# THE BRIDGE TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 204536
- **Other names:** BIDEFORD BRIDGE TRUST
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** April 5, 1962
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=204536


## Contact

- **Address:** First Floor Offices, 4 Bridgeland Street, Bideford, Devon
- **Postcode:** EX39 2PS
- **Phone:** 01237 871888
- **Email:** steward@bidefordbridgetrust.co.uk
- **Website:** www.bidefordbridgetrust.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE TRUSTEES SHALL APPLY THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY FOR THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF BIDEFORD AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.

**Activities:** To provide charitable relief within its area of benefit as prescribed by the scheme of the charity, namely Bideford and its immediate neighbourhood. This excludes Barnstaple and Torrington and all areas beyond.

**Area of benefit:** PARISH OF BIDEFORD AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport, Economic/community Development/employment, Recreation
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies



## Areas of operation

- Devon



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £963914 | £907377 | £18373453 | 0 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £881042 | £1023710 | £18201086 | 0 |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £879257 | £1074625 | £20488975 | 0 |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £865840 | £901235 | £20725586 | 0 |
| Dec. 21, 2020 | £854084 | £750224 | £19187709 | 0 |



## Trustees

- **WILLIAM GEORGE ISAAC** (Chair)
- Anthony Thomas Inch — appointed Aug. 14, 2025
- Douglas Bushby — appointed Jan. 21, 2025
- ELIZABETH JUNKISON
- ERIC ARTHUR HUBBER
- JUDE GUBB — appointed July 27, 2020
- Kenneth Hind — appointed Jan. 25, 2025
- Peter Lawrence — appointed June 25, 2025
- Peter Ralph Sims — appointed April 1, 2021
- SALLY JOY ELLIS — appointed May 7, 2013
- Sadie Louise Green — appointed April 7, 2022