The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Bradford Culture Company Limited

Registered charity 1194599 Registered since 2021

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.

11 trustees on the board

2.5y median 3y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (4)

9
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 10Disability 2Education/training 2General Charitable Purposes 2Other Charitable Purposes 1Recreation 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

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

Arts and leisure 10Professional services 3Tech and media 3

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 4 years.
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£26.8m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 5.1 in 2022

105
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitehttps://bradford2025.co.uk/
Emailinfo@bradford2025.co.uk
Phone01274800551
AddressSchofield Sweeney Solicitors, Church Bank House, Church Bank, Bradford, BD1 4DY

Finances

£26,834,031 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2022£996,802£698,325
2023£1,501,836£888,327
2024£6,286,779£4,162,927
2025£26,834,031£14,501,614

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/science

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

2.1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE ARTS AND THE ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THE CITY OF BRADFORD AND IN PARTICULAR THE ARTS OF PERFORMANCE, MUSIC, DRAMA, POETRY READING, SCULPTURE, PAINTING, HANDICRAFTS AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED ARTS;2.2 TO ADVANCE THE ARTS IN PARTICULAR THE ARTS OF PERFORMANCE, MUSIC, DRAMA, POETRY READING, SCULPTURE, PAINTING, HANDICRAFTS AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED ARTS, BY ENCOURAGING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE SAID ARTS AND BY THE PRESENTATION OF PERFORMANCES, EXHIBITIONS AND FESTIVALS PROVIDED THAT THE PROMOTION OF SUCH FESTIVALS AND EVENTS IS UNDERTAKEN SOLELY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT; AND2.3 TO PROMOTE THE ARTS AND HERITAGE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC WITHIN THE CITY OF BRADFORD IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY SUPPORTING THE ARTS AND HERITAGE SECTOR THROUGH PROMOTION, REPRESENTATION AND DEVELOPMENT.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 25 NOV 2019AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14 AUG 2020AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 02 OCT 2020AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 13 MAY 2021AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17 MAY 2021

Trustees (11)

11trustees
58median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Bradford Culture Company Limited · 12330027 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 25/11/2019

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (5)

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