BRIDGE STREET PENTECOSTAL CHURCH

Registered charity 1115680 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

1. The advancement of Christian faith. 2. To relieve poverty, hardship, sickness and disease. 3. To assist in the treatment of those in need. 4. To promote the interests of social welfare amongst adults, children and young people.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.6m
Latest spending
£1.8m
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £284,769 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total consolidated funds from £12,371,252 to £12,086,483. The Trustees consider the financial position satisfactory, noting that free reserves of £300,491 are slightly below the stated policy target of approximately £307,000. The charity maintains adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £300k; policy: three months’ forecast running costs (approximately £307,000))
“The free reserves were slightly below this at the year end.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: BSPC Trading Limited, BCC Leeds Trading Ltd
“The trading subsidiary companies, BSPC Trading Limited, and BCC Leeds Trading Ltd, provide conference facilities” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

BCC LEEDS TRADING LTD — per its own Companies House accounts
    BSPC TRADING LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
    • Registered office is at Bridge Community Church, suggesting a link to the parent charity.

    Leadership, per the charity’s website

    Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

    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.

    Property (HM Land Registry)

    4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold); recorded price paid £500k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

    Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

    Total income
    £1.6m
    Total spending
    £1.8m
    Cost of raising funds
    £292k
    Reserves (reported)
    £300k
    Employees
    33

    Reported reserves equal ~2.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

    Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (62% 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: 18.8% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

    Trustees · trustee networks

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

    Operates in: Leeds City

    Income and spending

    Financial year endIncomeSpending
    31/12/2025£1.6m£1.8m
    31/12/2024£1.5m£1.7m
    31/12/2023£1.3m£1.6m
    31/12/2022£1.1m£1.3m
    31/12/2021£896k£1.2m

    Common questions

    Is BRIDGE STREET PENTECOSTAL CHURCH financially healthy?

    Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £284,769 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total consolidated funds from £12,371,252 to £12,086,483. The Trustees consider the financial position satisfactory, noting that free reserves of £300,491 are slightly below the stated policy target of approximately £307,000. The charity maintains adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services Limited.

    Who funds BRIDGE STREET PENTECOSTAL CHURCH?

    Funders whose own accounts filings name BRIDGE STREET PENTECOSTAL CHURCH as a grant recipient include THE LIZ AND TERRY BRAMALL FOUNDATION.

    Known funders

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

    FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
    THE LIZ AND TERRY BRAMALL FOUNDATIONFY2024£80k

    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.

    Charities like this

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

    Side by side with its peers

    CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
    BRIDGE STREET PENTECOSTAL CHURCH£1.6m—0below—no doubt
    BRIDGE CHURCH LINCOLN FY2025£865k—0unclear—no doubt
    THE C3 CHURCH FY2024£2.4m—0unclear—no doubt
    WITHAM UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY FY2023£223k—0below0.0%no doubt
    THE CHURCH OF GOD (PENTECOSTAL) FY2025£151k—0unclear—no doubt
    AVENUE ST ANDREW'S SOUTHAMPTON UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY FY2025£111k—0below—no doubt

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