BRIDGING THE BAR

Registered charity 1190369 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Bridging the Bar is a charity that aims to support aspiring barristers from a range of statistically underrepresentedgroups at the Bar. We exist to bridge the gap between aspiring barristers from non-traditional backgrounds and the skills,experience and networks required to develop a thriving career at the Bar.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, ARE: THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY AND THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONGST THOSE WHO SOCIALLY EXCLUDED DUE TO BEING MEMBERS OF A SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITY, AT THE BAR OF ENGLAND AND WALES BY:A) THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE, GENDER, DISABILITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR RELIGION;B) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY;C) PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS; AND D) CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY.

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 £142,267 at the end of the financial year, an increase from £91,950 the previous year. The trustees maintain a reserves policy based on the charity's size and financial commitments to ensure continuity of objectives, noting they will not set aside funds unnecessarily. The independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention, and the trustees confirmed no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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
• 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
• 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
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Mass Ndow-Njiechair
• Aaron Mayers
• Matheu Armel Swallow

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• THE BRIDGE CHARITY income £133k
• BREAKING BARRIERS BUILDING BRIDGES income £318k
• BREAKING BARRIERS income £3.6m
• LIFE BRIDGING WORKS income £179k
• THE BRIDGE PROJECT income £4.7m
• THE LIVINGBRIDGE FOUNDATION income £1k

Side by side with its peers

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