THE GUISBOROUGH BRIDGE ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1086425 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE BRIDGE

The Charity aims to provide care & support to the people of Guisborough & surrounding area by providing: FoodStop (a food bank); Youth and Children's clubs and initiatives; Guis Lunch Club - a weekly lunch for the elderly; Christmas Day Meal; Monday Friends; Soup & Roll lunches and Coffee mornings; Bridge2parents - supporting parents in their challenging job and an Elderly Exercise class & lunch.

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF GUISBOROUGH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA (THE AREA OF BENEFIT),WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR RELIGION OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER WITH THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT, AGENCIES OF THE GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT THE ADVANCE OF EDUCATION, SOCIAL WELFARE, RECREATIONAL AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME ACTIVITIES WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE AVAILABLE WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.TO OPERATE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE OBJECTIVES OF THE CHURCHES TOGETHER IN GUISBOROUGH TO ADVANCE CHRISTIANITY.

Area of benefit: REDCAR + CLEVELAND

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Redcar and Cleveland, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£111k

Latest spending

£134k

Registered

2001

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an overall deficit of £21,500 for the year, driven by a reduction in grant income and an increase in staffing costs. Per the trustees' report, free reserves have reduced to approximately £75,000, which is below the stated policy target of £30,000. The trustees have decided to steadily run down these reserves rather than restrict activities, noting that future grant applications were previously unsuccessful due to the size of the reserves.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grant income (90% of income)

“Our annual income was £111,104 of which £27,550 was restricted funding from grant bodies and donations. This is a reduction of approximately £11,000 from 2023-4, almost entirely due to a reduction in grant income.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Fundraising cost ratio: 10.0% of fundraised income, as disclosed

“Our income that comes from Fundraising through the weekly Soup and Roll and the regular coffee mornings has remained steady at around 10% of total income.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (reserves figure: £75k)

“We budget for a reserve of £30,000 to cover of 3 months running costs (£26,500) and redundancy payments (approx. £4,000).” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“We have been notified of the need to vacate our main store in URC premises, as the building is to be sold. We are actively pursuing alternatives, and meanwhile are looking to run down stocks of food, against the possible eventuality of having to operate Foodstop and the Community Shop from the Methodist Church Fellowship room only.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
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Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest 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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 71

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 60
Government income: £726 — grants £726 (1); under 1% of the £122,120 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Volunteers: 60

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Carol Ann Ingrassia
Jason Griffiths · trustee of 2 other charities
Lydia Gardner
Marianne Joyce Sylvia East
Nicholas Harper Wells · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Redcar And Cleveland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£111k	£134k
31/03/2024	£122k	£121k
31/03/2023	£102k	£90k
31/03/2022	£72k	£78k
31/03/2021	£153k	£86k

Common questions

Is THE GUISBOROUGH BRIDGE ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an overall deficit of £21,500 for the year, driven by a reduction in grant income and an increase in staffing costs. Per the trustees' report, free reserves have reduced to approximately £75,000, which is below the stated policy target of £30,000. The trustees have decided to steadily run down these reserves rather than restrict activities, noting that future grant applications were previously unsuccessful due to the size of the reserves.

Who funds THE GUISBOROUGH BRIDGE ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE GUISBOROUGH BRIDGE ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST NICHOLAS, GUISBOROUGH.

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.

Nicholas Harper Wells — trustee here and at THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST NICHOLAS, GUISBOROUGH

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST NICHOLAS, GUISBOROUGH	FY2024	£1k	Charitable Giving from Unrestricted Funds
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST NICHOLAS, GUISBOROUGH	FY2023	£1k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST NICHOLAS, GUISBOROUGH	FY2022	£1k	Charitable giving agreed by PCC

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	24/11/2023	£10k	Foodstop and Community Shop; Food & Fun for All

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE CO-MISSION INITIATIVE TRUST	1	£455k
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED	1	£83k
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON	1	£77k
LANDAID CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED	1	£50k
IMAGINE FOUNDATION	1	£38k
NORFOLK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£27k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST FRANCIS, SALISBURY	1	£14k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF STOKE GIFFORD	1	£14k

Charities like this

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

THE BRIDGE BATTERSEA income £181k
BRIDGES CENTRE income £1.3m
THE BRIDGE CHARITY income £133k
THE BRIDGE PLUS+ LIMITED income £198k
BRIDGES HULL LTD income £154k
THE BRIDGE PROJECT income £4.7m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE GUISBOROUGH BRIDGE ASSOCIATION	£111k	—	above	10.0%	noted
THE BRIDGE BATTERSEA FY2025	£181k	—	above	—	no doubt
BRIDGES CENTRE FY2025	£1.3m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BRIDGE CHARITY FY2025	£133k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BRIDGE PLUS+ LIMITED FY2025	£198k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRIDGES HULL LTD FY2024	£154k	—	below	—	no doubt

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