BRIDGES IMPACT FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1129756 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRIDGES CHARITABLE TRUST, BRIDGES TRUST

The primary objective of the charity is promotion for the benefit of the public of urban or rural regeneration in areas of social and economic need.

Objects

A THE PROMOTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF URBAN OR RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:1 THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP2 THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT3 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE4 THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OR BUSINESS ADVICE OR CONSULTANCY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRAINING OR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN CASES OF OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE NEED THROUGH HELP I IN SETTING UP THEIR OWN BUSINESSES, ORII TO EXISTING BUSINESSES5 THE CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF WORKSPACE, BUILDINGS, AND/OR LAND FOR USE ON FAVOURABLE TERMS6 THE PROVISION OF HOUSING FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF HOUSING IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR OR IN CHARITABLE OWNERSHIP PROVIDED THAT SUCH POWER SHALL NOT EXTEND TO RELIEVING ANY LOCAL AUTHORITIES OR OTHER BODIES OF A STATUTORY DUTY TO PROVIDE OR IMPROVE HOUSING7 THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR THOSE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES8 THE PROTECTION OR CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT9 THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES AND CHILDCARE10 THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREVENTION OF CRIME11 THE PROMOTION AND SPONSORSHIP OF THE ARTS12 SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMMISSIONB INSOFAR AS NOT ALREADY PROVIDED FOR ABOVE1 THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP2 THE PROMOTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT3 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC4 THE PROMOTION OF SUCH OTHER PURPOSES BEING EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL.

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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds significant unrestricted reserves of £1,357,731 and has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The charity reported a net income surplus of £328,689 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by investment income and donations exceeding charitable expenditure. Cash reserves increased to £3,684,777, providing strong liquidity despite revaluation losses on programme-related investments.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by unclear. 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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~32.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (81% 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 (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (15/01/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Philip Newboroughchair
• Alex Pitt
• Anne Marie Carrie
• Christopher West
• Freddie Sexton
• Henry Pepper
• Lucia Santirso Richards
• Maggie Loo
• Tim Simmonds

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• THE BRIDGE GROUP income £435k
• BRIDGE TRUST income £1.3m
• THE BRIDGE CHARITY income £133k
• BRID GARDENS income £106k
• BRIDGE CHAPEL income £668k
• BURDENS' CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £57k

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