THE WARDENS AND ASSISTANTS OF ROCHESTER BRIDGE IN THE COUNTY OF KENT

Registered charity 207100 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ROCHESTER BRIDGE TRUST, THE ROCHESTER BRIDGE TRUST, THE WARDENS AND ASSISTANTS OF THE ROCHESTER BRIDGE IN THE COUNTY OF KENT, THE WARDENS AND ASSISTANTS OF THE ROCHESTER BRIDGE TRUST IN THE COUNTY OF KENT

The maintenance and improvement of two road bridges and a services bridge (known as Rochester Bridge). Care of and access to archives and historical artefacts. The promotion of other charitable purposes through projects and the award of grants for education and research in engineering, agriculture & history; heritage structures; and charitable purposes connected to the River Medway.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total net assets stood at £131.6 million, with unrestricted reserves of £128.8 million held in the Bridges Reserve Fund. The trustees confirm the Trust is viable as a going concern, supported by stable income from property and investments despite a net expenditure on activities of £2.78 million in the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

69 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (60 freehold); recorded price paid £13.8m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~237.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (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: 67.9% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (16/08/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• RUSSELL GRAHAM COOPERchair
• Alexander John Paterson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr ANNE FRANCES HELEN LOGAN
• Dr Helen Marie Pascoe
• Ian Michael Summersgill
• John Farmer · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lars Lemonius · trustee of 1 other charity
• PHILIP FILMER
• RICHARD GEORGE THORNBY
• Raymond Peter Harris
• Russell John Race · trustee of 4 other charities
• Sarah Virginia Hohler

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

Operates in: Bexley · Bromley · Cambridgeshire · Kent · Kirklees · Lincolnshire · Medway · Suffolk · West Sussex

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ROTHER VALLEY RAILWAY HERITAGE TRUST.

• ROTHER VALLEY RAILWAY HERITAGE TRUST income £2.3m
• BRIDGE HOUSE ESTATES income £42.6m
• THE WEY AND ARUN CANAL TRUST LIMITED income £816k
• THE ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL TRUST income £166k
• ACTION FOR THE RIVER KENNET income £559k
• THE CHESTERFIELD CANAL TRUST LIMITED income £1.0m

Side by side with its peers

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