https://powerbase.info/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=The_Bridge_Christian_Fellowship_Temple_FortuneThe Bridge Christian Fellowship Temple Fortune - Revision history2026-11-04T02:13:19ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.35.14https://powerbase.info/index.php?title=The_Bridge_Christian_Fellowship_Temple_Fortune&diff=298317&oldid=prevIsrael Charity Bot: New profile: charity 1130219 - Charity Commission register, accounts, Companies House, Land Registry2026-10-29T08:00:40Z<p>New profile: charity 1130219 - Charity Commission register, accounts, Companies House, Land Registry</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|'''London church registered in 2009; its accounts record £6,561 in grants to Beit Halochem in the financial years ending 2023–2025'''}}<br />
{{Infobox organization<br />
| name = The Bridge Christian Fellowship Temple Fortune<br />
| type = Trust<br />
| registration_id = Registered charity 1130219<br />
| founded = 2009-06-18 (registered)<br />
| headquarters = 54 Bridge Lane, London, NW11 0EH<br />
| area_served = Barnet<br />
| revenue = £151,618 (year to 2025-12-31)<br />
| website = www.bridgelane.org.uk<br />
}}<br />
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'''[[The Bridge Christian Fellowship Temple Fortune]]''' is a charitable trust registered with the [[Charity Commission]] on 18 June 2009.<ref name="EXTRACT">[[Charity Commission for England and Wales]], ''Register of Charities public extract'' (tables charity, charity_trustee, charity_annual_return_history, charity_area_of_operation, charity_classification, charity_other_names), extract dated 14 October 2026.</ref> Its governing document is recorded as "TRUST DEED DATED 20 APRIL 2009".<ref name="FP_1130219">[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/4045829/full-print The Bridge Christian Fellowship Temple Fortune (1130219): full print] ''Register of Charities'', retrieved 29 October 2026.</ref> Its registered address is 54 Bridge Lane, London, NW11 0EH.<ref name="EXTRACT" /> The trustees on the register are [[Betty Hicks (trustee, The Bridge Christian Fellowship Temple Fortune)|Betty Hicks]], [[David Hicks (trustee, The Bridge Christian Fellowship Temple Fortune)|David Hicks]], [[Daniel Bishop (trustee, The Bridge Christian Fellowship Temple Fortune)|Daniel Bishop]], [[Clayton Wells (trustee, The Bridge Christian Fellowship Temple Fortune)|Clayton Wells]], [[Dennis Wardle (trustee, The Bridge Christian Fellowship Temple Fortune)|Dennis Wardle]], [[Esther Ameyaw (trustee, The Bridge Christian Fellowship Temple Fortune)|Esther Ameyaw]], [[Christopher Beckingham (trustee, The Bridge Christian Fellowship Temple Fortune)|Christopher Beckingham]] and [[Anthony Pearce Martin (trustee, The Bridge Christian Fellowship Temple Fortune)|Anthony Pearce Martin]].<ref name="EXTRACT" /> In the year to 31 December 2025 it reported income of £151,618 and expenditure of £137,636.<ref name="EXTRACT" /> Its accounts record grants to bodies that support serving or former Israeli soldiers, or whose spending includes such projects: £6,561 to Beit Halochem (financial years ending 2023–2025)<ref name="G1130219_247">[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/4045829/accounts-and-annual-returns The Bridge Christian Fellowship Temple Fortune: accounts y/e 31 December 2023] ''Register of Charities'', p. 8 (printed p.7).</ref>.<br />
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== Objects and activities ==<br />
The charity's registered objects read: "3.2.1 TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OFBELIEFS IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THEWORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT AND TO FULFIL SUCHOTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OFENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THECHURCH;3.2.2 TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE ANDPRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANYKIND, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT IN SUCHPARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TOTIME MAY THINK FIT; AND3.2.3 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THEUNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINKFIT."<ref name="EXTRACT" /><br />
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The register describes its activities as: "The Bridge Christian Fellowship exists for the advance of the christian faith through holding regular services for christian worship open to the general public in Temple Fortune area of London. The fellowship provides facilities for families, including Sunday school and creche for babies."<ref name="EXTRACT" /><br />
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Register classifications: Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities.<ref name="EXTRACT" /><br />
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Areas of operation recorded on the register: Barnet.<ref name="EXTRACT" /><br />
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== Trustees ==<br />
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:<ref name="EXTRACT" /><br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|+ Trustees of The Bridge Christian Fellowship Temple Fortune (register, October 2026)<br />
! Trustee !! Appointed !! Chair !! Other trusteeships<br />
|-<br />
| [[Betty Hicks (trustee, The Bridge Christian Fellowship Temple Fortune)|Betty Hicks]] || not recorded || || —<br />
|-<br />
| [[David Hicks (trustee, The Bridge Christian Fellowship Temple Fortune)|David Hicks]] || not recorded || || —<br />
|-<br />
| [[Anthony Pearce Martin (trustee, The Bridge Christian Fellowship Temple Fortune)|Anthony Pearce Martin]] || not recorded || || —<br />
|-<br />
| [[Daniel Bishop (trustee, The Bridge Christian Fellowship Temple Fortune)|Daniel Bishop]] || 2018-12-31 || || —<br />
|-<br />
| [[Clayton Wells (trustee, The Bridge Christian Fellowship Temple Fortune)|Clayton Wells]] || 2018-12-31 || || —<br />
|-<br />
| [[Dennis Wardle (trustee, The Bridge Christian Fellowship Temple Fortune)|Dennis Wardle]] || 2020-01-01 || || —<br />
|-<br />
| [[Esther Ameyaw (trustee, The Bridge Christian Fellowship Temple Fortune)|Esther Ameyaw]] || 2020-01-01 || || —<br />
|-<br />
| [[Christopher Beckingham (trustee, The Bridge Christian Fellowship Temple Fortune)|Christopher Beckingham]] || 2021-11-01 || || —<br />
|}<br />
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== Finances ==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+ Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years<br />
! Financial year end !! Income !! Expenditure<br />
|-<br />
| 2021-12-31 || £104,646 || £83,708<br />
|-<br />
| 2022-12-31 || £121,437 || £118,909<br />
|-<br />
| 2023-12-31 || £166,657 || £111,872<br />
|-<br />
| 2024-12-31 || £128,000 || £118,930<br />
|-<br />
| 2025-12-31 || £151,618 || £137,636<br />
|}<br />
Source: register annual-return history.<ref name="EXTRACT" /><br />
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== Funding in Israel ==<br />
* The table lists every grant in the financial years ending 2016–2025 to a body supporting serving or former Israeli soldiers that the charity's accounts record, with the route as the accounts give it. Grants paid to UK charities are not stated to be earmarked for a particular project unless the table says so.<br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|+ Grants recorded in the accounts of The Bridge Christian Fellowship Temple Fortune<br />
! Financial year (ending) !! Recipient !! Amount !! Route !! Source<br />
|-<br />
| 2023 || [[Beit Halochem]] (payee not stated: [[Beit Halochem UK]] or the Israeli centres) || £1,201 || not stated || accounts y/e 31 December 2023<ref name="G1130219_247" /><br />
|-<br />
| 2024 || [[Beit Halochem]] (payee not stated: [[Beit Halochem UK]] or the Israeli centres) || £2,703 || not stated || accounts y/e 31 December 2024<ref name="G1130219_248">[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/4045829/accounts-and-annual-returns The Bridge Christian Fellowship Temple Fortune: accounts y/e 31 December 2024] ''Register of Charities'', p. 8 (printed p.7).</ref><br />
|-<br />
| 2025 || [[Beit Halochem]] (payee not stated: [[Beit Halochem UK]] or the Israeli centres) || £2,657 || not stated || accounts y/e 31 December 2025<ref name="G1130219_249">[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/4045829/accounts-and-annual-returns The Bridge Christian Fellowship Temple Fortune: accounts y/e 31 December 2025] ''Register of Charities'', p. 8 (printed p.7).</ref><br />
|}<br />
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'''Recipients.''' [[Beit Halochem UK]] (charity 1146950) describes itself on the register as "a charity devoted to raising money for the Beit Halochem Rehabilitation Centres in Israel that provide facilities and lifelong support to disabled veterans and victims of terror".<ref name="EXTRACT" /><br />
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=== Israeli partners ===<br />
[[Beit Halochem]]<ref name="ACC">[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/4045829/accounts-and-annual-returns The Bridge Christian Fellowship Temple Fortune (1130219): accounts and annual returns] ''Register of Charities''; latest accounts (year to 2025-12-31) downloaded 29 October 2026.</ref><br />
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== Activity beyond the Green Line and support for the IDF ==<br />
Findings are graded by confidence. "Partner" findings concern the Israeli recipient organisation, not proven use of UK funds.<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+ Evidence of activity beyond the 1949 armistice line<br />
! Finding !! Confidence<br />
|-<br />
| No grant to a place beyond the 1949 armistice line is identified in the accounts.<ref name="ACC" /> || Not established<br />
|}<br />
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'''Support for the IDF:''' Yes. The accounts record grants totalling £6,561 to the bodies listed under ''Funding in Israel''; the routes are given there as recorded.<ref name="G1130219_247" /><br />
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== Controversies and regulatory action ==<br />
* No Charity Commission inquiry, Official Warning or Gazette insolvency notice naming this charity was found, and its register entry shows no regulatory alert;<ref name="ALERTS">[[Charity Commission]], ''Register of Charities'', charity overview page (register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/ followed by the organisation number) for each of the 32 charities in batches 28–29, all retrieved on 29 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" notice; none showed one.</ref> it is not among the charities named in the Commission's cheque-cashing class-inquiry announcements (May, September and December 2025) or in the September 2026 statement of results.<ref name="CC_CHEQUE1">[[Charity Commission]], [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/serious-concerns-over-use-of-22-million-triggers-investigation-by-charity-regulator Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator] ''GOV.UK'', 14 May 2025.</ref><ref name="CC_CHEQUE2">[[Charity Commission]], [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/regulator-opens-next-phase-of-investigation-into-105-charities-connected-to-company-cashing-cheques Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques] ''GOV.UK'', 1 September 2025.</ref><ref name="CC_CHEQUE3">[[Charity Commission]], [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/regulator-announces-next-charities-to-be-investigated-as-part-of-inquiry-connected-to-company-cashing-cheques Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques] ''GOV.UK'', 4 December 2025.</ref><ref name="CC_CHEQUE4">[[Charity Commission]], [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/regulator-concludes-investigation-into-4-charities-as-class-inquiry-continues Regulator concludes investigation into 4 charities as class inquiry continues] ''GOV.UK'', 9 September 2026, with [https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statement-of-the-results-of-a-class-inquiry/statement-of-the-results-of-a-class-inquiry Statement of the results of a class inquiry] (same date).</ref> The charities in the Commission's settlements class inquiry (opened August 2026) have not been named, so it is not known whether this charity is among them.<ref name="CC_SETTLE">[[Charity Commission]], [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/charity-regulator-opens-inquiry-into-charities-working-in-illegal-israeli-settlements Charity regulator opens inquiry into charities working in illegal Israeli settlements] ''GOV.UK'', 5 August 2026 (a fact-finding statutory class inquiry initially involving 8 charities which "are not being publicly named at this time").</ref><br />
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== Other registers and records ==<br />
=== Scotland and Northern Ireland ===<br />
No entry was found on the [[Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator|Scottish Charity Register]] for this charity (register export dated 14 October 2026, searched by name).<ref name="OSCR">[[Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator]], [https://www.oscr.org.uk/download/charity-register Scottish Charity Register download] ''OSCR'', export dated 14 October 2026; keyword search of the 32 batch-28/29 charity names found no matching Scottish registration.</ref> No entry was found on the [[Charity Commission for Northern Ireland]] register (API name searches returned zero results).<ref name="CCNI">[[Charity Commission for Northern Ireland]], [https://www.charitycommissionni.org.uk/api/charity-search/results?searchText=Maoz%20UK&pageNumber=1 Register of charities search API] ''CCNI'', searched 29 October 2026 (keyword searches for each of the 32 charity names returned zero results).</ref><br />
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=== The Gazette ===<br />
Searches of ''The Gazette'' notice feeds (all notices, insolvency and company) for the charity's name found no notice of any kind. No insolvency, winding-up or strike-off notice naming the charity was found.<ref name="u059c4c76">[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/all-notices/notice/data.feed?text=The%20Bridge%20Christian%20Fellowship%20Temple%20Fortune The Gazette: notices matching 'The Bridge Christian Fellowship Temple Fortune'] ''The Gazette'', searched 29 October 2026.</ref><br />
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=== Grants recorded by 360Giving ===<br />
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.<ref name="uc7d1f43d">[https://api.threesixtygiving.org/api/v1/org/GB-CHC-1130219/grants_received/?limit=100 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1130219] ''360Giving'', queried 29 October 2026.</ref><br />
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=== Sanctions screening ===<br />
The charity's name, its current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, trustees and officers named in the accounts read for this profile and (for charitable companies) its Companies House officers were screened against the UK Sanctions List and the OFSI Consolidated List. No match was found.<ref name="SANC">[[Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office]], ''UK Sanctions List'' (CSV); [[Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation]], ''Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets'' (ConList.csv). Screening for batches 28–29 covered 317 name strings: the 32 charity names, current register trustees and the Companies House officers of the six charitable companies; the only hits were surname-only matches, which were rejected; no person matched.</ref><br />
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=== Land and property ===<br />
The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.<ref name="EXTRACT" /> No title registers were purchased; the [[HM Land Registry]] interactive search blocked automated access.<ref name="HLRWEB">[[HM Land Registry]], [https://search-property-information.service.gov.uk/ Search for land and property information] ''GOV.UK'' – the service returned HTTP 403 (bot protection) to automated access in October 2026; no titles were looked up or purchased. Candidate title numbers below come from the free [[Corporate and Commercial Ownership Data|CCOD]] / [[Overseas Companies Ownership Data|OCOD]] datasets (October 2026 release), not from paid title registers.</ref><br />
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=== Parliament ===<br />
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "The Bridge Christian Fellowship Temple Fortune", "Bridge Christian Fellowship Temple Fortune" returned 0 contributions in total.<ref name="HANS">UK Parliament, [https://hansard-api.parliament.uk/search/contributions/Spoken.json?queryParameters.searchTerm=%22The%20Bridge%20Christian%20Fellowship%20Temple%20Fortune%22&queryParameters.take=100&queryParameters.orderBy=SittingDateAsc Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "The Bridge Christian Fellowship Temple Fortune"] ''Hansard'', queried 29 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).</ref><br />
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== Web archive ==<br />
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The [[UK Government Web Archive]] holds 0 archived Charity Commission register pages used in this profile; none were found for this charity number.<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://www.bridgelane.org.uk Official website]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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[[Category:Charities based in London]]<br />
[[Category:Israel]]<br />
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