BRIDGE INSTITUTE

Registered charity 1174490 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote a more sustainable, peaceful and fairer world for everyone by bringing together the key stakeholders, equipping them with the required leadership skills and facilitating them through a breakthrough strategy and execution process to solving the significant challenges of out time, as set out in United Nation's sustainable Development Goals

Objects

TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY:A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES;B) THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION.SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEANS DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS

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 underwent an independent examination which confirmed no material matters were found to suggest non-compliance with accounting standards or regulations. The trustees report indicates they continue to evaluate projects on a cost/value basis to ensure sufficient resources are available to maximize impact.

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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (56% 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: 6.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr DECLAN DOOGAN
• Dr Viveka Kalidasan
• Jonathan James Wright
• SHASHIKUMAR VELATH
• Suzanne Darkins

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

Operates in: Australia · Bangladesh · China · East Timor · India · Indonesia · Laos · Nepal · Pakistan · Philippines · Qatar · Singapore

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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