the Bridge Coventry

Registered charity 1129017 · since 2009thebridgecoventry.org·Coventry·Updated 29 October 2026

Key takeaways

The Bridge Coventry's published emphasis is collaborative church-based mission, so work on discipleship, leadership or planting new worshipping communities is the closest fit, and its Mission Hub focuses on urban parishes in the South and West of Coventry.
The annual report gives no usable grants figure and no grant range is stated, so a realistic request size cannot be judged from published information.
No application process is published, so the best first step is to use the contact shown on its website and ask about its approach before writing a full request.
Because nothing more is published about how it decides, treat any approach as exploratory and expect the answer to come through direct conversation.

Overview

the Bridge Coventry is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1129017).

The Bridge Coventry is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, with a registered area of operation of Coventry City. Its stated objective, set out by the Joint Council, is to co-operate with the minister in promoting the whole mission of the church in the parishes: pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. It says it supports the work of others who share its commitment to the Christian message, and its Mission Hub offers support and resources for leaders and churches on discipleship, growing leaders and planting new worshipping communities.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The Joint Council’s stated objective is to co-operate with the minister in promoting the whole mission of the church: pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. The Bridge says it supports the work of others who share its commitment to the Christian message and to sharing the good news of Jesus. Its Mission Hub describes support and resources for leaders and churches developing discipleship, growing leaders and planting new worshipping communities, with a particular focus on regeneration of urban parishes in the South and West of Coventry. Its published emphasis is collaborative church-based mission.

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Where they fund

Registered area of operation (Charity Commission)

Coventry

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to the Bridge Coventry.

Together for Change Coventry and WarwickshireNo public process The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Nicholas, Tooting GraveneyNo public processGave £119k Otley Bridge ChurchNo public process ST Paul's Hadley WoodNo public processGave £94,818 Coventry Diocesan Board of FinanceMixed deadlinesGave £1.2M Gas Street ChurchNo public processGave £133k Holy Trinity Combe DownNo public processGave £25,746 The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Lincoln St SwithinNo public processGave £9,159 All Saints Church CrowboroughNo public processGave £71,476 Gateway Church AshfordNo public processGave £13,038

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 December 2021	£280,824	£243,038	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2021
year to 31 December 2022	£243,845	£267,251	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2022
year to 31 December 2023	£271,307	£275,962	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2023
year to 31 December 2024	£331,515	£315,476	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2024
year to 31 December 2025	£316,208	£340,551	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2025

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.