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the bridge foundation

The charity supports children and young people and the general public. The Bridge Foundation is a registered charity whose purpose is general charitable purposes. It delivers its work by providing services. The charity is based in Bristol and operates in Bristol City.


This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

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Activities & Mission

The Bridge Foundation is a Bristol-based charity that provides accessible, high quality services to a wide range of individuals, professionals and commissioners. Since our formation in 1983, we have grown into a multidisciplinary, psychoanalytic Centre of Excellence, specialising in child and family mental health. We converted to a CIO on 1.4.19. Please see charity 1073759 for previous accounts.

Fundraising

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Local Authority

Financial Information

Latest Income
£993,443
Latest Expenditure
£954,358

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 91.7%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 95.5%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 5.4%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £48,726
Charitable Activities £943,682
Other Trading £0
Investments £0
Other Income £1,035

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £911,099
Raising Funds £43,259
Governance £7,800
Grants to Institutions £0
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£993,443£954,358£911,099£444,079£285,63820 / 7
2023£963,341£825,815£796,065£404,994£261,55318 / 7
2022£762,207£681,641£660,638£267,468£259,38814 / 8
2021£606,778£577,865£568,733£186,902£168,02212 / 3
2020£664,390£506,401£489,687£157,989£157,98910 / 6

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers