RICHMOND BRIDGE CLUB

Registered charity 1175613 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide premises and facilities for members and their guests to learn, play and improve the game of Bridge in a safe and friendly environment.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT(1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF AMATEUR SPORT BY PROMOTING THE GAME OF BRIDGE PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS OF RICHMOND AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.(2) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE LEARNING, TEACHING AND PLAYING OF BRIDGE PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS OF RICHMOND AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

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's finances are stable, with total funds increasing to £190,128 at the year end. The trustees consider the current reserves sufficient to cover six months of fixed costs and maintain ongoing operations. The charity continues to absorb cost inflation without increasing member charges, though it anticipates additional regulatory compliance costs in the coming year.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sally Durantchair
• Derek Thrumble
• Jonathan Hird
• Mark Jeremy Simpson
• Penelope Anne Croucher · trustee of 1 other charity
• Peter Stopford Streatfeild
• Sarah Jackson
• Simon Cocheme
• Valerie Glenday
• Victor John Martin

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

Operates in: Richmond Upon Thames · Surrey

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• CHELTENHAM BRIDGE CLUB income £101k
• BRISTOL BRIDGE CLUB income £136k
• BRIDGNORTH RUGBY CLUB LIMITED income £183k
• TONBRIDGE THEATRE AND ARTS CLUB income £163k
• RICHMOND CHARITIES income £4.9m
• ENGLISH BRIDGE EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT income £359k

Side by side with its peers

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