Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 1

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1

Overall weighted support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 2

BRIDGES TEES VALLEY

Provides help, support and advice to the families and frieds of substace misusers and gives supplementary help to substance misusers.Advances education in all aspects of drug abuse and addictive behaviours, its causes, remedy, prevention and the caring associated with substance misuse.

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Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Why are there only 4 trustees?

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/24	£261	£262	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/23	£190	£197	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22	£151	£156	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21	£180	£151	£28	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20?	£170	£171	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18	£184	£197	£-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17	£196	£214	£-18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/16	£171	£213	£-42	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/15	£506	£247	£259	£16	£259	£246	11.9	9	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 11 years

www.bridgessupport.org

01642605222

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Support for addiction & substance abuse
Emotional support, counselling or therapy

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Darlington, Durham, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar And Cleveland, Stockton-on-tees,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Sport England - B-Sports
£15,000	25/08/2023	The project will work with carers and family members of substance users, providing a variety of activities to the children of substance users across Stockton and will run sessions for adults with poor mental health and isolation. Sessions will be ....more The project will work with carers and family members of substance users, providing a variety of activities to the children of substance users across Stockton and will run sessions for adults with poor mental health and isolation. Sessions will be planned as a group for group activities. The project hopes to encourage the participants to be involved in choosing and planning the activities provided to give them ownership over the project.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CAROLYN S BLIGH (Chair) Appointed: 2013

HELEN LAWLOR Appointed: 2022

JESSICA WILLIAMS-COOKE Appointed: 2022

PAUL KIRTON Appointed: 2013

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/11/2013, number: 1154630

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

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
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
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
Volunteer management

Filing Record

9 returns made; all on time

Main office

5 NELSON TERRACE
STOCKTON ON TEES
TS18 1NJ

Objectives

1)TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING CAUSED BY SUBSTANCE MISUSE BY MAKING HELP, SUPPORT AND ADVICE AVAILABLE TO THE FAMILIES AND FRIENDS OF SUBSTANCE MISUSERS AND IN ADDITION TO GIVE SUPPLEMENTARY HELP TO SUBSTANCE MISUSERS.2)TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF VOLUNTARY & STATUTORY AGENICES AND THE PUBLIC IN ALL ASPECTS OF DRUG, ABUSE AND ADDICTIVE BEHAVIOURS, ITS CAUSES, REMEDY, PREVENTION AND THE CARING ASSOCIATED WITH SUBSTANCE MISUSE.

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