Registered charity · Bradford
The Parents Forum for Bradford and Airedale
The Parents Forum for Bradford and Airedale is a registered charity (number 1149878) based in Bradford, governed by 10 trustees and chaired by David Michael Firth since 2012. Latest income £72k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Pfba (Charity Commission)
- 10 trustees
- Income £72k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: Carol Ann Beardmore.
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
- Where
- Bradford City
- Website
- www.pfba.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2012
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£72k£69k
- 2024£66k£66k
- 2023£58k£59k
Earlier years
- 2022£69k£69k
- 2021£38k£76k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 84%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG DISABLED CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS AND CARERS WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF IT, AS A RESULT OF THEIR DISABILITY, IN THE BRADFORD DISTRICT AND SURROUNDING AREAS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY,A) PROVIDING FORUMS, WORKSHOPS, ADVOCACY AND GENERAL SUPPORTB) RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF ISSUES AFFECTING DISABLED CHILDREN AND THIER PARENTS AND CARERS.
Grants received
1 grant · £9,997 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 Community Fund · £9,997
Most recent
- 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.
9 trustees on the board
- David Michael Firth Chair since 2012
- Abdul-Jabbar Ali since 2025
- Anne Irondet since 2021
- Carol Ann Beardmore since 2017
- Darcy Midgley since 2025
- Fiona Cooper since 2022
- Gemma Muff since 2025
- Naomi Dennison since 2023
- Richard Leak since 2025
- Saira Bano since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- David Michael Firth Chair since 2012
- Carol Ann Beardmore since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- David Michael Firth Chair since 2012
- Abdul-Jabbar Ali since 2025
- Anne Irondet since 2021
- Darcy Midgley since 2025
- Fiona Cooper since 2022
- Gemma Muff since 2025
- Naomi Dennison since 2023
- Richard Leak since 2025
- Saira Bano since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1149878
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 19 JUN 2012
- Contact on the register
- 01274 397396 · info@pfba.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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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