THE BRIDGE TRUST LTD

Registered charity 1142658 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Teaching about Christian faith and action in the UK and overseas so as to promote activity within churches that demonstrates biblically authentic faith, and relieving poverty in the UK and particularly in the developing world (currently mostly India and Zambia) through support of social care and health programmes, education and vocational training.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£223k

Latest spending

£149k

Registered

2011

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased significantly to £220,696 due to a one-off transfer of funds from Care for Zambia, while total expenditure was £148,878. The charity holds £95,650 in total funds, with £12,192 in unrestricted reserves, which is slightly below the stated policy target of £15,000. The trustees report no concerns regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: Under £60,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £60k)

“No employee was paid more than £60,000.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: £15,000 (held: £12k)

“Our current policy is to set aside £15,000 as a reserve.” — page 12

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Bridge Trust Ltd (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (29/03/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

CHRISTOPHER DAVID MATTHEWS
ELISABETH ANNE SANDERSON
Ian Gordon Wilson
Janice Lucy Heude
Lesley Mcallister · trustee of 2 other charities
MICHAEL JOHN BENNETT
Marian Durrant Uttley
PAUL UTTLEY · trustee of 2 other charities
Paul Joshua Edbrooke
Stephen Graham Perrins

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

Operates in: Bristol City · India · South Gloucestershire · Wiltshire · Zambia

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£223k	£149k
31/03/2024	£90k	£104k
31/03/2023	£110k	£107k
31/03/2022	£123k	£114k
31/03/2021	£93k	£95k

Common questions

Is THE BRIDGE TRUST LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased significantly to £220,696 due to a one-off transfer of funds from Care for Zambia, while total expenditure was £148,878. The charity holds £95,650 in total funds, with £12,192 in unrestricted reserves, which is slightly below the stated policy target of £15,000. The trustees report no concerns regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE BRIDGE TRUST LTD earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the Under £60,000 band.

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 LIZ AND TERRY BRAMALL FOUNDATION	1	£80k
SUTCLIFF BAPTIST CHURCH, OLNEY	1	£10k
ROYAL DEVON UNIVERSITY HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITY	1	£10k
THE DEO GLORIA TRUST	1	£5k

Charities like this

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

THE BRIDGE CHARITY income £133k
MILTON KEYNES BRIDGEBUILDER TRUST income £148k
BRIDGE CHURCH LINCOLN income £865k
BRIDGE STREET PENTECOSTAL CHURCH income £1.6m
THE BRIDGE TRUST income £963k
THE BRIDGE CHURCH, CARDIFF income £374k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE BRIDGE TRUST LTD	£223k	Under £60,000	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BRIDGE CHARITY FY2025	£133k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MILTON KEYNES BRIDGEBUILDER TRUST FY2025	£148k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRIDGE CHURCH LINCOLN FY2025	£865k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRIDGE STREET PENTECOSTAL CHURCH FY2025	£1.6m	—	below	—	no doubt
THE BRIDGE TRUST FY2024	£963k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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