THE BRIDGE PROJECT TADCASTER

Registered charity 1166825 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We seek to show love, hope and faith to the children, young people and families of Tadcaster and the surrounding villages, through weekly clubs, work in schools and offering the community a safe place to be.

Objects

To assist in the advancement of education of young people from a christian perspective; to provide or assist in the provision of facilities for recreation and leisure time occupation for individuals and families who have need of such facilities by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disability, financial hardship or social circumstances with the object of improving their conditions of life; to help young people, especially but not exclusively through leisure time activities, so as to develop their capabilities that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society and so that their conditions of life may be improved; and to promote good mental health and relieve mental ill-health through programmes of support primarily within the area of benefit, namely Tadcaster and the surrounding area, including (but not limited to) the parish of Rural Ainsty.

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

Causes: Religious Activities · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£74k
Latest spending
£68k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £4,032 are held, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of £15,000. The charity reports a decrease in income and expenditure for the year, with cash reserves increasing slightly due to reduced staffing costs. The trustees acknowledge a lack of funds for the oncoming year and are adjusting staffing levels to align with available funding.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £4k; policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure)
“At the year end, the charity held unrestricted cash of £4,032 and the charity is aiming to comply with the policy by adjusting staffing costs in line with available funding.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The parent charity The Lower Wharfe Ecumenical Youth Project was founded in 2021. The Bridge Project took over the aims and activities in 2016. The two charities are linked.
“Relationships with other charities and related parties The parent charity The Lower Wharfe Ecumenical Youth Project was founded in 2021. The Bridge Project took over the aims and activities in 2016. The two charities are linked.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Governance: The opening allocation between unrestricted and restricted funds as disclosed in the prior year accounts was unable to be substantiated.
“The opening allocation between unrestricted and restricted funds as disclosed in the prior year accounts was unable to be substantiated. Therefore in the current year accounts the opening restricted funds have been transferred to unrestricted general funds as detailed in note 4 to the accounts.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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 31/08/2025

  • Volunteers: 7

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

  • Volunteers: 8
  • Government income: £5,500 — grants £5,500 (2); 7% of the £81,292 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2024 (received 15/08/2025, 46 days after the 30/06/2025 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£74k£68k
31/08/2024£81k£75k
31/08/2023£73k£82k
31/08/2022£86k£84k
31/08/2021£86k£86k

Common questions

Is THE BRIDGE PROJECT TADCASTER financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £4,032 are held, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of £15,000. The charity reports a decrease in income and expenditure for the year, with cash reserves increasing slightly due to reduced staffing costs. The trustees acknowledge a lack of funds for the oncoming year and are adjusting staffing levels to align with available funding. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE BRIDGE PROJECT TADCASTER?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE BRIDGE PROJECT TADCASTER as a grant recipient include THE LIZ AND TERRY BRAMALL FOUNDATION, THE DULVERTON TRUST, THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE LIZ AND TERRY BRAMALL FOUNDATIONFY2022£5k
THE DULVERTON TRUSTFY2024£5kTowards youth volunteering scheme
THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund17/10/2024£20kAlive 10-14s Youth CLub
The National Lottery Community Fund03/02/2023£10kAlive Youth Club
The National Lottery Community Fund27/05/2021£10kAlive Youth Club
UK government25/09/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund18/07/2019£10kVibe youth club

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.

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE BRIDGE PROJECT TADCASTER£74k—0below—no doubt
THE BRIDGE CHARITY FY2025£133k—0unclear—no doubt
THE BRIDGE TRUST FY2025£1.0m—0unclear—no doubt
THE BRIDGE GROUP FY2025£435k—0above—no doubt
THE NEWBRIDGE PROJECT FY2025£594kUnder £60,0000below—no doubt
THE BRIDGE PROJECT FY2025£4.7m£70,001 - £80,0003unclear—no doubt

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