The Britford Bridge Trust

Analysis

The Britford Bridge Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Edinburgh. It was registered in January 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Britford Bridge Trust reported income of £883k and spending of £1.2m, spending 139% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £500k to £883k (+77%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 158% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Britford Bridge Trust sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Societe Generale UK Foundation (£870k), Enfield Voluntary Action (£884k) and The Truemark Trust (£868k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 10%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.1m.

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.