The Bridge Church Otley United Reformed Church Charity

Analysis

The Bridge Church Otley United Reformed Church Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Otley. It was registered in March 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Bridge Church Otley United Reformed Church Charity reported income of £246k and spending of £249k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £142k to £246k (+74%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 77%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Bridge Church Otley United Reformed Church Charity sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of All Saints Fleet (£246k), Hampton Parochial Church Council (£246k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Timothy's Crookes (£246k).

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.