BUILDING BRIDGES FOOD HUB

Registered charity 1199710 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Building Bridges Food Hub is a registered charity which aims to provide support to local residents who have fallen on hard times so that they may receive subsidised shopping, providing them with dignity and choice. The clients make a small contribution to the shopping and the remainder is paid for by the charity. They can then choose up to 20 items from an online list and book a collection slot.

Objects

THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN CALDERDALE, BY PROVIDING SUBSIDISED FOOD AND OTHER ESSENTIAL ITEMS TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED.

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£37k

Latest spending

£37k

Registered

2022

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £9,400 against a policy target of three months of running costs. The charity reported that income exceeded expenditure during the year, supported by grants and donor contributions, with no funds held in deficit.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy

“The reserves policy is to hold three months of running costs, including £3200 for rent and rates and approximately £6200 for food purchases. £9400”

Per its FY2025 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

Volunteers: 22
Government income: £2,500 — grants £2,500 (1); 7% of the £36,693 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

Volunteers: 16
Government income: £23,701 — grants £23,701 (3); 61% of the £39,148 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

Volunteers: 3
Government income: £11,000 — grants £11,000 (2); 34% of the £32,326 total gross income on the same return

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

Trustees · trustee networks

ASHRAF HUSSAINchair
Dr SAMIR KHAN
Dr TEHMINA PAREKH
MOHAMMAD TAHIR
SAJJAD RASHID
SARIA TAHIR

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

Operates in: Calderdale

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£37k	£37k
31/08/2024	£39k	£37k
31/08/2023	£32k	£13k

Common questions

Is BUILDING BRIDGES FOOD HUB financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £9,400 against a policy target of three months of running costs. The charity reported that income exceeded expenditure during the year, supported by grants and donor contributions, with no funds held in deficit. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED	1	£83k
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION	1	£25k
THE FORBES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£17k
THE 29TH MAY 1961 CHARITY	1	£15k
NORWICH CONSOLIDATED CHARITIES	1	£10k
YORKSHIRE BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£5k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF EDENBRIDGE	1	£4k
EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION OF ALDERMAN JOHN NORMAN	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRIDGES CENTRE.

BRIDGES CENTRE income £1.3m
THE BUILD CHARITY income £115k
BRIDGES income £70k
BOUNDS GREEN FOOD BANK income £520k
THE GUISBOROUGH BRIDGE ASSOCIATION income £111k
CHEYLESMORE FOOD HUB income £89k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BUILDING BRIDGES FOOD HUB	£37k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
BRIDGES CENTRE FY2025	£1.3m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BUILD CHARITY FY2025	£115k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BRIDGES FY2025	£70k	—	—	below	—	no doubt
BOUNDS GREEN FOOD BANK FY2025	£520k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE GUISBOROUGH BRIDGE ASSOCIATION FY2025	£111k	—	0	above	10.0%	noted

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