Overall GiG Score: 9 ?
Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 8
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Static board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +8

THE BRIDGE HOMELESSNESS TO HOPE 

The relief of poverty, sickness and distress of individuals in need, in particular but not exclusively by the provision of shelter, food, clothes and advice, in accordance with a Christian ethos.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 15 years

www.bridgeleicester.org

DAVID@BRIDGELEICESTER.ORG

01162221161

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
30/04/23£348£312£36n/an/an/an/an/a50
30/04/22£234£268£-34n/an/an/an/an/a50
30/04/21£335£218£118n/an/an/an/an/a45
30/04/20£362£298£65n/an/an/an/an/a60
30/04/19£273£231£42n/an/an/an/an/a59
30/04/18£188£148£40£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/17£97£125£-27£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/16£97£76£21£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/15£64£55£9£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/14£70£46£24£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/13£21£24£-2£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/12£26£19£7£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/11£24£20£4£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/10£16£4£12£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 50 volunteers
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Leicester City,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Lloyds Bank Foundation£102,250
Tudor Trust£92,000
DCMS£27,314
National Lottery Community Fund£19,700
Cheshire Community Foundation£3,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Tudor Trust - Grant to The Bridge Homelessness to Hope
£90,000 15/05/2020
36
over three years towards the salary of a new caseworker and wider mental health support for people who are homeless or lonely and vulnerable in Leicester
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to The Bridge Homelessness to Hope
£2,250 14/12/2022
One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Masonic Trust - MCF Festival
£3,000 26/05/2022
Core Funding for The Bridge Homelessness to Hope
Cheshire Community Foundation - Recreational Art as Art Therapy
£3,500 18/10/2021
The Bridge Homelessness To Hope support homeless and vulnerably housed guests, as well as the lonely, vulnerable and isolated, by providing them with a safe space to come, meet and get support, with ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Art Therapy For Mental Health Support
£9,950 11/06/2021
The funding will be used to continue and expand art therapy sessions to homeless people and those who are vulnerably housed. The project aims to give vulnerable homeless people a feeling of purpose ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to The Bridge Homelessness to Hope
£2,000 11/01/2021
as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£27,314 05/08/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Art therapy for mental health support
£9,750 23/08/2019
12
The funding will be used to run a meal service with recreational and creative activities to engage with homeless and isolated people. The project aims to use this time to also deliver advice on ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Bridge Homelessness to Hope
£100,000 17/07/2019
36
The Bridge Homeless to Hope provides hot meals, one to one support, access to services and help to those that re homeless and most vulnerable in Leicester. The grant will support them to continue ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to The Bridge - Homelessness to Hope
£123,200 13/06/2018
36
towards three years' salary of a Mentoring Co-ordinator and two years' salary of an Outreach Worker, including a contribution towards overheads, of a project in Leicester supporting homeless people ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Pilot Health for homesless people
£9,920 29/11/2017
12
A range of workshops will be funded for people who are experiencing the effects of homelessness which includes the issues of mental health, substance misuse and money management, enabling people to ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Bridge Homelessness to Hope
£11,664 29/06/2016
12
This will support his volunteer led homeless charity to improve its monitoring systems, planning and governance as it grows. It will give the charity a clear sense of direction and enable it to ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to The Bridge - Homelessness to Hope
£7,500 03/12/2015
towards one year's salary of a Mentor Co-ordinator at a project supporting homeless people in Leicester
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to The Bridge - Homelessness to Hope
£10,000 11/09/2014
towards one year's salary of the Volunteer Mentor Co-ordinator at a project that provides support and services to homeless people in Leicester
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 43-69
  • REBECCA MARY BROWN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Chief Operating Officer/Deputy Chief Executive
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/09/2009, number: 1131922
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/04/2009, number: 06883209
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
14 returns made; all on time
Main office

The Bridge
43 Melton Street
LEICESTER
LE1 3NB

Objectives

A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS OF INDIVIDUALS IN NEED, INPARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF SHELTER, FOOD, CLOTHES ANDADVICE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH A CHRISTIAN ETHOS;B) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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