Registered charity · Kent
Bridges
- 8 trustees
- Income £68k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Richard Jonathan DysonChair · since 2019
- Barbara Frances AbelTrustee · since 2016
- David Christopher Widdrington StaffordTrustee
- Deborah GardenTrustee · since 2024
- Dr June Helene KellyTrustee · since 2025
- Roger Edward MatherTrustee · since 2025
- Shirley HomanTrustee · since 2025
- Susan Elfrida OldfieldTrustee
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities and 3 more
- Where
- Kent
- Website
- www.bridgescentre.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1993
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£68k£62k
- 2023£78k£66k
- 2022£68k£50k
Earlier years
- 2021£40k£45k
- 2020£53k£48k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND IN PARTICULAR TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN AN ECUMENICAL CENTRE IN EDENBRIDGE.
Board analysis for researchers
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
8 trustees on the board
- Richard Jonathan Dyson Chair since 2019
- Barbara Frances Abel since 2016
- David Christopher Widdrington Stafford
- Deborah Garden since 2024
- Dr June Helene Kelly since 2025
- Roger Edward Mather since 2025
- Susan Elfrida Oldfield
- Shirley Homan since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Richard Jonathan Dyson Chair since 2019
- Barbara Frances Abel since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Barbara Frances Abel since 2016
- Deborah Garden since 2024
- Dr June Helene Kelly since 2025
- Roger Edward Mather since 2025
- Susan Elfrida Oldfield
- Shirley Homan since 2025
Portfolio (2)
- Richard Jonathan Dyson Chair since 2019
- David Christopher Widdrington Stafford
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1029169
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 8 NOVEMBER 1993, AS AMENDED BY DEED OF VARIATION DATED 23 APRIL 2002, ORDER OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS DATED 29 DECEMBER 2004 AND DEED OF VARIATION DATED 27 SEPTEMBER 2005.
- Contact on the register
- 01732 868186 · hello@bridgescentre.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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