THE BRIDGE GROUP

Registered charity 1162144 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Advancing social equality and the relief of socio-economic disadvantage, with a focus on access and progression in higher education and the professions.

Objects

For the public benefit, the advancement of education and the relief of people who are in need as a consequence of their social and/or economic circumstances by: o Carrying out, collating and translating research, and disseminating the useful results into how to enable people to achieve their full academic potential and to prevent them from becoming disengaged with education and learning;o Providing advocacy, advice and information to schools, colleges, universities (and other recognised places of learning or training), employers and policymakers to help to prevent people from becoming disengaged with education and learning, and to promote equal access to higher education, and successful progression;o Supporting people’s capabilities, competencies, skills and understanding to enable them to achieve their full academic potential to promote equal access to higher education, and successful progression.

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 unrestricted reserves stood at £168,382, which is above the trustees' policy target of four months' running costs (approximately £144,000). The charity reported a small net income increase of £1,437 for the year, with total incoming resources of £434,556 and charitable expenditure of £433,119.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andre Flemmings
• Andrea Rose Waugh
• Ann Easwary Swampillai
• Deborah Leigh Finkler · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Simon Christopher Picot
• Emma Jodie Baylis
• Laura Kate Alyssa Yeates
• Lydia Miranda Nicola
• Rev Joshua Lloyd Harris · trustee of 2 other charities
• Ross Matthew Murdoch
• Samuel Fraine
• Timothy John Smith

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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