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THE NEW BRIDGE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1103511 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NEW BRIDGE

Our volunteers befriend some of the most vulnerable people in prison regardless of their location or crime. Throughout our work we stay in contact with people in prison and ex-offenders for as long as they need our help. We have no artificial cut-off points. Our subsidiary company, Inside Time, publishes Inside Time the national newspaper for people in prison.

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Latest income
£268k
Latest spending
£266k
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is navigating a challenging fundraising landscape and is actively working to secure sufficient funds to continue operating into its 71st year. While income from trusts and individual giving increased significantly in 2025, the charity notes that rising costs for salaries, stamps, and travel are driving up expenditure. The trustees express a need to raise more funds to meet the growing demand for their befriending service.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grant-making Trusts
“Income increased by 85% with donations from 37% more Trusts than 2024.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“We are working hard to secure the funds that we need to continue operating into our 71st year, and are grateful to all of our funders and donors for their support and belief in the power of what we do.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Inside Time is identified as a subsidiary of New Bridge and provided a donation.
“the inclusion of a new one in some generous corporate donations and a donation from Inside Time, the prison newspaper (a subsidiary of New Bridge).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Inside Time
“a donation from Inside Time, the prison newspaper (a subsidiary of New Bridge).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

INSIDE TIME LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts

    Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — New Bridge Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

    Company officers (Companies House)

    Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

    Official officers record.

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

    Register events

    Trustees · trustee networks

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

    Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

    Income and spending

    Financial year endIncomeSpending
    31/12/2025£268k£266k
    31/12/2024£182k£308k
    31/12/2023£177k£297k
    31/12/2022£109k£300k
    31/12/2021£181k£211k

    Common questions

    Is THE NEW BRIDGE FOUNDATION financially healthy?

    Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is navigating a challenging fundraising landscape and is actively working to secure sufficient funds to continue operating into its 71st year. While income from trusts and individual giving increased significantly in 2025, the charity notes that rising costs for salaries, stamps, and travel are driving up expenditure. The trustees express a need to raise more funds to meet the growing demand for their befriending service.

    Who funds THE NEW BRIDGE FOUNDATION?

    Funders whose own accounts filings name THE NEW BRIDGE FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE TOLKIEN TRUST, WILLIAM ADLINGTON CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS, FULHAM, DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUND, THE 29TH MAY 1961 CHARITY.

    Known funders

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

    FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
    THE TOLKIEN TRUSTFY2021£25k
    WILLIAM ADLINGTON CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£20kGrant
    THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS, FULHAMFY2023£15k
    DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUNDFY2024£15kCore costs for befriending and support
    DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUNDFY2023£15kExtend scope of services
    DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUNDFY2025£15kCore costs for prisoner support
    THE 29TH MAY 1961 CHARITYFY2022£12kcosts of assistance to prisoners both in prison and following their release
    THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITYFY2021£10kLocal support
    THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITYFY2023£7kSocial
    THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£7k
    THE BLANES TRUSTFY2025£5k
    THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITYFY2022£5kSocial
    INNER LONDON MAGISTRATES COURT POOR BOXFY2025£5k
    THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITYFY2022£5k
    THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITYFY2023£5k
    THE GEORGE AND ESME POLLITZER CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2022£5k
    LANGDALE TRUSTFY2025£4k
    THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITYFY2024£4kSocial
    THE NOEL BUXTON TRUSTFY2023£4kTo help fund a volunteer befriending programme for the most vulnerable prisoners.
    THE ROBERT GAVRON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3k
    LANGDALE TRUSTFY2024£3k
    G M MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3k
    MICHAEL AND SHIRLEY HUNT CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2kPrisoner befriending service contribution
    MICHAEL AND SHIRLEY HUNT CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2kPrisoner befriending service contribution
    THE LORD FARINGDON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£2k
    THE NOEL BUXTON TRUSTFY2025£2kTo help fund a volunteer befriending programme for the most vulnerable prisoners.
    THE MIRIANOG TRUSTFY2025£2k
    THE NOEL BUXTON TRUSTFY2024£2kTo help fund a volunteer befriending programme for the most vulnerable prisoners.
    MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£2k
    THE LORD FARINGDON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2k
    MICHAEL AND SHIRLEY HUNT CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£2kgrant towards Befriender programme
    THE SIR JAMES ROLL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2k
    THE OAKDALE TRUSTFY2024£2k
    THE SIR JAMES ROLL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£2k
    G M MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1k
    THE WYNDHAM CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1k
    THE SIR JAMES ROLL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1k
    THE WYNDHAM CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
    THE WYNDHAM CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
    THE LORD FARINGDON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1k
    WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF BASKETMAKERS 2011 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1kSmall charities, mostly from London
    THE JESSIE SPENCER TRUSTFY2022£500Welfare
    THE DAVID ISAACS FUNDFY2025£500Charities
    THE JESSIE SPENCER TRUSTFY2023£500
    THE ANCASTER TRUSTFY2023£100

    Government & lottery funding

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

    FunderDateAmountPurpose
    The National Lottery Community Fund12/12/2025£15kBefriending long-sentenced prisoners in North West England
    Postcode Lottery30/06/2023£20kUnrestricted Funding
    UK government28/07/2020£7kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
    UK government01/06/2019£13kHMPPS - Provision of In-Cell Telephony Befriending Pilot
    A B Charitable Trust15/10/2018£10kA grant to New Bridge Foundation
    A B Charitable Trust20/10/2015£10kBefriending people in prison
    City Bridge Foundation30/06/2011£30kGrant to New Bridge Foundation
    Northern Rock Foundation11/12/2006£85kGrant awarded to New Bridge (North East)
    Northern Rock Foundation11/12/2006£73kGrant awarded to New Bridge (North East)
    Northern Rock Foundation25/07/2006£15kGrant awarded to New Bridge (North East)
    Northern Rock Foundation09/10/2001£31kGrant awarded to New Bridge (North East)

    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.

    FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
    THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED2£30k
    THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST1£2.0m
    GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION1£250k
    THE ALBERT GUBAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£175k
    DAVID & RUTH LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST1£100k
    THE INNHOLDERS' CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£90k
    THE COOKS CHARITY1£89k
    THE SAVOY EDUCATIONAL TRUST1£73k

    Charities like this

    Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OUT THERE SUPPORTING FAMILIES OF PRISONERS LIMITED.

    Side by side with its peers

    CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
    THE NEW BRIDGE FOUNDATION£268k—0unclear—noted
    OUT THERE SUPPORTING FAMILIES OF PRISONERS LIMITED FY2025£256k—0below—no doubt
    EXPIA LIMITED FY2025£565k—0above—noted
    JIGSAW VISITORS CENTRE FY2025£303k—0unclear—no doubt
    PRISON ADVICE AND CARE TRUST (PACT) FY2025£9.8m——unclear—no doubt
    ONLY CONNECT UK FY2025£344k—0unclear—noted

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