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BRIDGES

Registered charity 1029169 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The BRIDGES Centre is a Christian project intended to be available to serve all members of the community and build bridges between all sections of it. The core use is as a pop in centre but it is also available for such groups as schoolchildren after school, young people during the evening, people learning household and cookery skills, and arts and crafts and the appreciation of them.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£68k
Latest spending
£62k
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £5,753 for the year ended 31 December 2024, following a surplus of £12,293 in the previous year. The Trustees report that finances remained stable despite higher staffing costs and increased utility prices, with unrestricted reserves held at £73,844.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £74k; policy: one year's operating costs and £30,000 for the building repairs)
“At 31 December 2024, the Trustees' unrestricted reserves of £73,844 less £30,000, i.e. a net £43,844 represented 81% of the operating costs.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — BRIDGES (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£68k£62k
31/12/2023£78k£66k
31/12/2022£68k£50k
31/12/2021£40k£45k
31/12/2020£53k£48k

Common questions

Is BRIDGES financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £5,753 for the year ended 31 December 2024, following a surplus of £12,293 in the previous year. The Trustees report that finances remained stable despite higher staffing costs and increased utility prices, with unrestricted reserves held at £73,844.

Who funds BRIDGES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BRIDGES as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF EDENBRIDGE, NEW LIFE COMMUNITY CHURCH MILNROW.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF EDENBRIDGEFY2023£1kMissionary and charitable giving
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF EDENBRIDGEFY2022£1kMissionary and charitable giving
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF EDENBRIDGEFY2021£1kLocal ecumenical Pop-in Centre & Community Cafe
NEW LIFE COMMUNITY CHURCH MILNROWFY2023£950Ministry, Missions & Gifts
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF EDENBRIDGEFY2024£500Missionary and charitable giving
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF EDENBRIDGEFY2025£500Missionary and charitable giving

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund22/10/2012£10k"We Made Our Town"