GT BRIDGE COMMUNITY FORUM

Registered charity 1069672 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE GREAT BRIDGE COMMUNITY FORUM

Provision of facilities for local community from parent toddler group to elderly groups including Health advice sessions.Our main dealings are within the Great Bridge & surrounding area, but never turn anyone away.

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF GREAT BRIDGE AND SANDWELL AREA SURROUNDING AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD THEREOF (HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE AREA OF BENEFIT") ARE TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTSTO ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN AND MANAGE A COMMUNITY CENTRE HEREINAFTER CALLED "THE CENTRE") AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN COOPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY)

Area of benefit: GREAT BRIDGE AND SANDWELL AREA AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Sandwell, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net income of £15,822 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted and restricted reserves of £52,665. The trustees' report confirms the charity continues to provide services to the community with support from local council funding and volunteers.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2021 (received 01/02/2022, 1 day after the 31/01/2022 due date).

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• ANTHONY WHITEHOUSE
• BOB PATEL
• JACKIE DAWSON
• LEIGH WHITEHOUSE
• LINDA PASKIN
• MADELINE WHATMORE
• MAGGIE TURNER
• MAUREEN WHITEHOUSE (CHAIR)

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

Operates in: Sandwell

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GLASSHOUGHTON COMMUNITY FORUM LIMITED.

• GLASSHOUGHTON COMMUNITY FORUM LIMITED income £176k
• BRIDGE TRUST income £1.3m
• THE BRIDGE GROUP income £435k
• GT FOUNDATION income £126k
• GARNDIFFAITH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £95k
• TROWBRIDGE COMMUNITY AREA FUTURE income £396k

Side by side with its peers

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