BRIDGEFOOT GOSPEL HALL TRUST

Registered charity 1157887 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our halls are held for use of religious activities by Christians. Regular meetings are held including bible readings and gospel preachings - details can be found on the website www.plymouthbrethrenchristianchurch.org.Gospel related literature and bibles are readily available from the halls and regular attendees. We also carry out street preachings and distribute food packs to those in need.

Objects

(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT INCLUDING BY THE CARRYING ON OF THE SERVICE OF GOD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS OF THE HOLY BIBLE AS FOLLOWED BY THOSE CHRISTIANS FORMING PART OF A WORLDWIDE FELLOWSHIP KNOWN AS THE "PLYMOUTH BRETHREN CHRISTIAN CHURCH" (THE "BRETHREN") WHOSE CORE DOCTRINE IS SUMMARISED IN SCHEDULE 1 TO THIS DEED AND WHOSE PROPER PRACTICES IN FURTHERANCE OF SOME ASPECTS OF THAT CORE DOCTRINE ARE SUMMARISED IN SCHEDULE 2 TO THIS DEED; AND (B) ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH BRETHREN.

Area of benefit: ESSEX

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 surplus of incoming resources over expenditure for the year ended 5 April 2025, driven largely by a £425,000 grant from an affiliated trust. Free reserves increased significantly to £825,064, which the trustees note is being accumulated for the potential acquisition of a new hall, despite a stated policy of maintaining no significant reserves.

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 4 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
• 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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~188.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (69% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alan Rowles
• Christopher Roy Brock
• Marcus Brock
• Peter Gilder
• RICHARD CARL SMITH · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WHITMORE WAY GOSPEL HALL TRUST.

• WHITMORE WAY GOSPEL HALL TRUST income £747k
• COLCHESTER GOSPEL HALL TRUST income £441k
• SWAFFHAM GOSPEL HALL TRUST income £1.1m
• ROSE LANE GOSPEL HALL TRUST income £1.4m
• HEATHWOOD GOSPEL HALL TRUST income £184k
• EASTBROOK GOSPEL HALL TRUST income £190k

Side by side with its peers

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