Overall GiG Score: -1 ?
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -10
Support Score: 7
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Static board: -3
  • All male board: -3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +4

BRIDGE CHURCH LINCOLN 

The advancement of the Christian faith in accordance with the Statement of Faith of Assemblies of God; relief of sickness and financial hardship and the promotion and preservation of funds, goods or services of any kind including through the provision of counselling and support on such parts of the UK or the world as the Church Council may from time to time think fit, the advancement of education.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • There are only 3 trustees
  • The Board is completely male
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 28 years

www.bridgechurchlincoln.co.uk

info@bridgechurchlincoln.co.uk

01522530730

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£496£491£5n/an/an/an/an/a200
31/03/22£392£384£8n/an/an/an/an/a150
31/03/21£364£348£16n/an/an/an/an/a150
31/03/20£335£323£12n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/03/19£298£314£-17n/an/an/an/an/a200
31/03/18£240£218£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17?£202£147£56£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/16£213£176£37£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/15£139£145£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/14*£211£134£77£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/13*£70£66£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/12£76£96£-19£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/11*£76£96£-19£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/10*£101£101£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/09£80£83£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/08£151£93£58£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/07£71£122£-51£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/06£73£35£38£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/05£58£28£30£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/04£37£36£1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Religious Activities
Who works here?
  • 200 volunteers
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Lincolnshire,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Tudor Trust£27,000
National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
DCMS£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Bridge Youth and Children's Hub
£10,000 29/04/2022
The funding will be used to continue running youth drop-in sessions for young people aged 10-14 years and purchase new equipment for the hub. The project aims to provide a safe space to build ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Bridge Church Lincoln
£25,000 29/01/2021
over one year as continuation funding towards the salary of a community team leader to support the work of community hubs in Lincoln which serve marginalised residents
Tudor Trust - Grant to Bridge Church Lincoln
£2,000 07/01/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£5,000 13/07/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Bridge Church Lincoln
£50,000 04/07/2018
24
over two years as continuation funding towards the community manager's salary to lead community development work in three hubs across Lincoln, including in Sincil Banks
Tudor Trust - Grant to Bridge Church Lincoln
£7,500 15/03/2017
12
towards involvement in the Lincoln Active Faith Network
Tudor Trust - Grant to Bridge Church Lincoln
£54,000 20/04/2016
24
over two years towards the salary of a volunteer co-ordinator at a church-based community venue and hub in Lincoln
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/01/1996, number: 1052167
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR14: 36 days late, AR13: 130 days late, AR11: 121 days late, AR10: 195 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from LINCOLN CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP on 11/06/2020
  • Asset transfer in from BABY'S BASKET on 17/02/2023
Main office

Bridge Central
PORTLAND STREET
LINCOLN
LN5 7NN

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHURCH ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC:(A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE CHURCH COUNCIL FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT;(B) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE CHURCH COUNCIL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT; AND(C) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE CHURCH COUNCIL FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN PRACTICE LINCOLN

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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