THE LIVINGBRIDGE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1194565 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Livingbridge Foundation supports a range of charitable organisations which are consistent with the Foundation's aims of promoting Equality, Diversity, Opportunity and Entrepreneurship.

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Latest income

£132k

Latest spending

£161k

Registered

2021

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £28,967 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income falling significantly to £132,036 from £608,624 in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £155,156, which is above the stated policy target of approximately £50,000. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations (100% of income)

“Income from donations totaled £132,036 (2023: £608,624) which was unrestricted.” — page 14

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: approximately £50,000 (held: £155k)

“The trustees aim to maintain free reserves in unrestricted funds of approximately £50,000, which represents the mid-range of grants provided to our charity partners.” — page 4

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Total income

£609k

Total spending

£468k

Reserves (reported)

£184k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~4.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Jeremy Morgan Christopher Dennisonchair
Amy Yateman-Smith
Andrew Berwick
Christopher Hale MA LLM · trustee of 1 other charity
Xavier James Woodward

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

Operates in: Australia · Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£132k	£161k
31/12/2023	£609k	£468k
31/12/2022	£527k	£278k
31/12/2021	£757k	£962k

Common questions

Is THE LIVINGBRIDGE FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £28,967 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income falling significantly to £132,036 from £608,624 in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £155,156, which is above the stated policy target of approximately £50,000. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE AMATEURS TRUST	1	£115k
THE STUART HINE TRUST CIO	1	£46k
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION	1	£10k
THE BISHOP RADFORD TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRIDGES IMPACT FOUNDATION.

BRIDGES IMPACT FOUNDATION income £1.1m
LIFE BRIDGING WORKS income £179k
THE BRIDGE CHARITY income £133k
Livingston Charitable Trust income £792k
BEDFORDSHIRE AND LUTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £5.3m
LSEG Foundation income £4.6m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE LIVINGBRIDGE FOUNDATION	£132k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
BRIDGES IMPACT FOUNDATION FY2025	£1.1m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LIFE BRIDGING WORKS FY2026	£179k	—	0	no_policy	—	no doubt
THE BRIDGE CHARITY FY2025	£133k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Livingston Charitable Trust FY2024	£792k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
BEDFORDSHIRE AND LUTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2025	£5.3m	Over £60,000	1	unclear	5.3%	no doubt

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