Bridge Institute

Analysis

Bridge Institute is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in September 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Bridge Institute reported income of £795k and spending of £664k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £115k to £795k (+591%), an average of +62% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 167%. Over the whole period it spent 90% 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, Bridge Institute 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 The Mulchand Foundation (£792k), The Pennington Mellor Munthe Charity Trust (£795k) and Cullum Family Trust (£788k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 56% and donations and legacies 44%. Charitable activities took 89% of spending and raising funds 7.5%. Reserves of £70k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 1 people.