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Glastonbury Bridging the Gap

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1180479SomersetDisability
Income£33k2025-04-30
Spending£27ksame year
Spent / received91%5-year average
Size in its cause48th pctDisability
Registered2018Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Glastonbury Bridging the Gap is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Somerset. It was registered in October 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Glastonbury Bridging the Gap reported income of £33k and spending of £27k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £30k to £33k (+8.0%), an average of +1.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Glastonbury Bridging the Gap sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Age Concern Syston and District (£33k), Al Kawther Trust (£33k) and Wndis (West Norfolk Disability Information Service) (£33k).

Income and spending

£0£8,225£16k£25k£33k2021 Income: £30,4622021 Spending: £14,24220212022 Income: £14,9402022 Spending: £14,52920222023 Income: £24,4152023 Spending: £32,51420232024 Income: £24,9802024 Spending: £27,39820242025 Income: £32,8992025 Spending: £27,1382025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The charity exists to prevent or relieve food poverty and need in Glastonbury and the surrounding BA6 and BA16 postcode area, mainly through the provision of emergency food parcels and other necessary items. Working with referral agencies, we aim to provide an individual or family with non-perishable and fresh food for a balanced diet for approximately a week.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Age Concern Syston and DistrictLeicester£33k
Al Kawther TrustLeicester£33k
Wndis (West Norfolk Disability Information Service)Norfolk£33k
Sunnah Welfare Trust LtdWalsall£33k