The Bridge to Cross Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Bridge to Cross Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Abergavenny. It was registered in January 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, accommodation/housing and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Bridge to Cross Charitable Trust reported income of £52k and spending of £56k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £81k to £52k (-37%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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 Bridge to Cross Charitable Trust sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Silver Jubilee Sports Club (£52k), Whitefield Youth Association (£52k) and Peterborough & District Samaritans (£52k).

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.