The David Bridger First Charitable Trust

Analysis

The David Bridger First Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Orpington. It was registered in October 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The David Bridger First Charitable Trust reported income of £56k and spending of £39k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £54k to £56k (+3.6%), an average of +0.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The David Bridger First Charitable Trust sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Okiki Imole Parish of Celestial Church of Christ (£56k), Court Farm Evangelical Church (£56k) and Maidstone Road Baptist Church, Felixstowe (£56k).