BRIDGING THE GAP TRUST

Charity number: 1099340
Removed charity

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Helping prisoners and ex-prisoners adjust to life outside. A comprehensive range of advice for releasees guides them to accommodation, training, employment and a crime-free life within their communities. Pre-release programmes include a penpal scheme, periodic writing competitions and life skills training. Advocacy, mediation, mentoring and help with form-filling etc also offered upon release.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2018

Total income: £4,441
Total expenditure: £193

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

No information available

Trustee payments

No information available

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • Accommodation/housing
  • Religious Activities
  • Economic/community Development/employment
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales

Governance

Registration history:
  • 10 September 2003: Standard registration
  • 08 April 2020: Removed (Ceased to exist)
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • BRIDGING THE GAP (Working name)
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2014 31/03/2015 31/03/2016 31/03/2017 31/03/2018
Total gross income £4.31k £374 £315 £303 £4.44k
Total expenditure £438 £2.35k £75 £0 £193
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2020 Not submitted
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 Not submitted
Annual return 31 March 2019 Not submitted
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2019 Not submitted
Annual return 31 March 2018 01 July 2019 151 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2018 Not Required
Annual return 31 March 2017 11 January 2018 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2017 Not Required

Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 31 JULY 2003.

Charitable objects

THE CARE, RESETTLEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS AND THE CARE AND SUPPORT OF THEIR FAMILIES AND DEPENDANTS BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY :- A) IS TO ASSIST, HELP, ADVICE AND SUPPORT ALL PERSONS IRRESPECTIVE OF NATIONALITY OR CREED. THIS IS FOR ALL PERSONS, MALE OR FEMALE, INCARCERATED IN PRISON, YOUNG OFFENDERS INSTITUTIONS AND OTHER SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS. THIS WILL ALSO INCLUDE THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN RELEASED FROM SUCH ESTABLISHMENTS OR INSTITUTIONS. THE ONLY CLAUSE IMPOSED IS THAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE A DESIRE TO LIVE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IN A MANNER THAT PUTS THEIR PAST BEHIND THEM AND CAUSES THEM TO STRIVE TOWARDS BEING HONEST LAW ABIDING CITIZENS. B) IS TO GIVE HELP TO PEOPLE IN CUSTODY (AS DETAILED IN 'OBJECTIVE ONE'), AS WELL AS THOSE DISCHARGED ALONG WITH THEIR FAMILIES. THIS HELP IS EXERCISED IN FORM OF HELPING FIND ACCOMMODATION AND EMPLOYMENT, WITH THE AIM OF BUILDING THEIR CONFIDENCE AND SELF RESPECT WHICH WOULD HELP IN THEIR FEELING OF SECURITY. C) IS TO OFFER ADVICE AND GIVE SUPPORT TO THOSE PEOPLE AS DESCRIBED IN OBJECTIVE ONE. THIS IS DONE BEFORE RELEASE WHERE POSSIBLE, OR AFTER RELEASE IF NOT POSSIBLE BEFORE. AGAIN, THIS ADVICE AND SUPPORT IS GIVEN TO THE FAMILY IF REQUESTED. THIS SUPPORT IS AIMED TOWARDS THE NEEDS OF THESE PEOPLE UPON BEING RELEASED. THIS SUPPORT IS AIMED ON ENCOURAGING TOWARDS THE INDIVIDUALS DEVELOPMENT IN THEIR THINKING ABILITY, ALLOWING THEM TO DEVELOP TO A GREATER MATURITY AS INDIVIDUAL. THIS IN TURN WILL HAVE A POSITIVE OUTLOOK WITHIN ALL THE ACTIVITIES THIS PERSON CHOOSES TO DO, AND IN DOING SO WILL MAKE THEM WORTHY OF THE RESPECT OF OTHERS IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND AT WORK. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO BE NOTED IS THAT THIS IS ACHIEVED BY THE WORK OF THE INDIVIDUAL CONCERNED, IT IS THIS THAT WILL MAKE THE REAL DIFFERENCE AND A POSITIVE STEP FORWARD IN CHANGING A STYLE OF LIFE THAT SHOWED NO RESPECT FOR OTHERS IN THE PAST.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

NOT DEFINED