BRIDGES TEES VALLEY

Registered charity 1154630 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRIDGES TEES & DURHAM

Provides help, support and advice to the families and frieds of substace misusers and gives supplementary help to substance misusers.Advances education in all aspects of drug abuse and addictive behaviours, its causes, remedy, prevention and the caring associated with substance misuse.

Objects

1)TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING CAUSED BY SUBSTANCE MISUSE BY MAKING HELP, SUPPORT AND ADVICE AVAILABLE TO THE FAMILIES AND FRIENDS OF SUBSTANCE MISUSERS AND IN ADDITION TO GIVE SUPPLEMENTARY HELP TO SUBSTANCE MISUSERS.2)TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF VOLUNTARY & STATUTORY AGENICES AND THE PUBLIC IN ALL ASPECTS OF DRUG, ABUSE AND ADDICTIVE BEHAVIOURS, ITS CAUSES, REMEDY, PREVENTION AND THE CARING ASSOCIATED WITH SUBSTANCE MISUSE.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £2,559 for the year ended 31 March 2025. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds stood at £171,189, which the trustees believe would allow operations to continue for around 12 months while seeking alternative funding. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention regarding compliance with accounting records or statutory requirements.

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 5 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (23/07/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• CAROLYN S BLIGHchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Helen Lawlor · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jessica Williams-Cooke · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Darlington · Durham · Hartlepool · Middlesbrough · Redcar And Cleveland · Stockton-on-tees

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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