BRIDGE OF LOVE TRUST

Registered charity 1096302 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRIDGE OF LOVE

For over two decades, Bridge Of Love has been providing financial support to registered local organisations and churches that assist the broken and abandoned, the poor and needy, widows, orphans and the underprivileged in Sri Lanka and India. During this period, we have contributed more than £770,000 to our projects, incl. approximately £30,000 for Tsunami Relief and over £57,500 for War Relief.

Objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND ITS INCOME UPON TRUST TO APPLY THEM FOR THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") IN INDIA, SRI-LANKA, AFRICA, UK. ("THE AREA OF BENEFIT") TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR THROUGH PROVIDING OR ASSISTING WITH THE PROVISION OF BOOKS, EQUIPMENT AND GRANTS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES. TO RELIEVE POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS IN PARTICULAR AMONGST CHILDREN, WIDOWS AND PERSONS BEING PERSECUTED AS A RESULT OF THEIR CHRISTIAN BELIEFS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES.

Area of benefit: EUROPE, ASIA AND AFRICA

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 · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of receipts over payments of £520, resulting in total assets of £954.04. The trustees have approved the report, and the document does not disclose any material uncertainties or risks to the charity's continuation.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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.

• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — நேச பாலம் | Bridge Of Love UK Charity (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• GNANATHASAN ISAAC EBENEZERchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• DURAISAMY SAMUEL KARUNYANESAN
• EVANGELINE KAMALINI SATHYENDRAN
• LUKE MAHENDRA
• MERWIN AMIRTHAN AMIRTHARAJA
• VARNAN GOODWIN

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

Operates in: India · Sri Lanka

Income and spending

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