THE BRIDGE PROJECT SUDBURY

Registered charity 1051383 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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”

Area of benefit: EAST ANGLIA

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Accommodation/housing · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Norwich, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£821k
Latest spending
£905k
Registered
1995

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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.

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

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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

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

1 annual return is past its due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Total income
£821k
Total spending
£905k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
23

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (40% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Essex · Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
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

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATIONFY2025£25kGrant
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATIONFY2024£25k
ST EDMUNDS TRUSTFY2024£22k
ST EDMUNDS TRUSTFY2023£510
ST EDMUNDS TRUSTFY2022£84

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government09/09/2020£43kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund11/02/2009£208kCommunity within a Community
The National Lottery Community Fund19/05/2006£5kWidening Community Participation
The National Lottery Community Fund13/07/2005£130kProvide tailored employability skills programmes for multi-disadvantaged ad