THE BRIDGE CHURCH BOLTON

Registered charity 1121268 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Religious Activities

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£668k

Latest spending

£665k

Registered

2007

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The charity reported total income of £668,138 and total expenditure of £664,825, resulting in a small net surplus of £3,313 for the year. Unrestricted funds increased to £718,181, while restricted funds decreased to £511,150, leaving total net assets at £1,229,331. The trustees confirmed the charity is a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £62,463 — above the median for charities its size (£60k)

“Richard Cooke – Gross Salary: £62,463 (2023: £59,573), Pension Contributions: £3,089 (2023: £2,963)” — page 23

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: appropriate level to cover management and administration and support costs (held: £718k)

“It is the policy of the charity to maintain unrestricted funds at an appropriate level to cover management and administration and support costs. Unrestricted funds are maintained at least at this level throughout the year.” — page 6

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The Bridge Trading Company (Bolton) Limited

“During the year the charity charged licence fees for the use of premises to The Bridge Trading Company (Bolton) Limited of £10,800 (2023: £10,800). During the year the charity received a donation from The Bridge Trading Company (Bolton) Limited totalling £9,808 (2023: £44,752). £1,896 (2023: £21,778) was owed from The Bridge Trading Company (Bolton) Limited at the year end.” — page 24

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sumer Auditco Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Bridge Church, Bolton (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£668k

Total spending

£665k

Reserves (reported)

£718k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~13.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (87% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (05/08/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (23/02/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

RICHARD JOHN COOKEchair
ANDREW RICHARD WILLIAMSON · trustee of 1 other charity
Aaron John FOSTER
Andrew Paul Stokes
CLIVE RICHARD TAYLOR
DAVID ARTHUR ANDREWS
John Junior Yabu
Malcolm McPhail
PAUL FREDRIK ROBERTS
Paul Fredrik Roberts
RICHARD ALEXANDER HOGG

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

Operates in: Bolton

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£668k	£665k
31/12/2023	£681k	£687k
31/12/2022	£722k	£747k
31/12/2021	£747k	£705k
31/12/2020	£711k	£571k

Common questions

Is THE BRIDGE CHURCH BOLTON financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The charity reported total income of £668,138 and total expenditure of £664,825, resulting in a small net surplus of £3,313 for the year. Unrestricted funds increased to £718,181, while restricted funds decreased to £511,150, leaving total net assets at £1,229,331. The trustees confirmed the charity is a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Sumer Auditco Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE BRIDGE CHURCH BOLTON earn?

Per its FY2024 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £62,463 band.

Who funds THE BRIDGE CHURCH BOLTON?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE BRIDGE CHURCH BOLTON as a grant recipient include THE JOSEPH RANK TRUST, CONGREGATIONAL AND GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST, THE NORWOOD AND NEWTON SETTLEMENT, THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE JOSEPH RANK TRUST	FY2023	£25k
CONGREGATIONAL AND GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£13k
THE NORWOOD AND NEWTON SETTLEMENT	FY2025	£10k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	FY2022	£6k	Community

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	16/01/2025	£20k	Baby Basics Bolton and Bury
The National Lottery Community Fund	24/02/2023	£10k	Baby Basics Bolton and Bury
The National Lottery Community Fund	03/09/2021	£10k	Baby Basics Bolton & Bury
The National Lottery Community Fund	22/05/2020	£10k	Baby Basics Bolton & Bury COVID -19
The National Lottery Community Fund	02/05/2019	£10k	BOLTON'S BIG DAY OUT 2019
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/11/2008	£10k	Street Teams

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 THOMPSON6 CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£24k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIO	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Grace Church, Bolton.

Grace Church, Bolton income £366k
CLAREMONT CHURCH BOLTON income £105k
BRIDGE COMMUNITY CHURCH income £209k
TONBRIDGE BAPTIST CHURCH income £901k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER BOLTON-LE-MOORS income £176k
THE METHODIST CHURCH - BOLTON CIRCUIT income £505k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE BRIDGE CHURCH BOLTON	£668k	£62,463	—	above	—	no doubt
Grace Church, Bolton FY2025	£366k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
CLAREMONT CHURCH BOLTON FY2025	£105k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BRIDGE COMMUNITY CHURCH FY2025	£209k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
TONBRIDGE BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£901k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER BOLTON-LE-MOORS FY2024	£176k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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