THE BRIDGE (EAST MIDLANDS)

Registered charity 1050596 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE BRIDGE

The Bridge works with homeless and vulnerably housed people across the County of Leicestershire and Rutland. The Bridge delivers Early Intervention and Homelessness Prevention Services including Housing Advice, Housing Related Support, Mediation and a Single Access Point for 16 & 17 year olds.

Objects

FOR THE RELIEF AND REHABILITATION OF HOMELESS PERSONS IN NEED IN THE EAST MIDLANDS AND IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION AND ASSOCIATED FACILITIES CALCULATED TO ALLEVIATE THEIR NEED. TO PROMOTE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF HOMELESS PERSONS AND THOSE AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS IN THE EAST MIDLANDS.

Area of benefit: EAST MIDLANDS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Charnwood, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £19,934 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following a stabilization in financial management and controls. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves were £211,945, which is below the stated policy target of approximately £542,489 (equivalent to six months of expenditure). The auditor confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by John F Mould & Co.. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (93% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 5.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alison Jane Barlow
• David Sims
• Gary Beharrell
• Halinka Hepworth
• Ragesh Sejpal
• Richard White · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sajith Nair
• Veena Jay D'Soni

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

Operates in: Leicester City · Leicestershire · Rutland

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BRIDGE PROJECT.

• THE BRIDGE PROJECT income £4.7m
• THE BRIDGE HOMELESSNESS TO HOPE income £532k
• THE BRIDGE PLUS+ LIMITED income £198k
• THE BRIDGE GROUP income £435k
• THE BRIDGE COUNSELLING SERVICE - WORCESTER income £26k
• BRIDGE COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED income £164k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.