Play Bradford

Registered charity 1122592 Registered since 2008

Operates: Bradford City

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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.

7 trustees on the board

8.7y median 9y

average tenure

15y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Michael Wragg Chair since 2011
John Malcolm Charles Cole since 2012
Nicky Lannen since 2011

16.4y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 7General Charitable Purposes 7The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 7

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 9Education 2

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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£349k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

52%

Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Trinity Children's Centre Similar size; both Other purposes
The Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety Similar size; both Other purposes
The Milford Millennium Hall and Community Centre Similar size; both Other purposes
Norfolk Community Arts Limited Similar size; both Other purposes
Freilich Family Foundation Similar size; both Other purposes
Warrant Officers' and Senior Ratings' Mess HMS Heron Similar size; both Other purposes

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.playbradford.org.uk
Email	janet@playbradford.org.uk
Phone	01274613254
Address	Office V22, Inspire Bradford Business Park, Newlands House One, Newlands Way, Bradford, BD10 0JE

Finances

£348,980 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£297,755	£304,197
2022	£434,841	£376,212
2023	£315,183	£380,118
2024	£365,992	£383,634
2025	£348,980	£358,212

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAmateur SportEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employmentRecreationOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

3. THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") AREA) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, DISABILITY OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 13 JUNE 2006.. as amended on 11 May 2020 as amended on 19 May 2020

Trustees (7)

7trustees

50median age

2aged 70+

Michael Wragg Chair since 2011
Geoffrey Peter Homeage band 75-79
John Malcolm Charles Coleage band 80-84 since 2012
Jack Andrew Jamesage band 40-44 since 2025
Nicky Lannenage band 45-49 since 2011
Sarah Goldsmithage band 50-54 since 2022
Steven George Duckworthage band 55-59 since 2023

Linked company (Companies House)

Play Bradford · 05845461 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 13/06/2006

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

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