BRIDGING BARRIERS

Registered charity 1196973 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

A social mobility charity on a mission to equip young people aged 16-25 from underrepresented backgrounds with the knowledge, tools and networks to successfully pursue their career goals. We do this through 1-1 career mentoring, virtual masterclasses and networking events to build the confidence, employability skills and career knowledge of young people, helping them to become work-ready.

Objects

TO ADVANCE AND RELIEVE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 16-25 LIVING IN THE UK BY PROVIDING ADVICE, ASSISTANCE AND MENTOR AND SIGNPOSTING SERVICES DESIGNED TO DEVELOP SKILLS AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS SO THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED.

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net deficit of £4,951, having spent £90,263 against income of £85,312. Per the trustees' report, the charity held total cash reserves of £13,577 at year-end, which is below its stated policy target of maintaining reserves equivalent to at least three months of core operating costs.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Bridging Barriers (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alex Donkor
• Jade Adewunmi
• Michael Adesite
• Sharon Dorsen

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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