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BRADFORD MECHANICS INSTITUTE LIBRARY

Registered charity 509231 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of educational facilities for general public particularlyin arts and literature.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Get email alerts

Latest income
£103k
Latest spending
£87k
Registered
1979
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves stood at £24,192, which is below the trustees' stated target of one year's expenditure (£82,000). Despite this shortfall, the trustees report adequate resources for the foreseeable future and note that total income increased significantly to £102,514 from £65,058 in the prior year.

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 (held: £24k; policy: one year's expenditure)
“At the year end, after deduction of designated fixed asset fund reserves, unrestricted funds (free reserves) stood at £24,192 (2024 £26,890) which is under the target level.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bradford City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£103k£87k
31/03/2024£65k£68k
31/03/2023£41k£53k
31/03/2022£55k£54k
31/03/2021£47k£37k

Common questions

Is BRADFORD MECHANICS INSTITUTE LIBRARY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves stood at £24,192, which is below the trustees' stated target of one year's expenditure (£82,000). Despite this shortfall, the trustees report adequate resources for the foreseeable future and note that total income increased significantly to £102,514 from £65,058 in the prior year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund17/09/2025£120k"Know Your City"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund12/12/2023£10k"Bradford Mechanics Institute - Engagement"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund13/02/2014£10k"Bradford in the Great War 100 Years On"

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£370k
THE LORD MAYOR'S APPEAL1£270k
THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST1£259k
THE CLORE DUFFIELD FOUNDATION1£227k
THE SANDERSON FOUNDATION1£210k
THE ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION1£150k
THE CHARLOTTE AITKEN TRUST1£32k
MAYFAIR CHARITIES LIMITED1£21k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE LONDON LIBRARY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BRADFORD MECHANICS INSTITUTE LIBRARY£103k—0below—no doubt
THE LONDON LIBRARY FY2025£6.3m——unclear—no doubt
NATIONAL NUMERACY FY2024£2.2m——above—no doubt
MECHANICS FOR AFRICA FY2025£171k—0unclear—no doubt
CITIZENS ADVICE BRADFORD & AIREDALE AND BRADFORD LAW CENTRE FY2025£2.5m—0within—no doubt
BRITISH FRIENDS OF THE CHAZON ISH INSTITUTIONS FY2025£110k—0unclear—no doubt

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