Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 9

Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 12

THE LIGHT CHURCH BRADFORD

Advance the Christian faith, relieve need, hardship, distress, provide education for children excluded frommainstream schooling.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers including the Government recently
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

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
31/12/22		£969	£732	£238	£0	£673	£599	9.8	8	70
31/12/21		£809	£374	£435	£0	£435	£119	3.8	11	50

Show financials table -->

Download accounts

Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 49%
Liabilities/Income: 66%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 89%
Reserves/Spending: 9.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 39.7

Asset Split ?

Established: 4 years

thelightchurch.org.uk

info@thelightchurch.org.uk

01274776189

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Religious Activities
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Christian religious associations

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Bradford City,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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

Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government	£225,000
The Trussell Trust	£58,852
Co-Operative Group	£11,215

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Bradford Central Foodbank
£9,611	21/10/2023	We'd like to provide a delivery service of Foodbank parcels to families unable to pick up their parcel due to a medical reason.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Bradford Central Foodbank
£1,603	22/10/2022	We would like to have a debt counsellor in foodbank sessions to offer people in food crisis, due to debt, hope and a way forward.
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Bradford Central Foodbank
£5,000	11/10/2022	Emergency grant
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government - Community Ownership Fund
£225,000	24/12/2021	To support community groups in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to take ownership of assets and amenities at risk of being lost
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Bradford Central Foodbank
£30,000	20/09/2021	Co-purchase of Jubilee Centre
The Trussell Trust - Grant to Bradford Central Foodbank
£23,852	10/12/2019	PT Cook, Warehouse manager & office support (2Y)

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CAROL JOY BALL Appointed: 2022

DANIEL BULLEN Appointed: 2023

FLORENCE SAKUFIWA Appointed: 2022

JASON ALAN STOKES Appointed: 2023

PETER GEOFFREY MCMAHON (Chair) Appointed: 2020

PETER JONATHAN EDWARD SNELL Appointed: 2020

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/11/2020, number: 1192346

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

2 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THE LIGHT CHURCH BRADFORD TRUST on 05/04/2023

Main office

The Light Church Bradford
Jubilee Centre
Jermyn Street
BRADFORD
West Yorkshire
BD1 4EJ

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH 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.

Data Sources