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Building Bridges Network

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1144741NelsonArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£180k2025-03-31
Spending£168ksame year
Spent / received110%5-year average
Size in its cause84th pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered2011Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Building Bridges Network is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nelson. It was registered in November 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07747757). It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Building Bridges Network reported income of £180k and spending of £168k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £235k to £180k (-24%), an average of -6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Building Bridges Network sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cambridge Woodwind Makers (£179k), The John Thaw Foundation (£180k) and The Greenway Centre (£179k).

Income and spending

£0£59k£118k£176k£235k2021 Income: £235,3042021 Spending: £224,78220212022 Income: £113,5582022 Spending: £217,25320222023 Income: £193,0102023 Spending: £196,20020232024 Income: £145,9792024 Spending: £152,48720242025 Income: £179,6602025 Spending: £167,6892025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Community-based cohesion work.Schools-based cohesion and education work.Targeted work addressing issues of extremism with at risk groups (Prevent).Interfaith dialogue and work at a grass roots / strategic level to promote better understandingBuilding capacity for leadership to tackle issues of social justice and cohesion.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Cambridge Woodwind MakersLinton£179k
The John Thaw FoundationLondon£180k
The Greenway CentreNottingham£179k
The Swan Theatre CompanyYeovil£181k