BRIDGE 86 LIMITED

Registered charity 802227 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRIDGE 86, BRIDGE MENTAL HEALTH

To give support to people with mental health problems, providing a pathway through assessment, recovery & community integration.Based in South London, we offer a full range of services to help clients become independent, from 24 hour supported accommodation to Flexible Community & Medium support, with accommodation where required, to Respite & Recovery services, and to the Recovery College.

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Latest income
£11.1m
Latest spending
£11.1m
Registered
1989
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £4,851 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted reserves standing at £1,182,800. The trustees consider reserves equivalent to 1.28 months of expenditure to be sufficient to meet financial obligations and remain a going concern for at least 12 months. The charity notes rising costs due to Living Wage increases and expansion of services, but confirms that reserves are adequate to cover employment and property lease obligations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £150,001 - £160,000 — above the median for charities its size (£130k)
“£150,000 - £160,000 1 1” — page 57
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Price Bailey LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Bridge Support (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

Total income
£11.1m
Total spending
£11.1m
Reserves (reported)
£1.2m
Employees
245

Reported reserves equal ~1.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (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 (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bexley · Bromley · Essex · Greenwich · Kingston Upon Thames · Lewisham · Merton · Newham · Tower Hamlets · Waltham Forest

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£11.1m£11.1m
31/03/2024£8.1m£8.1m
31/03/2023£5.1m£5.1m
31/03/2022£4.6m£4.3m
31/03/2021£4.1m£4.0m

Common questions

Is BRIDGE 86 LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £4,851 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted reserves standing at £1,182,800. The trustees consider reserves equivalent to 1.28 months of expenditure to be sufficient to meet financial obligations and remain a going concern for at least 12 months. The charity notes rising costs due to Living Wage increases and expansion of services, but confirms that reserves are adequate to cover employment and property lease obligations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Price Bailey LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of BRIDGE 86 LIMITED earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £150,001 - £160,000 band.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund08/03/2019£10kStir Cafe Community Hub
The National Lottery Community Fund08/06/2016£10kBridge Mental Health First Aid

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 THE BRIDGE PROJECT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BRIDGE 86 LIMITED£11.1m£150,001 - £160,000—unclear—no doubt
THE BRIDGE PROJECT FY2025£4.7m£70,001 - £80,0003unclear—no doubt
THE BRIDGE PLUS+ LIMITED FY2025£198k—0unclear—no doubt
THE BRIDGE CHARITY FY2025£133k—0unclear—no doubt
BRIDGE COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£164k—0below—no doubt
BRIDGEWOOD TRUST LIMITED FY2025£7.8m——above—no doubt

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