THE LIGHT CHURCH BRADFORD

Registered charity 1192346 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRADFORD CENTRAL FOODBANK

Advance the Christian faith, relieve need, hardship, distress, provide education for children excluded frommainstream schooling.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource of £29,955 for the year, with unrestricted funds increasing to £677,955. Per the trustees' report, the charity sold land to release funds for the renovation of the Jubilee Centre and continues to operate its community services, including a foodbank and wellbeing centre.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (92% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (05/04/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ajit Sivarajan · trustee of 2 other charities
• Daniel Bullen
• Jason Alan Stokes
• Keira Jeffrina Carnie
• Sophie Beth Ferreira-Morfin
• Timothy Michael Morfin

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

Operates in: Bradford City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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