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.

Objects

1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ARTICLES OF FAITH SET OUT IN ARTICLE 392 THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK3 TO ASSIST IN THE TREATMENT AND CARE OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL OR PHYSICAL ILLNESS OF ANY DESCRIPTION (INCLUDING ADDICTION) OR IN NEED OF REHABILITATION AS A RESULT OF SUCH ILLNESS, SUCH TREATMENT AND CARE TO BE ABLE TO INCLUDE THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR WORK AND RECREATION4 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION ON THE BASIS OF CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES5 TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE6 THE PROMOTION OF SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE BOARD SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS.

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 · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

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
“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.

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.

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 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 400
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 400
  • Government income: £15,800 — grants £15,800 (8); 1% of the £1,536,280 total gross income on the same return
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 400
  • Government income: £22,511 — grants £22,511 (4); 2% of the £1,287,848 total gross income on the same return
  • Has a trading subsidiary

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

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 4.7 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 5.3%) (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

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    Side by side with its peers

    CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
    BRIDGE STREET PENTECOSTAL CHURCH£1.6m—0below—no doubt
    BRIDGE CHAPEL FY2025£668k—0unclear—no doubt
    BRIDGE CHURCH LINCOLN FY2025£865k—0unclear—no doubt
    CLYDE STREET PENTECOSTAL CHURCH FY2025£29k—0unclear—no doubt
    BRIDGE CHURCH NEWBURY FY2025£190k—0unclear—no doubt
    BRIDGE CHURCH MINISTRIES FY2025£146k—0unclear—no doubt

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