CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Trustees, Annual Report for the period
From: 0110112023 10 3111212023
Charrty name: Bridges for Enterpnse
Charrty registration number: 1196257
Objectives and Activities
unynary of the purFoses o
the chanty as set ¢JJt in rts
g￿eMIng document
ara1.1
o rel￿ve and hdp lo prevent the impact
Poverty felt by the beneficianes of s(￿1
enteryKises in devek)pirKJ countn&s. by
Pro￿dI￿ such dtsa(fvanlW entrepren￿
th free advw sefvKes, education a
glc4)al neh•th cl suitsble mentor5 de5ur)ed
lo enhance their business's ability lo have
lryiemi financial suslalna￿1ty aNJ soc
act In th￿r kcal cc*ffliunities.
e chanty has advanced rts 0￿ctiveS to
serve the public b￿rrt In a shjnificanl way
dunng the wi(xl covered by Ihis rewt To
Ihis end. the main actsvit￿ c(mduded by t
chanty indude supportirMJ r￿re than 3)
soual enlerwses from SulFSaharan Afnca.
S)uih and ￿theast Asia in rts Incubati¢
Prcgramme These social enlwprises Je
P05rtively impactir¥J I￿nefIC￿￿S by selling
aThYor dtslnbLrtirMJ Iife-changirvJ woducts or
serwces lo l0w-1nccrf￿ custor￿S across a
WKle array of Sectc￿$. inclLKliry in renewab
erwy, heallhcare, educat￿n. and Job
skilling. The free SUPF¥Nt offered lo these
swal enterrxises in the Incubal￿n
Prcgramme over a 6-8 n￿th have imprO￿d
Ihar bu51ness mThlels and p)srtioned thern
in a fIn￿cIalty ￿Vant￿oU5 rnanner lo
become nKre financialty sustainable, in tLYn
enhanciThJ t￿.f like11k￿ lo sustain andl
grow social andor envirC￿Mental mpact f(Y
thwr benefiaarie5.
The trust￿$ of the chanty have upheld h￿h
staThJards set fcrth by the Chanty
c￿nmI￿on lo maintan focus cffl serwng a
public benefrt set forth in the charty's
c(¥)stslutKX).
unvnary o
emwn
activitres In relatM)n to those
PLrposes for Ihe public
bwefft. in parbcLJlar, the
activitres, projects cf services
identfied in Ihe acc(wrts.
ara1.1
Stalenwt confim)iThJ
vthether the trustees have
haj regard to the guid
issued by the Chaty
Cmission wblic
b￿efft
Para 1.18

Additional inf0m￿lI0n (optional)
You nyay to include further statemerts there relevant alxwt
The chanty make any grants lo Ihe
sociai enterF￿eS that it supFyNts dunn9 the
F￿￿*￿ covered by this reF#Nt. Fkmver,
should grants be made in the fulure, a Fd'cy
on grant makirvJ wll be developed aTh
shared in forthc(mi
annual re
1.38
Policy wt making
P¥a l.&9
Policy C￿ social Ywestment
induding Prc*Jr￿n rdated
investh)ent
Part-time unwd vc4unteers current
rnan￿e the chanty and fulfil all its
OF*rth￿￿. (￿er 200 volunteers. who
indude both unTvw5ity students arKI fulkbme
blthing prclessK)nals, currentty whxk f
Bndges for Enterwse in drfferent IcutKffts
around the malc￿ volunteer hubs
include Ihe Unrted ￿ngdorn. Unrted Ststes,
Can>Ja, &'ngawre, and Indo. there
volunteers seW-￿gregate to supwt th8
chaTty'S aim to positsvety impad the
beneficiaries of underserved s(Kial
enlerpnses in devekpirMJ counlnes. To
achieve thts, volunteers wot* in drfferent
Capacit￿ and have van(ws roles a￿1
sILylitses.
P¥a 1.38
Contnbthion m•Je by
v(4unteer5
Achlevements and Performance
￿￿￿r￿j the c￿leTed by tFMs reFXNt, the
chanty has made a ￿nificant ccntribulion lo
improviThJ the lives of the ￿neficIaneS beitvJ
served by the 20+ social enlerwses th)
partapaled in the In¢ubalK)n Prwmff*.
While eath socol enterprise serves a
drfferent set of k)w4nccrfre Ixneficiarie5 in
Ihar ovm manner. the SUPFrf provided lo
each soaal ent￿p￿se by the charty tywca
couhj nc4 have been c4)tained elsevthere for
free. As an exJnple. Ihe charty managed lo
SUPF*Nt a job skills-focused SOCLal enlerwse
in Kenya by deggning a new prtch de(* and
buikling a slroTrJer financial Ihat
hdFed the enterwtse secure a new grant to
expand rts ￿rat￿lS soc￿1 impad.
That particular social enterprise supNNts
low-income al-rt5k youth in urban Nairokn"
slums. ar)d wilh the new caprtal secured
Ihanks lo B
for Ent
rise. the soc
Sunynary of the man
ad)ieven*nts ofihe ¢hty.
Identi￿ng the drfference the
charty's has m&Je lo
the cirCumst￿ceS of rts
benefiaanes and any bmder
b￿efftS to as a
P¥a l.X*

enierwse will ￿ aile lo offer a(kirfional
I￿￿fits lo tIN)se cuslomets by increasirMJ
trainiry for emFty*nt Fdaang n￿￿e
youth into hxal job ￿￿rtUnrties. Pr￿r to
i(yning the IncubatK)n Prograrn￿. the soc
enterprise had stryjled lo find and pty for
such kinds of advisory SUFWL
Additional information l(ylional)
cFKKJse lo indude further statements thre relevant alyyjt."
Achievements against
0t4ectNes sel
1.41
rais¥KJ t
ace
covered by this rewl.
unng
Perfomance of fiJrKlraisirg
adiwties against 0￿eCt￿eS
P¥• 1.41
Inveslment Ferfrnin
a￿Inst ￿eCh¥eS
P¥a 1.41

Financial Review
Review of the ch¥ty's
finanual FOSrtM)n at the
of the
Staterr￿t explainiry the
pdicy holdirwJ reserves
statsThJ are held
Para 1.21
Para 1.22
The chanty did ncl have any annual inc(M)
cf expenses dLfiThJ the FWKNJ covered by
this rep(¥t No yet in place ky
holdi
reserves.
No reseNes were held by Ihe ch• in the
rMJJ covered b thts re
annual Inccffie was eamed.
ATrxwnt of rese￿eS hdd
Parn 1.
Reasons holdiry z￿0
re5erve5
Details of fijnd maienalty in
deficil
Xplanat￿ o
any
ur￿ertaIn1￿S a￿ut the
charty ¢1￿￿nU1￿ as a wng
c(y)cem
Para 1.22
Parn 1.24
NIA
ere are no uncertainties Fertaining to
continuabon cl the chwity al present.
Additional informalion (oplionall
choose to includ8 further stateff*nts vh*fe relevant abjrt:
The charty's wncpal
s￿r￿S of funds (including
ary fuThJraising)
Parn 1.47
InvestrI￿rt a￿j
0￿eCtiveS includirg any
ial inVestn￿￿t policy
a(k)Pied
Para 1.40
pnncipal risks facing the chanty incI￿￿e
the sourcirrfJ crf SUrta￿e dtsatfvantW SOCHI
ente￿se$ fix the chanty's fLyJship
Incubab'on prC￿r￿Me. swrciThJ d suitable
volunteer5 fcK owalional Manag￿nent and
Prt)3ranvDe delivery. and finana
5UStain3bili
A descript￿ of the prinapal
risks faaThJ the ch
Parl 1.46

Structure, Governance and Management
Desuipbon of chanws
trusts".
Bn'dqes ￿ Erterwse yjpp￿ts earfv-sl&ie
social entreprer*ur5 in the devebpiTh] wc¥ld.
[￿jr flaqship Incubats(￿ Pr(M]ramme helps
Ihem scabe u
bec(￿ne investor.rea
Type of govemirwj docunmt
Para 1.25
H(hv is the chan'ty
c(￿$111UIed?
Para 125
cio
Truslee selection n￿thc￿lS
including detaiks of any
constituts.onal provigons e.g.
eleth.on to F#)sl or nwne of
ary person or bL￿ enIrt￿d
lo apwnt cTh or m(
trustees
ara l.
Apart frcrfn the first chanty trustees. every
trustee n￿st ￿ apwntwj for a tem) of three
yearsl try a res01Lrt￿ ￿Ssed at a
Cc￿v￿*d meelirwJ crf the chanty trLBtees.
In sebth'ThJ indiwduals for ap￿intment as
chanty truslees. thecharty trustees must
have regard to the skills. kr
a￿lexPerienCe ￿eded fcff the effectsve
ajministration of the CIO.
Additional iiifomialion (optionall
You
chcx)se to indude further statenEnts %there relevant abcmjt:
PolKies and pr(￿e(￿Jres
athpted for the iThJUCi#￿ aThJ
Iraning of trustees
PIN 1.51
The chanty's ￿ga￿￿tsc￿aJ stnjcture is
decenlralized by d￿gn. Marwmenl (rf the
charity B bed by a pwt-tsme volunteer team
of 9 prOfessic(￿lS who have I￿￿ part of the
charty for mulkn￿ year5 seNe in 2-year
temis. Thwr le￿ershiP hdps to SUFWI the
2CQ+ v(Aunleers acrc6s semi-
aLrtThKm)us 'hubs' acros5 drfferent cities
arr)und the to adv￿Ce ts charty's
stnjdure and any whkr
with whith the
charty W￿￿5
Pira 1.51
Retstiorthip With any related
pwbes
Pira 1.51

Reference and Administrative details
Chari
nan
Other naft￿ Ihe ch
istefed cha
nUM￿r
Charity's prinopal a(k*ess
BrKI es for Enl
11%257
160 Keny House. CAty Road. Lcndon EC1V 2NX United
Names of the charity Irustees who manage the charity
NJrn• of
pew5on lor
bodyl
•ntitl¢d t•
appoint
tr￿Stee Irf
Trust•• nam•
offi￿ lil any)
Dat*5 act￿ rf nol forwho
yèar
Shaun T
Chair
25 Oct{￿ 2021-
Present
25 Octdjer 2021-
Present
Tanya
Chiaranussati
Trustee
Jc￿dan Woiken
Trustee
25 Octdjer 2021-
Present
e truslees- names of the dIreCtc￿ al the dale the re
was
On¢tor n•m•
of trustees ts￿dIng trtle to property tthgiThJ to the tharty
Dat•* xt•d rf Trot wth*)l* y**r

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others
Descnplion of Ihe assets
No assets are held by the chanty In this capaaty.
held in thLS capacty
Nan* thjects of the
chanty on wh(6e behalf the
assets are held aThJ how th
f￿lS wthin the custcrtj￿n
NIA
tw15 0
arraThJemerts
safe custody and
segregalion of suth assets
frcffi Ihe chanty's cwm assets
Additional InfO￿allOn (optionall
Names and addresses of athisers (Optional inf0M￿lon)
Type of Name
Address
adviser
Vc4unteer
Aparupa Chakr￿arti
AThjel￿S Kamande
Enc Gdden
Nairobi. Kenya
Nairobi. Kenya
Tokyo. Ja
Vancouver, Can￿a
Name of chief execulive or namtrs of Senlor Siaff members Iopilonal infc*matlon}
J￿dan Wc4ken
Vdunteer
Vdunleer
Vdunleer
Inna Scaflele
Exemptions Irom disclosure
Reawn for n￿lISc￿sU[e of k
nel detals
Other o
tional information

Declarations
The trustees declare Ihat they have approved the Itustees. re￿￿¢ a￿Ve.
Signed on ￿half ol the charity's truslees
Signaluie(s}
Full namels}
Shaun Teo
Tanya (￿iaranussatl
Irdan Wclken
Poshlon leg
Trustee
Dale
29 Oct 2024