BRIDGE OF HOPE CHILDRENS MINISTRY

Registered charity 1126408 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

AS A CHRISTIAN CHARITY WE ARE COMMITTED TO SOCIAL JUSTICE REGARDLESS OF RELIGIOUS OR SOCIAL BACKGROUND. OUR AIM IS TO PREVENT ORPHANED OR ABANDONED CHILDREN ENDURING A LIFE ON THE STREETS. BY PROVIDING HOUSING, EDUCATION, VOCATIONAL SKILLS AND HEALTH, EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL CARE. WE ENABLE CHILDREN TO DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS AND PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS IN UGANDA.

Objects

(A) TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGHTHE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO HELP THEM DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIESAND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE ANDRESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS IN UGANDA AND SUCH PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEESMAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT;(B) TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED DUE TOTHEIR YOUTH SICKNESS OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN UGANDA AND SUCH PARTS OF THEWORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT;(C) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS INTHE SCHEDULE HERETO ATTACHED IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF UGANDA OR THEWORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: UGANDA AND SUCH PARTS OF THE WORLD

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a small surplus of £1,217 for the period, reversing previous recurring deficits. Total income increased by 22% to £108,079, with charitable activities accounting for over 95% of expenditure. The trustees hold unrestricted reserves of £87,178, which they consider adequate despite having no formal reserves policy.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• BARBARA ANNE SKERRATTchair
• JOAN VERA YOUNG
• Lynn Susan Murphy
• MONICA DAPHNE WOOD
• MR GEOFF SKERRATT
• Rosemary Jane Randall

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

Operates in: Uganda

Income and spending

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