2021-12-31-accounts - The New Bridge Foundation

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Foreword

2021 was another challenging year for so many of us. Those outside prison faced a further winter and spring of strict coronavirus restrictions, with more time separated from loved ones, grappling to acclimatise to the new normal of home-schooling, remote working and remote socialising. Those inside prison faced continuing coronavirus restrictions too, with 23-hour lockdown in cells, and the majority of the year with no possibility of receiving visitors. As the months progressed, those of us outside prison experienced the relief of restrictions lifting and life moving slowly back towards normal. However, people in prison continued to endure 23-hour cell lockdowns and a high level of social isolation.

New Bridge saw applications from people in prison rise to their highest number ever, as the pain of isolation grew. However we also saw our highest ever number of engaged volunteers, helping us to meet this demand.

Lucy joined New Bridge as CEO in February 2022, following the retirement of Judith Smith. Judith led the organisation for five years, two of which encompassed

the sense of isolation and abandonment I felt, and continue to feel, was mitigated by regular letters from the outside. At present we have reverted to COVID stage 4, and coping once again with 23hr lockdown in our cells. As well as regular, fulsome, and jam-packed letters, my volunteer also sends me postcards and emails. This connection with the “real” world provides a life-line, a tenuous touch of normality in what is fast becoming isolation chambers of misery in UK jails

It gives you a sense of remaining human, someone genuine is invested in you and does not judge you because of your offence. New Bridge has given me self-belief and esteem that I had lost for so many years and I appreciate the support my Befriender has given me

the pandemic and the enormous change in our service delivery which this necessitated, and everyone at New Bridge is grateful for her dedication and unwavering focus during this time, and wishes her the very best, wherever her future takes her.

Our ever growing community of dedicated volunteers need to be celebrated for their ongoing commitment to the people they befriend, even through the turbulence of their own lives during the pandemic.

We are indeed privileged to work with so many people who give so much of their time.

The impact of the work that we do is evident in the heartfelt evaluations which prisoners send us every year. Indeed, 98% of evaluation respondents said they would recommend our service to others, and a third reported finding out about our support after a recommendation from another prisoner. We are passionate about helping New Bridge reach even more people who can benefit from our support, by continuing to increase our community of dedicated volunteers and creating new funding partnerships. We hope you enjoy reading this report, which explores our work in 2021 and the impact that it has had on the people we serve.

Helen Boothman Lucy Ball Chair CEO

About New Bridge

What we do

The New Bridge Foundation is a charity which works with people in prison across England and Wales, providing them with a trained volunteer to act as a ‘befriender’ to provide a non-judgemental social connection at a time when they can be most isolated, through a combination of letter writing and prison visiting. Our service allows people in prison the opportunity to discuss their feelings, hopes, aspirations, fears and reflections on themselves and their past – as well as more social topics. Our volunteers can often be the only individual outside of the prison service who the person in prison speaks to with any regularity.

We believe that engaging with our service allows people in prison to rebuild fundamental trust in others and skills around self-expression which enable them to go on to access further programmes of support provided by the prison service and other charities. This helps them

to progress through the prison system and reengage more positively with society on release.

Why we’re needed

This work is vitally important. The current prison population sits at just under 80,000, and we are seeing an increasing number of prisoners serving longer sentences. It can be easy for people in prison to lose hope and feel very alone, particularly during the increased isolation of covid-19 restrictions. The proportion of prisoners reporting mental health conditions sits at 52%, and we know both that having a mental health problem can increase your chance of feeling lonely and that feeling lonely can impact your mental health. With 31% of prisoners not having any visitors, we know that there are nearly 25,000 people in prison facing potential loneliness and social isolation.

Having someone to forget about prison life it made my mental health better asking me what my plans are after my release and made me think I can do better than coming to jail, I should be out there having my freedom, living in my own place being with my family, my kids, having a 9 to 5 job, be able to go anywhere I want in the world and think about what I can be and who I can be and to forget about the past and think about the future that I can have and to make sure I keep on the right path and not ever go back on the wrong path without my volunteer I would not be thinking of all this and not be the new person I am today so I am very grateful for everything she has done for everything she has said, the advice she is giving

2021 in Numbers

I am so grateful that you allowed me to be a ‘normal person’ not only a prisoner

6,113 hours were spent volunteering

Applications hours were spent from people in volunteering prison rose by We trained 52% Compared to 2020 78 new volunteers

We supported 1,107 people across 74 prison sites

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779 11,026 people in prison letters and emails connected with a were exchanged between people befriender in prison and their volunteer

375 phone calls were made

318 volunteers worked with us

An increase of 6% Compared to 2020

I cannot tell you how many times I read the same letters or emails again and again. This gives me pleasure and happiness every time

Prison Visits

...nice to receive a visit, to break up the monotony of prison and to have a natural conversation with someone, not associated with prison

It is good to build a rapport, have a natural conversation, and sit together for a short while. A letter is more formal, whereas a conversation is less so and more relaxed perhaps

We know that people in prison who receive visits are less likely to be reconvicted after release, but we also know that 31% of people in prison receive no visits from family or friends. New Bridge volunteers can start making prison visits after building a relationship with a person through six months of letter writing.

Visits to prisons were not allowed for the vast majority of the year, meaning our volunteers only managed to connect with people in prison face-to-face on 47 occasions. In our last pre-Covid year this figure (with a 13% smaller volunteer base) was 404, with volunteers travelling a total of over 126,000 miles.

The overwhelming majority (91%) of people who had previously been visited said that they would like more visits, and that visits provide a positive and refreshing supplement to their volunteer’s letter-writing.

With the continuing easing of restrictions, our volunteers have resumed visits in 2022, and we are pleased to see the number of visits beginning to rise.

The miles covered by our volunteers are so high because they will support the same person wherever they get moved around the prison estate : this can mean volunteers attending several different prison sites around the country over the years, while working with one person. This is an essential part of our service: the connection between volunteer and person in prison is maintained at a time when the person being moved is experiencing huge change and disruption to routines.

I was so nervous at meeting her for the first time but we seemed to get on with each other straight away. The visit was a wonderful experience and it proved to me that not everyone is judgmental

Our evaluation this year included questions about the value of visits, and whether our beneficiaries were keen for visits to resume once restrictions are lifted.

Volunteers

Our volunteers are our lifeblood. They give their time and compassion to bring hope into the lives of the most marginalised. The impact they have on the people they support is evident from the heartfelt quotes peppered throughout this report.

Our volunteer community is growing every year, and in 2021 our number reached 318.

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Our volunteers come from all walks of life, and range from undergraduates through to retired people, all of whom share the same belief in supporting people experiencing some of the darkest times of their lives. Volunteers undergo a comprehensive training session, building an understanding of the criminal justice system, and the principals of safe boundaries for befriending relationships. They are then allocated to one of our 25 support groups which are spread across England and meet monthly. The groups allow volunteers to share how they are supporting their person in prison and get support from their fellow volunteers.

Updates can range from this:

‘‘The person I am supporting is preparing for release at the end of this year after serving a 40 year sentence. He will be in his mid seventies when released, and during our letters and phone calls we have been discussing practical things like learning to use a mobile phone or a cash machine, how he will manage his finances and the

someone to share my story with. She is the one who picks me up when I’m down, she always gives words of wisdom and I have just recently had a visit from her and she’s a real star. To give her time up to write to prisoners she should be given an award

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sort of accommodation he will be able to find, as well as his feelings about preparing for reintegration’

To this more unusual scientific exchange:

He phoned me to discuss the letter he sent me with some ideas on how, if the brain was able to detect phase shift in photons entering the two eyes from the same object, it would be able to have an awareness of distance via some sort of implicit trigonometry. It’s an interesting theory but I couldn’t work out how one gets around the problem that the wavelengths of visible light are in the nanometre range and I’m not sure the brain would be able to keep track of the number of integer wavelengths in the path length difference’

Applications from people in prison arrive every week, and we need more volunteers to help us meet the demand. If you would like to become a volunteer, please sign up here: www.newbridgefoundation.org.uk/Pages/ Category/apply-now

Volunteer Profile

Dad what are you doing volunteering in prison? Why don’t you play golf like all the other Dads?

That short conversation with my daughter still stays with me after thirteen years working voluntarily with New Bridge. Those years have certainly fulfilled my expectations of the role. After a career in education, I once again enjoyed a new challenge, learning new ways of working, engaging with a diverse and often forgotten sector and giving something back to society. It gave me self-worth and a purpose in my life beyond my previous work. Meeting new people in prison and challenging the negative media images of those in custody, supported by a fantastic local group of similar minded people ensured my time working with New Bridge has been productive, challenging and extremely rewarding.

Why New Bridge? In many ways it fulfilled my personal aim to give something back to society. It also offered me flexibility to support my growing family and a little time for myself. Writing letters and visiting those in prison could be prioritised by myself whilst the monthly group meetings with other volunteers provided excellent support, encouragement, and advice. There were challenging times, but I never felt alone or isolated.

My first visit to a high security prison opened my eyes to the reality of the context of my work. Dogs, bars, endless doors slammed and opened, body scans and rub downs seemed to never end. However, they soon faded as I met a lonely, sad face in the hectic visiting hall. What a place to meet a stranger! But a smile and friendly greeting immediately broke down any barriers and resulted in a wide-ranging conversation about so many aspects of life. This was not a prisoner but a lonely man who had done a terrible thing but had also lost contact with the outside world, had no visitors, never received letters, and had the lowest self-esteem. I went into that place full of fear of the unknown I came out with a real buzz and eager to write him another letter.

I still don’t play golf, but I still enjoy and value my voluntary work with New Bridge. It is a great organisation that does the most valuable work for a very forgotten sector of our society.

Peter

2022 and Beyond

We are excited to be returning to a more business as usual operation in 2022, with volunteers resuming visits to prisons, and support groups having the option to meet in person.

This will also be an important year for New Bridge as we undertake a project in spring/summer to design our strategy for the next three years.

It helps my mental health to know there is a human being taking the time to write to me, especially when I was not a people person before prison.

Our new strategy will outline key areas we want to focus on, including:

Reach

Increasing the number of people in prison we reach with our service, and scaling up our community of volunteers.

Innovation

Exploring new ways of working and delivering, finding new efficiencies to allow us to spend more time supporting our growing number of beneficiaries and volunteers.

Sustainability

Diversifying our income, and securing new, long-term partnerships to deliver our work.

Excellence

Seeking out new ways of measuring the impact of our work, so that we can ensure we are providing the best service possible to people in prison, and the best support possible to our volunteers.

Diversity & Inclusion

Recruiting volunteers from even more diverse backgrounds to better represent our prisoner population; ensuring we are reaching all people in prison who can benefit from our service.

Our Supporters

We couldn’t exist to impact lives in the way that we do without the generous financial donations of our supporters.

Last year we were grateful to receive donations of over £1,000 from the following:

1772 Charity
29th May 1961 Charitable Trust
Albert Hunt Trust
B Pilling
Charles Irving Charitable Trust
Christopher Rowbotham Charitable Trust
City & Metropolitan Welfare Charity
Constance Travis Charitable Trust
Enterprise Holdings Foundation
G M Morrison Charitable Trust
Jessie Spencer Trust
Leigh Trust
Lord Faringdon Charitable Trust
Michael & Shirley Hunt Charitable Trust
Noel Buxton Trust
Oak Trust
Oakdale Trust
Peter Stebbings Memorial Charity
R Truefitt
S Stead Ellis
Sir James Reckitt Charity Trust
Sir James Roll Charitable Trust
T Pakenham
William A Cadbury Charitable Trust
Worshipful Company of Basketmakers
Zochonis Charitable Trust

We are keen to build further partnerships in 2022. If you are interested in supporting our work, please get in touch via info@newbridgefoundation.org.uk

I am very grateful to New Bridge for giving me the opportunity to run the London Marathon to raise funds to support the valuable work that so many volunteers undertake. I was able to spend time training and had hoped to complete the run in less than three and a half hours. The weather was kind, the support from spectators and volunteers was great, and I completed the distance in 3:18. I was very pleased with the outcome and even more delighted to have raised in excess of £3300 for New Bridge

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I have been able to clarify my thoughts and challenge myself as well, with these discussions and I really get a positive experience from each letter and our visit. I enjoy both styles of letter, the more day-to-day and the deeper discussions

info@newbridgefoundation.org.uk www.newbridgefoundation.org.uk 020 8671 3856

New Bridge Foundation, 1a Elm Park, London SW2 2TX

New Bridge Foundation, 1a Elm Park, London SW2 2TX Registered Company No: 5048063 Registered Charity No: 1103511

REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBF,R: O51M8063 REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1103511 Report of Ibe Trus1tt8 and Un*udlted Flnanclal Ststements for tbe Year Ended 3J$t December 2021 for The New Brldie Foundation (Trant Harn)d Lerman Davis LLP c.hartered Accountsnts 1st Floor Healthaid Elouse MaTlborougb Hill Ham>w idd1¢5ex HAI IUD

The New Bridge FoundatiDR Contents of the Finandaj statennts for th¢ year ended 31st Detellther 2021 Pgt Report of the Tru$tees Independent ExndDer'$ Report Statement of Fln4n¢i41 A¢ttYldes Balance Sheet No¢e5 to the Flnanelal Statementi

The New Bridge FouDdtio Report of the TrustttS for the year ended 31st Decernber 2(121 Th¢ tnjsw who were also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the fiwncial st&t¢nKnts of the ¢h#rity foT th¢ yur ended 31 D¢eemb¢r 2021. The ststements eotllply with tbe Charitses Act 2011. the Conynies Act 2006, the Memorandum and Articl¢s of Ao¢latiO and Accounting a1 R¢porting by Charitlcs: Statement of Recommended Practiee applicable to charities preparing their accounts ill accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard for Sma]ler Entiti¢s. OBJECTIVES AND AcrtVlTIES ObJeetives aDd aims The New Bridge Foundation is a chartty which supports people in prisotL The object of the charity as set out in the ¢(Jrnpany's memordndum of association is to promotc a1 SpOrt the education, befriending attd resettlemem of peopk in prison and ex-offendeTS. Our aim is to support pri30ner5 whil¢ they Jr¢ LD Prison to build a eonttection to the outside world We believe that this helps to aid Teinte¥rttion aT]d reduce offeThlin8. PUBLIC BENEFIT Our COTe tIvIty i& the provision of 8 befriending service to people serving prison sentenc¢y. We recrnit dedicat volunt¢ers aud off¢r ¢ompr¢hernqive training befoT¢ matehin8 them with a pri50ller. Prisoncts and their befrienders exchange letters, building a trnsting, non-judgem¢ntsl relationship. Befrienders and theiT Pri50Der5 can also connect via telephone ¢all$, and befiienders often 4ttettd prisons to visit tbeir prisoDei. We believ¢ thai COntt with the outside world prwres prisoner5 for rele¥se. W¢ refer to tbe guidance contained ill the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit and will review our activities ygainst the publi¢ ben¢fit ill our tre plallning. N¢w Bridge'$ service 18 unique ill that our befrienders stay matc1] with the sw prisoner os they are moved aTound the prison estate. This continuity belps to build a deeper ynd more trusting relatiot)sbip, at a time wl)en prisoners are experiencing & large amount of change and disNption to routines. The befrienders wbo volunteer for New Bridge oft¢n be the only souree of 8oeial e01eCtiOn or emotional support for prisoners are no longer in contactwith family or friends. Our b¢fri¢nding wvi¢e is open to applicatio% from attyPTisoner in Englalld and Wales. ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE Achievements and performanet Despite the continuing impact of Covid-19 during the course of 2021, we maintain¢d our support for OUT beneficiaries. Having developed new ways of selecting and trainin8 volunteers remotely. we were abl£ to grow numbcr of befrienders by 13•/0. 2021 saw a huge increase in demand for our service. with prisoner applications 520/¢ higber than 2020. OY¢r the course of the year we weTe in contact with 1,107 PTi50neTS. 779 of these were matched with a volunteer befriend¢r for all or part of the year. Impact Every year w¢ ask prisoDers to cornpkte an evaluation forn) to report on the service we provide and the impact it has had on them. One of these prisoners rep)rted: "the sense of isolation and abandornrnt I f¢lt. aDd continu¢ to f¢el, w ti)itigat¢d by Tegular letters from the outside. At present M¢ have revert to COVtD slage 4. and coping on¢¢ &gain 7th 23hr IkdOWn in our cells. As w¢ll as r¢guiar, fuls(Trme, jaw-p¥¢ked letters. my volunteer also sends me postcards nd emails. This connection with the "T¢&l" world provides a ]if¢-lin¢. a tenuiws toueh of nornlality in ts fast becoming isolation ehambers of misery in UK jails" Our perfornwlce this year As 8 direct result of tbe hard work and dedication of our small staff tea and our large comjnunity of volunteer4 we tak¢ this opportwiity to ¢¢lebrate. We also Saw the retirejnent this year of lsta]r Smitb. after a long and distinguished tenwe as Treasurer, and express our gratitud¢ for 411 of hjs insight #nd guidattce during hi5 time with New Byidge. In additiiL our CEO Judith Smith retired 8t the end of th¢ year, aft¢r 5 y¢ars l¢ading the organisation (including tbrough th¢ impa¢t of Covid-19) and She l¢aves with our thanks for ber WOTk knd our best wishes for the fLItte. Page I

The New Brldge Foundation Report of the Tntres for the year ¢ttd¢d 31st De¢emb¢r 2021 FINANCIAL REVIEW Reserves polley The trusie¢s c8tabli8h¢d a policy whereby the unrestricted fvn¢ts not nmI or itiwi¢d in try'ble f1 a58ets ('thc frex rv.) held by the charity sbould be e4ual to of six months ¥verdge expenditur¢. STRUCTURL GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Governlng doeument Th¢ charity is ¢¢)ntrolled by its governing doallnenL a deed of trust, and constibJt¢$ a lirnit¢d wn)pany, limited by guardlltee. as defined by the Companies Act 2006 and in¢orpor8trd in 2004. Riik maDagernent The charity regu]arly revlews its risk, in line with Charity guidan¢¢. Rvrulttnen¢ gnd appIntMent of neTV trustees Tnte¢S have a range of experience in criminal justi¢¢ and busin¢s& New lThstees are &ppointsd thmugb an open dvertising campaign highlighting the need for people with certain skius to overse¢ the charity. TteeS are sent the Charity Commission's Essential Tn¢ Guide, the Articles of Association. rnost recent annual report and befriending senrice evaluatio Induction includes bri¢fing se58ions from the Chair about the obligations of tnlstees and how the board operaies, an overview of finonoe5 from the Treasurer and briefings from the Chief Executive aTKi staff teAnt Tru$ttts are encouraged io participate in & training course for volunteers and to attend a regional group nxets'ng to U1¢[81nd how New Bridge operates. OrEnlsttomAI stru¢tur¢ The N¢w Bridge FouDdation has a board of nine membeTS who rneet four times a year and are r¢sponsibl¢ for th¢ strategic direction and policy of the eharity. Day to day responsibility for the d)atity rests with the Chief Executive and provision of bEfriending and n]anag¢m¢Dt of th¢ volw]teers is led by the Director of Befriending sUPPOrted by the Befri¢ndiDg Admtni5trator. The Admillistration Manager As respoD5ible for regu]ar fithising and for finla1 and business systems. Related partie5 New Bridge has a llY owned subsidiary ¢ompany tnside Time Ltd whith produces the newspaper. The Treasurer and another New Bridge thte¢ ar¢ tllemb¢ts of the 1tisid¢ Tim¢ Board of DiTlOTS. REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Reglstered CompADy number 05048063 (Not specifiedlother) Reglstered Cbarlty number 1103511 Registered offjce IA Elm PaTk IA&ndon SW2 2TX Page 2

The Tr4ew Bridge Fourtdatlon Report of th¢ Trwtres for the ye4r ended 318t DK¢mber 2021 Thistees Dr Peier John Bennett Faye Dyke Di Lynne Game Roger Hill (resiwd 20.4.2021) Susan Ellen Nicholas MBE John Patrick OR¢illy Mr Alistsir Henry Ellis Smith Honorary Treasurer (resigned 19.10.2021) Sara Z4lin Hclen B(bothrnan Chair Atll)a Parley (appointed 19.10.2021) Aillie Rennie (aP1nted 19.10.21f21) Jolllj S¢ampion {appointed 19.10.2021) {resigned 30.1.2022) Pgtron HRH Princess Alexandra, The Hon Lady Ogilvy. KG GCVO Presldent Sir Joseph Piljing KCB Vice Pr¢8ideDts Revetend Jonathan Aitken Professor David Witson Cblef Executlve Judith Smith MBE- resigned 31.01.22 Dr Lucy Ball- appointed 28.02.22 Company Sefretary I)onna Frances King Independent Examiner Grant Harrod Luman Davi5 LLP Chartered Accountants 1st Floor Healthaid House MaTlborough Hill H2fOW Middl¢$ex HAI IUD Soueltors Bate5 Wells 10 Queen Street Place tA)ndon EC4R IBE Page 3

The New Bridge Fowid*tiOD Report orth¢ Truste for the year ended 31st De¢em1 2021 Bankers Barclays Bank PLC 5 High Road Willesden Green London NWIO 2TE CAF Bank Ltd 25 Kings Htll Av¢nu¢ King5 Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4JQ HSBC 210 High Holborn tDndon WCIV 7HD AppToved by order of the board of trwtees on.... . and Sied ot) its behalf by.. Hel Boothman. Trust¢¢ Page 4

IDdependeDt Ellner'S Report to the Trlliteu Of The Neiv Bridge Foundation Independellt erdminer'5 report to the trustees of The New Bddge Found4tlon ('the Company,) I report to the charity trustees on my examination of tbe accounts of the Company for the year ended 31st Decenther 2021. Re5ponslbllltle5 and basls of report As tbe cljarity's knjstees of tILe Company land a]so its dire¢tors for th¢ purposes of company law) you are responsible for the prepardtion of the accounts in accordomce with the requirements 4)f tbe Compatlles Act 21N)6 {be 2006 kn?. Having satisfi¢d myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited w)der Part 16 of the 21)06 Aet and are eligible for i1¢pendent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your chariws accounts a8 carried out under seetion 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('th¢ 2011 Act,). In carying out my ¢xarnination I have followed the Dir¢ctioTrs giv¢n by the Charity Conunission WLd¢r 8tion 145(5) @) of the 2011 Act. IDdepeDdellt exmlner's st9ttnt I have compleied my examination. I conf]rn) that no m8tteTS have come to my attention in connection with ibe examination giving me cause to believe: accounting records were noi kept in respect of the Company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act. or the accounts do not accord with those records. or the aecounts do not Con]Y with th¢ aOunting Tequirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a true a fair view whieh is not a matter considered as part tsf an independent examination. or the accounts have not been prq)ared in ac¢ordanc¢ with the nythods and prtnciples of the Statement of ReconMxCd Practice for hccounting and reporting by charities (applicable to charities PTepanng their accounts in accordance with the FitYancAal Reporting Standard applicable the UK and Republic of Irela] (FRS 102)). I have ryo concerns and have come across llo other matters in comiection with the examination to wbich attention should be drawn in this report in order ¢0 enable a proper under5tandtng of the accounts to be reached. Jeremy Harrod FCCA Chartered Certified Accouniant Grant HatTod L¢rnun Davis LLP Chartered Accountants 1st Floor Healthaid House Marlborough Hill Harrow Middle5¢X HAI IUD Date.. Page S

The New Bridge Follndatlon Statsm¢nt of Financ1 Actlvltles for thc yeAr ended 31st December 2021 2021 Totsl funds 2020 TotAI Unrestricted fund Restri¢ted Notes INCOME AND ETr4DOWMENfs FROM Donations and legacies 146,055 146,055 346,760 Investrnent in¢ome Other incon 9.501 25,222 9,501 25,222 8.515 16,267 Total 180.778 180,778 371,542 EXPENDITURE ON Raising fijnds 30,698 30.698 41.627 Charitable aetivitles Befriending Sp¢cial Events Administration costs 148,786 148.786 147,017 31,445 31,445 30,766 Total 210.929 210,929 219.854 LYET INCOMEI(EXPENDITURE) (30,151) {30,151) 151,688 RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS fllDdi brought forward 529,171 529,171 377.483 TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 49).020 499.020 529,171 Thc not¢$ forni part of these fin8nrial statements Page 6

The Bridge FDryDdatioD BAIAnce Sheet 31st Dember 2021 2021 Totsl funds 2020 Totsl fimds Unt¢stri¢ted R¢stri¢tcd fiS Notes FIXED ASSETS IttlMents 410,205 410,205 284,983 CURRENT ASSETS Debtor5 Cash at bank 10 4,764 89,896 4.764 89.896 25.OCK) 225.679 94,660 94,660 250,679 CREDITORS Amounts fallin8 due within one year (5,845) (5,845) {6,491) Tr4ET CURRENf ASSETS 88,815 88,815 244.188 TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENr LIABILITIES 499,020 499,020 529,171 NET ASSE18 499,020 499,020 529,171 FUIYDS Unr¢8tri¢t¢d funds 12 499,020 529,171 TOTAL FUNDS 499,020 529,171 The charitable company is cntitlcd to exemption from audit und¢r Section 477 of th¢ Compani¢s Act 2006 for the year cndcd 3 1st D¢ccmb¢r 2021. The metythrs have not requir¢d the eompatty to obtain an audit of its f]nan¢ial stat¢ll*Dts for the year ended 315t December 2021 in ac¢ordance with Section 476 of the Companie5 Act 2006. The trStee5 acknowledge their respjnsibilities for ¢nsuring that the c]Jan'table ¢ompany keeps accounting records that comply Sxtions 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 21X)6 and preparing financial staternents wbich givc a true and fair vicw of the state of affair5 of the charitable compaThy at the cnd of cach financial year and of its swTrlus or d¢ficit for each fjnancial year in a¢¢ordan¢¢ with the Teqllirements of Se¢tions 394 and 395 and which othenvise comply with the Tequirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to fjnancial statennts, so far as applicable to the charitable company. Ib) Th¢ not¢s forn part of thes¢ fJnall¢ial stat¢m¢nts P8g¢ 7 continued...

The New BTid8e FouDdadon B*lanee Sheet- eontinued 313t December 2021 These finala] stsletrRnts have been pr¢pLred iu accordance with the provi8ii)n8 app]icable to charitoble eompani subject to thr stwdll CODJp4wes regitne. The fll xal stst¢llMts wcrc approved by th¢ Board of Trustees and authori5ed for issue on .bLw-....... and v4ere signed on its behalf by.. .1. Hclcrt othnun- Trustee . O'Reilly- Tru5tec The notes form part of tbese finarLcial ststenKni8 Page 8

The New Brldge Foundadojh Notes to the Ststernents for the year emded 31st December 2021 ACCOiIEifiNG POLICIES Basls of prep#rkng tbe flDanelal stateJnettt$ The financial statements of Ihe charitablc company, vknich is a public bencfit entity un(kr FRS 102, have been pr¢p8r¢d in 8¢cordance with the Charities SORP {FRS 1021 'Accoutsttng and Reporting by CIMriti¢s.' Statem¢ni of Recommended Practice applicable to ¢h8rAti¢s preparing their accounts in accoldae the Financial Reporting Stsndard applicable in the UK and Rcpublic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective l January 2019)., Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Rew>tting Stalldard 4wli¢able in the UK and Republic of Ireland. and the Companies Aet 2006. The fittancial stat¢mettts hav¢ be prcpared under the historical cost eonvention, with the exteption of inv¢stments whi¢h aTe included at market value, as modified by the tyvaluation of certain assets. Inrne All in¢ome is re¢ognised in the Ststement of FitiaDcial Activitics once the charity ha5 ttiement to the fimth, it is probable that the income will be received and the any)unt can b¢ m¢asur¢d reliably. Expendlthre Liabilities ar¢ reco18¢d as pendItuTe as soon as there is a legal or CODStnwtive obligation connnitbng the han'ty ihat ¢xpenditUTA 1¢ is Probable th a Iransfer of economic benefits will be Tequired in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. EXPendIti is accounted for on an acwLs basis and has been classified ullder headitw that aggregate all cost r¢lat¢d io the ¢at¢gory. Wlwe costs cannot be directly atiributed to particular headiDgs they have been 8Jlocated to activities on a b8sis coLsistent with the use of resources. A]]oeatlon #nd apport10nnt of ¢osts Supp)rt costs are based on a percentage of the tll81 costs incurred. ¢alculrdt¢d on 4 stsff tim¢ basis. Tangible red ajsets Depreciation is provided at the followitig annual rates in order to TrTite off each akset over its estimated 9¢fUl life. Fixtur¢$ and fittin8S 250/0 on CA)St The Charity is exempt from cotporation tax on its charitable activities. Fvnd *¢¢ounting Unrestricted fiu)ds can be used in aCCordate with the clmritsble objectives at the digeretioll of the trLLStees. Restricted fia8 can only b¢ used for paTtiwlar trirt¢d pury)os¢s wiihin lh¢ objects of the Charity. RestrictiODB aris¢ when Splfied by the donor or when funds are rdised for particular regtricted pwposes. I41 explanation of the naDJre alld puwse of each fimd 15 includcd in thc notes to the financial 8talement& V&lunteer9 In ac¢ordance with SORP 2005, the ¢¢mtribution of volunteers is not recognised in the Financi Ststements. 88 the Ve of their Colltrtbution cat]Ni be reasonably quantified in finanal ternis. An exception nmy be made where a donor provides Se1¢eS as part of iheir trade or profession and where the chatity would otherwise have had to purchase those serviees externally. In these case4 if rdaterial, thos¢ donat¢d $¢rVI¢ would be valued at tbe open market value to the chjrity. Page 9 continued...

The New Bridge Foundatlon Notes to the Fln&n¢iil St4temeAts- comtknued for the YVAT eDded 31gt December 2021 IL¥VESTMENT INCOME 2021 2020 Other investment iticome 9,501 8.515 TRUSTEES, REMUIYERATtON AI¥D BENEFITS There re no trustees, remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31st D¢c¢mb¢T 2021 nor for the year ended 315t Decen)ber 2020. Trustees, expense$ TnL8tee$ were reimbwsed travel exp¢n8¢8 the year amowtting to £0.( STAFF COSTS 2021 2020 Wages at)d salaric5 Social security cosL5 132,754 9,230 130.741 13,464 141.984 144,205 The average monthly numb¢r of employees during the year w&8 as follows." 2021 2020 DIrt charitsble wodL Administration No employees received enxilullwits in eX&S of £60,000. No stsff rn¢rnber Teceived a sa]ary of mor¢ than £60.000. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENf OF FINANCtAL ACTivrriES ureStrICted ReslTiCted fund full(Ls Totsl INCOME AND £NDOIVMENTS FROM Donations and legacies 346.760 346,760 Investment in¢¢)me Other income 8.515 16267 8.515 16267 Totsl 371,542 371.542 EXPENDITURE ON B2Asiti8 fjJttds 41,627 41.627 Charit4ble aetlidtle$ Befriendlng Special Ev¢nls Administration Costs 147,017 147,017 30.766 30.766 Page 10 conttnu¢d...

The New Brldge Noles ts the Financial Statements. CODtiDued for the year ended 31st Detenther 21121 COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVJTIES- ¢ontinw¢d Unrestricted Restricted fid Totsl fiwds 219,854 219,854 NET INCOME 151.688 151,688 RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS Total funds brought forward 377,483 377.483 TOTAL FUNDS CARIUED FORWARD 529,171 529,171 FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS ShaTe$ in group COST NBT BOOK VALUE At 31 Dee¢mbei 2021 At 31 Deeember 2020 There were no imvestment assets outside the UK. Thc conwanJPs inveslments at the balance shed date include the following.. Ingide Time Limited Nature of business.. Publishing of newspapers for Prisoners Jide Time Limited (a fjjlly owTr¢d subsidiary) is a company limited by guar8nte¢ atrj does no¢ hav¢ atty share capitsl. 2019 2018 Aggregate capital and reserves Surplw for the year 64.229 5,706 58.523 3,503 Pa8¢ 11 continued...

The New Bridge Foundation IY•te$ t• the Fillan¢l41 Sta¢¢Thellts- conthiued for the year ended 31st Deeenth¢r 2021 INDEPENDENT EXAMINATIOIY FEE The Ind¢p¢tsd¢nt Examinalion Fce for the year is £1,920. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS Fixt$ and fittitigs COST At 1st January 2021 and 31 st December 2021 3.025 DEPRECIATION At 1st January 2021 and 31st December 2021 3,025 NET BOOK VALUE At 31st December 2021 At 3 1st December 2020 FIXED $SET INVESTMENTS Unlisted MARKET VALUE At 1st January 2021 AdditioJJs Revaluations 284,983 loo,000 25.222 At 31st December 2021 410,205 NET BOOK VALUE At 31st Ikcembw 2021 410205 At 31st December 2020 284.983 There werr no investment assets outside the UK. Co8t or valuation at 31st December 2021 is rcpre8ented by.. Unlisted inVestnts Valuation In 2019 Valuation in 2020 Valuation in 2021 Cost 18,716 16,267 25,222 350,000 410205 Tb¢ ¢ompaxgs invcstmcnts at the balance sheet date An th¢ Sha capita] of companies include the following.. Pa8e 12 continued...

The New Brfdge Foundatlon Note8 to the Fthneil Statemenls- eonthiued for tbe year ended 31it December 2021 FIXED L8S£T ILYVESTMENTS- eODtlnued Inslde Tlme Llmited Restered office: Nature of business." Publithing of n¢wspap¢rs for prison¢rs Class of share: holding 100 Inside Time Limited is a thlly owned subsidiary of The N¢w Bridge Fowidation, is a company lirnited by guarantee ajjd d(*s not have w ghare Capitd. io. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE wfTHIN ONE YEAR 2021 2020 Anu>unts owed by group undertakin85 Othu debtois Prepayments and a¢¢rued income 25,(K)O 2(K) 4,564 4.764 25,IM>O 11. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITIUN ONE YEAR 2021 2020 Trade credito Oth¢r ¢redi¢ors Accruals and deferred irKome 396 3.529 1,920 1.391 3.330 1,770 5.845 6.491 12. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS N¢t movetren¢ in fun(L8 At 31.12.21 At 1.1.21 Unrestrfieted funds Geneial fund 529,171 (30,151) 499.020 TOTAL FUNDS 529,171 (30.151) 499,020 Net movenxnt in fund5, included in the above are as follows: Incoming r¢sour¢e8 Resouree8 expended Movement Unrestricled funds 180.778 (210,929) {30,151) TOTAL FUNDS 180.778 (210,929) {30,151) Pag¢ 13 continued...

The New Bridge Foundatlon otes to the FID4nd41 stateDllts- ¢olltlnued for ¢he year elld¢d 31$t DeThber 2021 12. MOVEMENT IN FUI¥DS- contlDued Compar#tlve8 for mDweffjellt in CuDds N¢t m0vennt iti funds At 31.12.20 Atl.1.20 Unrestrl¢l¢iJ ndS 377,483 151.688 529,171 TOTAL FUNDS 377,483 151,688 529,171 Comparative net mov¢nKnl in fijnds. included in the aboye are a8 follows: Incornillg Resources Movernent expertdcd in fvnds Unrestricted fllnd$ Generni fuT 371,542 (219.854) 151,688 TOTAL FUNDS 371.542 (219,854) 151,688 A curr¢nt year 12 months aTMI prior y¢ar 12 nN)nths combin¢d positioD is as follows: Net mtsvemeDt in fimds At 31.12.21 At 1.1.20 Unrutrltted funds General fth 377,483 121,537 499,020 TOTAL FUNDS 377,483 121,537 499,020 A CUTrent year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined net movenmrt in fu1&. included iti th¢ above are as follows.. Ineoming resources Resources expended Move1 in funds Unr¢strirted funds General fimd 552,320 (430,783) 121.537 TOTAL FUNDS 552.320 (430,783) 121.537 Th¢ abov¢ fuThJs were restricted as follows: B¢fricnding'. The Peter Stebbings Memorial ChaTity Page 14 contitiued...

The New Bridge Foundatlo Nfjtej to the FID*nelAI Statements- ¢ontlDued for the year ¢nded 313t Dec¢mber 21121 12. MOVEMENf IN FUNDS - ¢ontlDued The core activity of New Bridge Fowidation is Befriending People in priso matty of vknom have lo contact with family and friends. Volunteers are trained in this role and ar¢ expected to write io and visit th¢ir befri¢ndees for the rest of the ¢tOd18] portion of ther sentence. 13. RELATED PARTY DJSCLOSURES During the year the Charity re4eived a donation from its subsidiary. Insidc Time Limited. atiiouoting to £Nil (2020- £25,000). 14. LIABILITY OF MEMBERS The company is constitut&l 05 a conyany Itmited by gu8TAntee. In the event of the charity beillg wound up members are required to contribute an Amount not exceeding £1. Pag¢ 15