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    THE LIGHT CHURCH BRADFORD TRUST 

    Established: 15 years
    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    UN SDGs
    ?

    Financial Data ?

    Income & Spending ?
    Sources of Income ?
    Y/E Income
    £k
    Spending
    £k
    Surplus/
    Deficit
    Fundraising
    Cost £k
    Total
    Funds £k
    Unrestricted
    Funds £k
    Mths
    Rsrvs
    Staff Volun-
    teers
    31/12/21£0£202£-202n/an/an/an/an/a0
    31/12/20£470£323£148n/an/an/an/an/a60
    31/12/19£369£370£0n/an/an/an/an/a50
    31/12/18£360£326£34£0£0£0n/a040
    31/12/17£335£249£86£0£0£0n/a0200
    31/12/16£300£299£0£0£0£0n/a00
    30/12/15£220£238£-18£0£0£0n/a00
    30/12/14£287£241£45£0£0£0n/a00
    30/12/13£234£231£3£0£0£0n/a00
    31/12/12?£272£243£29£0£0£0n/a00
    30/09/11£186£192£-5£0£0£0n/a00
    30/09/10*£146£134£13£0£0£0n/a00
    30/09/09*£77£22£55£0£0£0n/a00

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    What it does
    • Religious Activities
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • The General Public/Mankind
    How it operates
    • Other charitable activities
    Where it operates
    • Bradford City,

    Who's supporting them? ?

    Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

    Major supporters in last 5 years
    The Trussell Trust£26,833
    Joseph Rank Trust£20,000
    Leeds Community Foundation£10,650
    Co-Operative Group£2,177
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Joseph Rank Trust - The Light Church, Bradford
    £20,000 29/07/2022
    To part fund the Church property scheme
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to Bradford Central Foodbank
    £2,177 23/10/2021
    We would like to buy equipment for a cafe and kitchen, so that we can provide a welcoming environment, hot meals for our clients, and chilled food, in addition to our emergency food parcels.
    Leeds Community Foundation - Covid-19
    £5,000 15/04/2020
    2
    Grant to Bradford Central Foodbank - Hosted by The Light Church
    The Trussell Trust - Grant to Bradford Central Foodbank
    £2,981 30/03/2020
    CV emergency costs: salary costs, delivery costs
    The Trussell Trust - Grant to Bradford Central Foodbank
    £23,852 10/12/2019
    24
    PT Cook, Warehouse manager & office support (2Y)
    Leeds Community Foundation - Holiday Hunger Foodbank Vouchers
    £5,650 07/06/2019
    9
    In partnership with local schools we hope to give ‘Holiday Hunger Foodbank Vouchers’ to parents whose children receive free school meals so hungry families can have a warm meal, a food parcel to ....more

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 30/10/2008, number: 1126516
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    13 returns made; AR10: 15 days late, AR09: 10 days late,
    Main office


    Objectives

    TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN YORKSHIRE AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE TRUST.TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED OR HARDSHIP OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY IN THE SAID LOCATION AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE SAID LOCATION AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    GLOBAL

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase

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