The Bridgewater School Association

Analysis

The Bridgewater School Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Berkhamsted. It was registered in May 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Bridgewater School Association reported income of £17k and spending of £15k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £14k to £17k (+24%), an average of +5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 86%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Bridgewater School Association sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Regent's Park Community Association (£17k), Bartley Village Hall Charitable Trust (£17k) and 18th Chester Scout Group (£17k).