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CLIFTON SUSPENSION BRIDGE TRUST

Registered charity 205658 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Operation of Clifton Suspension Bridge

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Latest income
£3.1m
Latest spending
£5.1m
Registered
1962
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust reported a net expenditure of £1,112,775 for the year, driven by a major £7.9m maintenance project funded from designated reserves. Per the trustees' report, the Trust maintains a policy of retaining sufficient reserves to cover three years of maintenance projects and emergencies, with unrestricted free reserves standing at £4.1 million.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £90,001 - £100,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £70k)
“There was one employee with emoluments between £90,000 and £100,000 during the financial year”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“There was one employee with emoluments between £90,000 and £100,000 during the financial year”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three years of maintenance projects and emergencies (held: £4.1m)
“The Trust has always followed a policy of retaining sufficient reserves both to deal with emergencies (via an Emergency Repair Fund), and to have sufficient funds to enable it to finance the next 3 years’ worth of maintenance projects” — page 4
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Bishop Fleming LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£3.1m
Total spending
£5.1m
Cost of raising funds
£45k
Reserves (reported)
£4.1m
Employees
33

Reported reserves equal ~9.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (84% 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: 1.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bristol City · North Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£3.1m£5.1m
31/12/2023£3.2m£2.4m
31/12/2022£2.8m£2.6m
31/12/2021£2.5m£2.2m
31/12/2020£2.1m£1.9m

Common questions

Is CLIFTON SUSPENSION BRIDGE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the Trust reported a net expenditure of £1,112,775 for the year, driven by a major £7.9m maintenance project funded from designated reserves. Per the trustees' report, the Trust maintains a policy of retaining sufficient reserves to cover three years of maintenance projects and emergencies, with unrestricted free reserves standing at £4.1 million. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Bishop Fleming LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of CLIFTON SUSPENSION BRIDGE TRUST earn?

Per its FY2024 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £90,001 - £100,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds CLIFTON SUSPENSION BRIDGE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CLIFTON SUSPENSION BRIDGE TRUST as a grant recipient include THE NISBET TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE NISBET TRUSTFY2023£16k
THE NISBET TRUSTFY2022£10k
THE NISBET TRUSTFY2021£10k
THE NISBET TRUSTFY2024£10k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund20/03/2012£631k"Clifton Suspension Bridge Heritage & Learning Centre"

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE BRIDGE RENEWAL TRUST1£482k
THE HAPPY BABY COMMUNITY1£121k
JOHN JAMES BRISTOL FOUNDATION1£68k
Evergreen Care UK1£50k
ATTEND1£46k
SOCIAL FARMS AND GARDENS1£13k
THE GURU NANAK NISHKAM SEWAK JATHA (BIRMINGHAM) UK1£13k
ROYAL DEVON UNIVERSITY HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITY1£10k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CLIFTON SUSPENSION BRIDGE TRUST£3.1m£90,001 - £100,0001unclear—no doubt
THE BRIDGE TRUST LTD FY2025£223kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
THE IRON BRIDGE TRUST FY2025£390k—0unclear—no doubt
BRIDGE HOUSE ESTATES FY2025£42.6m——above—no doubt
THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST FY2025£883k—0above—no doubt
THE BRIDGE TRUST FY2024£963k—0unclear—no doubt

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