Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 11
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +11
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

BRADFORD CYRENIANS LIMITED 

Bradford Cyrenians is a registered charity and a registered social landlord. We offer a range of short/long term accommodation with tenancy related support to vulnerable communities. We also deliver community outreach support. We work with clients presenting with multiple/complex needs such as homelessness, rough sleepers, ex-offenders, domestic abuse victims as well as lone parents.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
Established: 50 years

www.bradfordcyrenians.org.uk

rubina@bradfordcyrenians.org.uk

01274481039

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UN SDGs
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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
31/03/23£1,840£1,730£110£0£465£4653.2410
31/03/22£1,404£1,533£-128£0£355£3552.8410
31/03/21£1,490£1,408£82£0£483£4834.1430
31/03/20£1,373£1,261£112£0£401£3503.3410
31/03/19£1,181£1,094£87£0£289£2242.5340
31/03/18£1,019£1,011£8£0£202£1591.9330
31/03/17*£925£914£11£0£194£1582.1290
31/03/16£986£886£101£0£183£1772.4240
31/03/15£1,077£1,108£-31£5£82£820.9250
31/03/14*£1,040£1,085£-45£4£113£1131.3320
31/03/13£1,025£1,037£-12£4£158£1581.8130
31/03/12£712£689£23£3£172£1703160
31/03/11£660£674£-14£3£150£1442.6160
31/03/10£667£660£7£3£163£1342.4160
31/03/09*£567£533£34£3£157£1413.2130
31/03/08£470£493£-23£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£480£451£28£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£456£475£-19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£518£517£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£474£480£-5£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 29%
Liabilities/Income: 10%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 3.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 2.4
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bradford City,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • 41 employees

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
National Lottery Community Fund£693,307
Henry Smith Charity£180,000
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government£99,326
DCMS£75,063
Leeds Community Foundation£40,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Supported Tenancies Offenders Service (STOP) Continuation
£262,537 19/08/2022
The funding will be used by Bradford Cyrenians to continue Supported Tenancies for Offenders Project (STOP) which offers supported tenancies for people with a history of offending. Bradford Cyrenians ....more
Leeds Community Foundation - Re Start Project - Supported Housing Officer
£40,000 28/01/2022
23
Grant to Bradford Cyrenians Ltd
National Lottery Community Fund - Men Standing Up (MSU) Continuation
£230,770 23/08/2021
The funding will help to support men leaving situations of domestic abuse and violence providing supported accommodation a confidential helpline a peer support group and community outreach. The aim ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Bradford Cyrenians
£180,000 09/06/2021
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the salary of two Floating Support Officers at a project providing support and community outreach services for people who are homeless in Bradford, West ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£75,063 19/08/2020
"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 ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Bradford Cyrenians
£6,300 24/07/2020
Grant to Bradford Cyrenians meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - MHCLG Homelessness Fund
£99,326 07/05/2020
Organisations supporting homelessness
National Lottery Community Fund - Supported Tenancies Offenders Project (STOP)
£200,000 20/06/2019
36
The funding will provide services such as housing and support for men experiencing domestic abuse, people with a history of rough sleeping/homelessness, and people with a history of offending. They ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Hostel Wellbeing Service
£9,840 30/08/2018
12
The group will work with homeless people to offer health and wellbeing support to combat issues linked to homelessness.
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Bradford Cyrenians
£152,700 19/04/2018
36
Towards three years' continuation funding of two Floating Support Officers at a project providing floating support and community outreach services for people who are homeless in Bradford, West ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Bradford Cyrenians
£152,700 14/03/2018
36
towards three years' continuation funding of two Floating Support Officers at a project providing support and community outreach services for people who are homeless in Bradford, West Yorkshire
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Bradford Cyrenians
£74,070 28/11/2017
36
salary and on costs of the Re-Start Housing Support Worker who provides holistic support to people sleeping rough who are moving from the streets in to supported accommodation
National Lottery Community Fund - Men Standing Up (MSU)
£353,512 20/09/2017
36
The group will continue to provide services, which include a free and confidential telephone service, supported accommodation, emergency bed spaces and a peer support group, for men experiencing ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Sustainment Service (CSS)
£8,960 03/05/2017
12
The group will implement a support service for homeless people and those who are inadequately housed, to include advice about pre-tenancy arrangements and signposting to local services. This will ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Support To Offenders Project (STOP)
£367,381 24/02/2016
36
This is a new project based in the Bradford area which aims to provide supported accommodation, individual one bed furnished units or communal living in shared housing to ex-offenders on release from ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Bradford Cyrenians
£135,000 04/12/2014
36
towards three years' running costs of a housing floating support service for vulnerable and disadvantaged communities across Bradford
National Lottery Community Fund - Bradford Cyrenians Domestic Abuse Service
£234,024 14/04/2014
36
Not Available
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Bradford Cyrenians
£25,000 28/08/2013
Bradford Cyrenians provide a range of housing and support services to address homelessness in the district. They will use the grant to fund one of their paid positions which helps clients to move on ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 41-61
  • JANET HADI Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Housing Developement Officer
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/07/1974, number: 503434
  • Registered at Companies House on 29/12/1972, number: 01088965
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Homes England
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment 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
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR17: 24 days late, AR14: 1 days late, AR09: 14 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

BRADFORD CYRENIANS
255-257 MANNINGHAM LANE
BRADFORD
BD8 7EP

Objectives

“THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED ARE THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND OLD AGE, IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) BY THE PROVISION OF HOUSING, SOCIAL HOUSING, HOSTEL ACCOMMODATION AND ASSOCIATED SERVICES, ADVICE AND INFORMATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.”

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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