Bridges Centre

Analysis

Bridges Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Monmouth. It was registered in January 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03853667). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bridges Centre reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.3m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £1.3m (+21%), an average of +5.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Bridges Centre sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include British Paediatric Neurology Association (£1.3m), EMERGE 3Rs (£1.3m) and The Countess of Brecknock Hospice Trust (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 87%, trading 6.6% and donations and legacies 5.4%. Charitable activities took 79% of spending and raising funds 21%. Reserves of £490k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 57 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.