Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 0

Strong growth: +2
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Only 3 Trustees: -2
Gender balanced board: +3

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: -2

THE BRIDGE CHARITY

The Charity's objects (the Objects) are:To advance the education of the students of The Bridge London Trust by providing and assisting in the provision of resources and equipment not funded by DFE/ESFA or Local Authority grants. To promote activities which support The Trust in offering a broad and balanced curriculum and care for pupils of different abilities between the ages of 5 and 19.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 3 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
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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
05/04/23		£38	£114	£-76	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
05/04/22		£37	£42	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
05/04/21	*	£46	£2	£45	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
05/04/20		£28	£5	£23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
05/04/19		£61	£61	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
05/04/18		£62	£34	£28	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/17		£58	£75	£-17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/16		£55	£108	£-53	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/15		£52	£91	£-40	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/14		£78	£62	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/13		£74	£60	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/12		£78	£103	£-25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/11		£89	£80	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/10		£67	£64	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/09		£195	£220	£-25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/08		£90	£106	£-17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/07		£164	£261	£-98	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/06		£226	£195	£31	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/05?	*	£15	£7	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
04/02/04		£7	£1	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 35 years

www.thebridgelondon.co.uk

fundraising@thebridge.islington.sch.uk

020 769 1000

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Poverty relief

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout London,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
1 volunteer

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Bridge Charity (Bridge School (Islington) PSA)
£2,200	16/05/2022	towards a four day residential trip to Bognor Regis, for students with autism and/or additional learning needs from the London Borough of Islington.
National Lottery Community Fund - The Bridge School Sensory Integration Play Decks Project
£50,000	09/02/2011 23	This is a new, one-year project by a community school in Islington for children and young people with autism and/or severe learning difficulties. The parent staff association will work with pupils, ....more This is a new, one-year project by a community school in Islington for children and young people with autism and/or severe learning difficulties. The parent staff association will work with pupils, parents, staff and a professional team of architects, to plan and establish a two-tier sensory play deck. This will help to develop pupils' communication and social skills, improve their physical wellbeing and offer visual, auditory and kinaesthetic learning opportunities in an outdoor environment.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

DR PENNY BARRATT

HAROLD REID Appointed: 2019

JOHN DIXON Appointed: 2013, Other trusteeship: NATWEST SOCIAL & COMMUNITY CAPITAL,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/09/1989, number: 801885

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Financial Conduct Authority

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR21: 4 days late, AR05: 27 days late,

Main office

C/O The Bridge MAT
251 Hungerford Road
LONDON
N7 9LD

Objectives

A. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS OF THE BRIDGE SCHOOL BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION FOR FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION AT THE SCHOOL (NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITY)B. FOSTER MORE EXTENDED RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE STAFF PARENTS AND OTHERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SCHOOLC. ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES WHICH SUPPORT THE BRIDGE SCHOOL AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS ATTENDING IT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE BRIDGE SCHOOL

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