THE BRIDGE RENEWAL TRUST

Registered charity 1131941 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Bridge Renewal Trust delivers practical ways that people can live healthier, long and fulfilling lives thus playing our part in reducing health inequalities and building healthier, safer and stronger communities in Haringey. We work to empower our diverse communities and promote mental health and wellbeing, community safety, local giving and a stronger voluntary sector.

Objects

3.1.1 TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF RESIDENTS IN ANDAROUND THE SEVEN SISTERS AREA OF SOUTH TOTTENHAM, LONDON ("THE AREA OFBENEFIT"); AND3.1.2 THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF RESIDENTS IN THE AREA OF BENEFITTHROUGH A RANGE OF INTERVENTIONS INCLUDING TRAINING AND ASSISTANCE TO FINDEMPLOYMENT WHETHER AS AN EMPLOYEE OR ON A SELF EMPLOYED BASIS; AND3.1.3 TO RELIEVE AND PREVENT POVERTY AMONGST PEOPLE LIVING WITHIN THE AREA OFBENEFIT; AND3.1.4 TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND THE SURROUNDINGNEIGHBOURHOOD, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OFPOLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAIDRESIDENTS AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN ACOMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES AND SERVICESIN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONSOF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS

Area of benefit: THE SEVEN SISTERS AREA OF SOUTH TOTTENHAM

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£3.3m
Latest spending
£3.3m
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Charity's main income from trading activities decreased during the year ended March 31, 2025, with reduced income from rent and other sources. The Charity Commission value and Charity Help value also saw reductions compared to the previous year. The Charity has agreed to grant the Company a lease of the premises, and the Company is not a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Rachel Hughes. 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.

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 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Government income: £1,364,153 — contracts £723,675 (7), grants £640,478 (8); 41% of the £3,316,599 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£80,001–£90,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Government income: £871,564 — contracts £644,731 (5), grants £226,833 (6); 26% of the £3,342,625 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£80,001–£90,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Government income: £1,424,892 — contracts £712,446 (3), grants £712,446 (3); 49% of the £2,899,904 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£90,001–£100,000: 1)

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

Corporate structure

THE BRIDGE RENEWAL SERVICES LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • The company is dormant and entitled to exemption from audit and filing of full accounts under section 480 of the Companies Act 2006.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

BuyerContractAwardedValue
Whittington HealthCA17143 - WHT - Partnership Agreement; Enhanced Health Management04/02/2026£20k

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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

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

Total income
£3.3m
Total spending
£3.3m
Reserves (reported)
£798k
Employees
54

Reported reserves equal ~2.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (90% 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).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Haringey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£3.3m£3.3m
31/03/2024£3.3m£3.2m
31/03/2023£2.9m£2.7m
31/03/2022£2.9m£2.5m
31/03/2021£2.3m£2.1m

Common questions

Is THE BRIDGE RENEWAL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Charity's main income from trading activities decreased during the year ended March 31, 2025, with reduced income from rent and other sources. The Charity Commission value and Charity Help value also saw reductions compared to the previous year. The Charity has agreed to grant the Company a lease of the premises, and the Company is not a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Rachel Hughes.

Who funds THE BRIDGE RENEWAL TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE BRIDGE RENEWAL TRUST as a grant recipient include LOCALITY (UK), THE ORP FOUNDATION, THE TRUEMARK TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
LOCALITY (UK)FY2023£10kLHC grant
THE ORP FOUNDATIONFY2023£10kRefugees
THE ORP FOUNDATIONFY2022£10k
THE TRUEMARK TRUSTFY2022£6k
THE TRUEMARK TRUSTFY2024£3k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The Mercers' Company02/03/2026£105kGrant to The Bridge Renewal Trust
City Bridge Foundation24/03/2025£111kGrant to Bridge Renewal Trust
City Bridge Foundation10/03/2025£85kGrant to Bridge Renewal Trust
The National Lottery Community Fund12/08/2024£20kEmpowerment@theHut
Sport England25/10/2023£8kTennis for Mental Health
Greater London Authority (GLA)08/09/2023£5kWhat If? A VCS Guide to Emergency Planning, Response & Recovery
Greater London Authority08/09/2023£5kWhat If? A VCS Guide to Emergency Planning, Response & Recovery
Greater London Authority28/02/2023£4kWhat If? A VCS Guide to Emergency Planning, Response & Recovery
City Bridge Foundation28/09/2022£251kGrant to Bridge Renewal Trust
City Bridge Foundation28/06/2022£300kGrant to Bridge Renewal Trust
The National Lottery Community Fund10/09/2021£299kHealth@theHut
City Bridge Foundation08/06/2021£25kGrant to Bridge Renewal Trust
Greater London Authority14/05/2021£15kBridge Renewal Trust (Haringey Food Network)
City Bridge Foundation07/01/2021£210kGrant to Bridge Renewal Trust
The National Lottery Community Fund08/12/2020£150kTogether We Can - Covid-19 project
UK government01/04/2020£81kEU Settlement Grant Scheme Funding 21/22
City Bridge Foundation31/01/2018£105kGrant to Bridge Renewal Trust
City Bridge Foundation28/01/2015£73kGrant to Bridge Renewal Trust
The National Lottery Community Fund26/11/2014£10kWeight Away
The National Lottery Heritage Fund08/10/2014£10k"Mapping Tottenham's History"

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 THE BRIDGE BATTERSEA.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE BRIDGE RENEWAL TRUST£3.3m——unclear—no doubt
THE BRIDGE BATTERSEA FY2025£181k—0above—no doubt
THE WHALEY BRIDGE COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025£30k—0unclear—no doubt
BRIDGE CENTRE TRUST FY2025£352k—0unclear—no doubt
THE BRIDGE PROJECT FY2025£4.7m£70,001 - £80,0003unclear—no doubt
BRIDGES CENTRE FY2025£1.3m—0unclear—no doubt

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