THE BRIDGE PROJECT SUDBURY
Core activity is a Training Centre for people with Learning difficulties and other vulnerable groupsWork towards a community within a community, an inclusive place where everybody is treated fairly, with dignity and respect.
Objects
“To relieve and rehabilitate persons who face multiple disadvantage through their learning, physical, mental and age related experience or situation, resident in East Anglia, in such ways as the Charity think fit”
Latest income
£821k
Latest spending
£905k
Registered
1995
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- 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)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024
- Volunteers: 48
- Government income: £335,351 — contracts £318,151 (2), grants £17,200 (3); 41% of the £820,877 total gross income on the same return
- Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)
- Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023
- Volunteers: 54
- Government income: £246,759 — contracts £219,559 (2), grants £27,200 (2); 36% of the £688,499 total gross income on the same return
- Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2022
- Volunteers: 50
- Government income: £179,090 — contracts £179,090 (2); 30% of the £604,938 total gross income on the same return
Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)
1 annual return is past its due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).
Property (HM Land Registry)
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)
Total income
£821k
Total spending
£905k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
23
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (05/01/2021)
Trustees
- Andrew Regent
- MILES NICHOLAS BEASLEY
- Paul Robert Mackman
- Rachel Shaw
- Rosemary Ann Stamp
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2025 | — | — |
| 31/03/2024 | £821k | £905k |
| 31/03/2023 | £688k | £982k |
| 31/03/2022 | £605k | £779k |
| 31/03/2021 | £1.1m | £693k |
Common questions
Who funds THE BRIDGE PROJECT SUDBURY?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE BRIDGE PROJECT SUDBURY as a grant recipient include THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION, ST EDMUNDS TRUST.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION | FY2025 | £25k | Grant |
| THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION | FY2024 | £25k | |
| ST EDMUNDS TRUST | FY2024 | £22k | |
| ST EDMUNDS TRUST | FY2023 | £510 | |
| ST EDMUNDS TRUST | FY2022 | £84 |
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK government | 09/09/2020 | £43k | Coronavirus Community Support Fund |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 11/02/2009 | £208k | Community within a Community |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 19/05/2006 | £5k | Widening Community Participation |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 13/07/2005 | £130k | Provide tailored employability skills programmes for multi-disadvantaged ad |