The Bridgemere Centre

Analysis

The Bridgemere Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Eastbourne. It was registered in August 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03811286). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Bridgemere Centre reported income of £23k and spending of £30k, spending 135% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £35k to £23k (-36%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income dropped by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 133% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Bridgemere Centre sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jubilee Christian Centre Doncaster Trust (£23k), League of Friends Glangwili Hospital (£23k) and West Kent Community Radio (£23k).

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.