BRID GARDENS

Registered charity 1197961 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity makes grants to individuals and organisations.

Objects

TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME PARTICULARLY BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, BEREAVEMENT OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE AMONG THE JEWISH COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Hackney, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£106k
Latest spending
£58k
Registered
2022
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £47,179 for the year ended 31 October 2025, with unrestricted reserves standing at £624,252. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. No employees were recorded during the year, and no trustee remuneration was paid.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“Income from donations and interest aggregated £54,000(2024: £77,900).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: a level which the trustees think appropriate after considering the future commitments of the charity and the likely costs of the charity for the next year (reserves figure: £624k)
“It is the policy of the charity to maintain Unrestricted Funds, which include the Free Reserves of the charity, at a level which the trustees think appropriate after considering the future commitments of the charity and the likely costs of the charity for the next year.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The charity purchased a plot of land from its subsidiary for a nominal consideration of £1, subsequently selling it at auction for £51,000.
“During the year the Charity purchased a plot of land from its subsidiary for a nominal consideration of £1, subsequently selling it at auction for £51,000.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2025

  • Has a trading subsidiary
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2024

  • Has a trading subsidiary
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2023

  • Has a trading subsidiary
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Belgium · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/10/2025£106k£58k
31/10/2024£78k£62k
31/10/2023£87k£6k
31/10/2022£485k£4k

Common questions

Is BRID GARDENS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £47,179 for the year ended 31 October 2025, with unrestricted reserves standing at £624,252. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. No employees were recorded during the year, and no trustee remuneration was paid. Its FY2025 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.

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BRID GARDENS£106k—0above—no doubt
BRIDGE TRUST FY2025£1.3m—0unclear—no doubt
THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST FY2025£883k—0above—no doubt
PERSONAL BEST FOUNDATION FY2025£135k—0below—no doubt
BRIDGES IMPACT FOUNDATION FY2025£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
BRIDEWELL ORGANIC GARDENS FY2025£378kUnder £60,0000above—no doubt

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