Registered charity · Bradford
Bradford Arts Centre LTD
Bradford Arts Centre LTD is a registered charity (number 1055488) based in Bradford, governed by 6 trustees. Latest income £3.6m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
The Objects are:3.1 the advancement of education amongst the public, in particular but not exclusively in the appreciation and practice of intercultural arts; and3.2 the promotion of equality and diversity by fostering understanding between people...
- 6 trustees
- Income £3.6m (2025)
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.bdartscentre.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Bradford Arts Centre LTD
- Registered
- 1996
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£3.6m£866k
- 2024£999k£1.0m
- 2023£682k£763k
Earlier years
- 2022£510k£579k
- 2021£446k£527k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 69%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
The Objects are:3.1 the advancement of education amongst the public, in particular but not exclusively in the appreciation and practice of intercultural arts; and3.2 the promotion of equality and diversity by fostering understanding between people from diverse backgrounds, including but not limited to persons with physical, sensory or learning disabilities, in particular but not exclusively through the use of intercultural arts.
Grants received
7 grants · £3,366,553 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £2,837,629
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £250,000
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £153,084 (3 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £101,840
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £24,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
6 trustees on the board
- Debbani Ghosh since 2026
- Deepak Kumar Sharma since 2025
- James Wilson since 2020
- Rashmi Sudhir since 2019
- Sufyan Abid Dogra since 2021
- Tanja Tolar since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- James Wilson since 2020
- Rashmi Sudhir since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Debbani Ghosh since 2026
- James Wilson since 2020
- Rashmi Sudhir since 2019
- Sufyan Abid Dogra since 2021
- Tanja Tolar since 2026
Portfolio (1)
- Deepak Kumar Sharma since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
3.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1055488
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 8 MAY 1996 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 6TH JUNE 2003 as amended on 20 Dec 2018 as amended on 20 Dec 2018 as amended on 18 Jul 2025 as amended on 23 Oct 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 03195878 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01274 30 33 40 · info@bdartscentre.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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