Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 9
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Future income +5
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 20 ?

CITY OF BRADFORD YMCA

Helping children, young people and families to participate fully in their communities, providing informal education, training and personal development opportunities particularly targeted at those not in employment, education or training or from deprived communities. Positive activities and providing intensive support for young people, environmental projects and youth work.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there only 4 trustees?

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£565£644£-79£0£5,443£57610.71625
31/03/22£610£670£-60£0£5,527£4,99089.31925
31/03/21£691£568£123£0£5,548£4359.21625
31/03/20*£521£637£-116£0£5,442£2995.61625
31/03/19£468£542£-74n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£567£656£-89£0£5,634£2254.1180
31/03/17£596£716£-119£0£5,696£1552.6160
31/03/16£661£845£-183£0£5,947£2713.8200
31/03/15*£911£1,141£-230£19£6,130£2342.5310
31/03/14£919£1,309£-390£21£6,360£2652.4250
31/03/13£1,149£1,521£-372£36£6,754£4423.5360
31/03/12£5,417£1,207£4,210£37£7,125£6286.2380
31/03/11£2,753£2,751£2£35£539£5392.4380
31/03/10£1,203£1,249£-46£34£535£5355.1350
31/03/09£861£874£-13£34£577£5477.5340
31/03/08£851£944£-93£37£626£6057.7340
31/03/07£847£957£-111£31£736£7369.2360
31/03/06£866£962£-96n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£774£805£-31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£715£714£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 22%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 11%
Reserves/Spending: 10.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 11 months
Quick Ratio: 2.6
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 30 years

www.bradfordymca.org.uk

reception@bradfordymca.org.uk

01274307228

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Social youth organisations
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bradford City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£271,534
Co-Op Foundation£104,988
DCMS£44,395
Leeds Community Foundation£15,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Greening Communities
£271,534 24/03/2023
36
The funding will be used over three years to run their Greening Communities project which will work with children and young people to deliver community based environmental activities. This aims to improve environmental education and action and ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Shaping Futures
£10,000 30/11/2022
Grant to City of Bradford YMCA
Co-Op Foundation - Changing Futures
£34,988 23/11/2022
Changing Futures delivers peer support training to peer champions and peer mentors (a subset of the peer champions) who provide peer to peer support on a one to one basis to students who are transitioning between schools in both school and community ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to YMCA Bradford - BEES
£4,148 23/10/2021
Apple Day aims to bring our community back together. We want to support people and communities by celebrating apples and the environment in a day of fun outdoor activities that promote health.
Co-Op Foundation - City of Bradford YMCA #iwill School Transitions application
£70,000 19/11/2020
To support a group of ‘Peer Support Champions’ in Bradford to co-design and deliver a Peer Support programme in primary and secondary schools
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£44,395 26/08/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to YMCA City Of Bradford
£2,918 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - This grant will support the delivery of whole family support sessions and activities for children who are living with the effects of family separation and are further impacted by Covid-19.
CAF - Grant to City of Bradford YMCA
£4,000 23/04/2020
3
Grant to City of Bradford YMCA to support the organisation through COVID19
Leeds Community Foundation - YMCA Healthy Holidays
£5,000 15/04/2020
6
Emergency food and/or activity provision in response to Covid-19 outbreak and lockdown.
DCMS - Building Connections Fund - Youth strand
£39,985 01/04/2019
Unemployed young people will work together to co-develop ecotherapy activities, including walks, conservation and other outdoor activity, to reduce loneliness and explore barriers to employment.
Leeds Community Foundation - Y:Zone Healthy Holidays
£5,902 12/03/2019
1
Food, families, fun - enriching the lives of children, young people and families through positive health and well-being activities in a safe and supportive environment.
DCMS - Building Connections Fund - Youth strand
£39,985 01/01/2019
Unemployed young people will work together to co-develop ecotherapy activities, including walks, conservation and other outdoor activity, to reduce loneliness and explore barriers to employment.
Co-Op Foundation - Youth Community Spaces offer
£9,992 20/12/2018
Improving a currently unused cafe space at their centre
DCMS - Building Connections Fund - Community Spaces
£9,992 20/12/2018
Improving a currently unused cafe space at their centre
Co-Op Foundation - City of Bradford YMCA - Building Connections Youth Strand Project
£79,969 06/12/2018
Unemployed young people will work together to co-develop ecotherapy activities, including walks, conservation and other outdoor activity, to reduce loneliness and explore barriers to employment.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to YMCA City Of Bradford
£116,438 14/06/2017
36
Y:Zone delivers six 12 week programmes a year offering structured issue based sessions incorporating play/fun activities and a weekly youth club for children and young people from disadvantaged backgrounds who are going through a family separation.
National Lottery Community Fund - Shaping Spaces
£103,878 08/04/2015
36
The Greening Communities project aims to improve young people’s prospects whilst involving them in their local communities. It will engage these disadvantaged young people in transforming physical aspects of their own neighbourhood, whilst ....more
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to City of Bradford YMCA
£45,000 14/01/2014
Tea and Remembrance: Bradford YMCA’s World War 1 project
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 47-70
  • AMANDA LAKES Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Reducing Inequalities Manager
  • KATHRYN SMITH Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Conveyancing Manager
  • PASTOR JOHN ADERETI, Occupation: Pastor
  • ROLAND CLARK Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/03/1995, number: 1045373
  • Registered at Companies House on 29/11/1994, number: 02995811
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR20: 57 days late, AR15: 2 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from BRADFORD ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION TRUST on 19/08/2024
Main office

YMCA Culture Fusion
125 Thornton Road
Bradford
BD1 2EP

Objectives

1.TO UNITE THOSE WHO,REGARDING JESUS CHRIST AS THEIR GOD AND SAVIOUR ACCORDING TO THE HOLY SCRIPTURES,DESIRE TO BE HIS DISCIPLES IN THEIR FAITH AND IN THEIR LIFE, AND TO ASSOCIATE THEIR EFFORTS FOR THE EXTENSION OF HIS KINGDOM. 2.TO LEAD YOUNG PEOPLE TO THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND TO FULLNESS OF LIFE IN HIM. 3.TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR MEN AND WOMEN WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN PRACTICE CITY OF BRADFORD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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