout England · Uganda

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£137k£132k
31/03/2024£102k£112k
31/03/2023£106k£94k
31/03/2022£87k£68k
31/03/2021£78k£56k

Common questions

Is BRADFORD AFRICAN COMMUNITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held free reserves of £38,136 at the year end, which falls within the trustees' stated policy target of between £33,000 and £66,000. The organization reported a net receipt of £5,024 for the year, resulting in total fund balances of £48,792. The financial statements were prepared on a receipts and payments basis and underwent an independent examination with no material matters identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BRADFORD AFRICAN COMMUNITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BRADFORD AFRICAN COMMUNITY 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 BRITAINFY2024£400Donations to non-Quaker bodies: Bradford African Community
BRIGHOUSE WEST YORKSHIRE AREA QUAKER MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) IN BRITAINFY2023£400Donations to non-Quaker bodies

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund18/12/2025£461kEngage Project II
The National Lottery Community Fund18/02/2022£246kEngage Project
The National Lottery Community Fund06/08/2020£61kCovid-19 awareness

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.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with REFUGEE WORKERS' CULTURAL ASSOCIATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BRADFORD AFRICAN COMMUNITY£137k—0unclear—no doubt
REFUGEE WORKERS' CULTURAL ASSOCIATION FY2025£199k—0unclear—no doubt
EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT GROUP FY2025£496k——unclear—no doubt
BRISTOL REFUGEE RIGHTS FY2025£988k—0above—no doubt
BRAYATEE KURDISH COMMUNITY FY2025£152k—0unclear—no doubt
REFUGEES AT HOME FY2024£1.2m——above—no doubt

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