The Bridge Christian Fellowship Temple Fortune
London church registered in 2009; its accounts record £6,561 in grants to Beit Halochem in the financial years ending 2023–2025
| The Bridge Christian Fellowship Temple Fortune
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Trust |
| Founded | 2009-06-18 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1130219 |
| Headquarters | 54 Bridge Lane, London, NW11 0EH |
| Area served | Barnet |
| Website | www.bridgelane.org.uk |
The Bridge Christian Fellowship Temple Fortune is a charitable trust registered with the Charity Commission on 18 June 2009.[1] Its governing document is recorded as "TRUST DEED DATED 20 APRIL 2009".[2] Its registered address is 54 Bridge Lane, London, NW11 0EH.[1] The trustees on the register are Betty Hicks, David Hicks, Daniel Bishop, Clayton Wells, Dennis Wardle, Esther Ameyaw, Christopher Beckingham and Anthony Pearce Martin.[1] In the year to 31 December 2025 it reported income of £151,618 and expenditure of £137,636.[1] 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)[3].
Objects and activities
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."[1]
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."[1]
Register classifications: Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities.[1]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Barnet.[1]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[1]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Betty Hicks | not recorded | — | |
| David Hicks | not recorded | — | |
| Anthony Pearce Martin | not recorded | — | |
| Daniel Bishop | 2018-12-31 | — | |
| Clayton Wells | 2018-12-31 | — | |
| Dennis Wardle | 2020-01-01 | — | |
| Esther Ameyaw | 2020-01-01 | — | |
| Christopher Beckingham | 2021-11-01 | — |
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-12-31 | £104,646 | £83,708 |
| 2022-12-31 | £121,437 | £118,909 |
| 2023-12-31 | £166,657 | £111,872 |
| 2024-12-31 | £128,000 | £118,930 |
| 2025-12-31 | £151,618 | £137,636 |
Source: register annual-return history.[1]
Funding in Israel
- 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.
| Financial year (ending) | Recipient | Amount | Route | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Beit Halochem (payee not stated: Beit Halochem UK or the Israeli centres) | £1,201 | not stated | accounts y/e 31 December 2023[3] |
| 2024 | Beit Halochem (payee not stated: Beit Halochem UK or the Israeli centres) | £2,703 | not stated | accounts y/e 31 December 2024[4] |
| 2025 | Beit Halochem (payee not stated: Beit Halochem UK or the Israeli centres) | £2,657 | not stated | accounts y/e 31 December 2025[5] |
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".[1]
Israeli partners
Activity beyond the Green Line and support for the IDF
Findings are graded by confidence. "Partner" findings concern the Israeli recipient organisation, not proven use of UK funds.
| Finding | Confidence |
|---|---|
| No grant to a place beyond the 1949 armistice line is identified in the accounts.[6] | Not established |
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.[3]
Controversies and regulatory action
- No Charity Commission inquiry, Official Warning or Gazette insolvency notice naming this charity was found, and its register entry shows no regulatory alert;[7] 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.[8][9][10][11] 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.[12]
Other registers and records
Scotland and Northern Ireland
No entry was found on the Scottish Charity Register for this charity (register export dated 14 October 2026, searched by name).[13] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[14]
The Gazette
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.[15]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[16]
Sanctions screening
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.[17]
Land and property
The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.[1] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[18]
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "The Bridge Christian Fellowship Temple Fortune", "Bridge Christian Fellowship Temple Fortune" returned 0 contributions in total.[19]
Web archive
The UK Government Web Archive holds 0 archived Charity Commission register pages used in this profile; none were found for this charity number.
External links
Notes
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 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.
- ↑ Charity Commission, The Bridge Christian Fellowship Temple Fortune (1130219): full print Register of Charities, retrieved 29 October 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Charity Commission, The Bridge Christian Fellowship Temple Fortune: accounts y/e 31 December 2023 Register of Charities, p. 8 (printed p.7).
- ↑ Charity Commission, The Bridge Christian Fellowship Temple Fortune: accounts y/e 31 December 2024 Register of Charities, p. 8 (printed p.7).
- ↑ Charity Commission, The Bridge Christian Fellowship Temple Fortune: accounts y/e 31 December 2025 Register of Charities, p. 8 (printed p.7).
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Charity Commission, 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator concludes investigation into 4 charities as class inquiry continues GOV.UK, 9 September 2026, with Statement of the results of a class inquiry (same date).
- ↑ Charity Commission, 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").
- ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, 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.
- ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 29 October 2026 (keyword searches for each of the 32 charity names returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'The Bridge Christian Fellowship Temple Fortune' The Gazette, searched 29 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1130219 360Giving, queried 29 October 2026.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ HM Land Registry, 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 CCOD / OCOD datasets (October 2026 release), not from paid title registers.
- ↑ UK Parliament, 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).