Bridges Tees Valley

Analysis

Bridges Tees Valley is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cleveland. It was registered in November 2013, 13 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bridges Tees Valley reported income of £185k and spending of £188k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £180k to £185k (+3.1%), an average of +0.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Bridges Tees Valley sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include British Association for Cancer Research (£185k), Pamoja (£185k) and Difficult Airway Society (£185k).

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.