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Grant-making trust or foundation · Registered charity 1035628

City Bridge Foundation: grants and who they fund

City Bridge Foundation published 920 grants to organisations from 4 Oct 2023 to 15 May 2026, worth £128m in total. The typical (median) grant was £90k, and London wide was the area funded most often.

920grants since 4 Oct 2023
£90kmedian grant
£128mtotal awarded
851different recipient organisations

Stated aims

What the charity says it does (Charity Commission register):

The maintenance and support of London Bridge, Southwark Bridge, Blackfriars Bridge, Tower Bridge and Millennium Bridge. Surplus income is used for charitable funding purposes benefiting the inhabitants of Greater London in such ways as the Trustee thinks fit.

Charitable objects (governing document):

The maintenance and support of London bridge, blackfriars bridge, southwark bridge, tower bridge and the millennium bridge. Any surplus income to be applied: in or towards the provision of transport and access to it for elderly or disabled people in the greater London area; and, or, for other charitable purposes for the general benefit of the inhabitants of greater London in such ways as the Trustees think fit.

Where it operates (Charity Commission register):

  • Throughout London

Grant sizes

Grants to organisations from 4 Oct 2023 to 15 May 2026. Smallest £400, largest £5m, average £140k.

Grant sizeGrantsShare
Under £1,00040%
£1,000 to £4,999799%
£5,000 to £9,999253%
£10,000 to £49,99917819%
£50,000 to £99,99923325%
£100,000 to £249,99929132%
£250,000 or more11012%
YearGrantsTotal
202611£2.4m
2025350£41.4m
2024468£73.3m
202391£11.3m

Grant programmes

Programmes named most often in the published grants.

ProgrammeGrantsMedian grant
City Bridge Foundation - Bridging Divides456£135k
Cohort 2 ? One Year Additional Core Funding104£42k
Small Grants - Bridging Divides79£60k
Eco Audits75£3,000
Cohort 1 ? One Year Additional Core Funding52£44k
Strategic Initiatives47£99k
Continuation Funding39£112k
Making London More Liveable32£199k

Example recipients

Registered organisations that received grants, largest first. Organisations only: grants to individuals are never shown.

OrganisationGrantsTotalLatest
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation2£5m18 Apr 2024
School for Social Entrepreneurs2£2m13 Nov 2025
Race on the Agenda2£1.7m9 Dec 2024
The AVOCADO Foundation (formerly known as Money4You)1£1.5m9 Dec 2024
London Legal Support Trust1£1.4m19 Sept 2024
Disability Rights UK1£1.4m10 Dec 2024
Agenda CIO1£1.2m9 Dec 2024
Samaritans1£1.1m3 Oct 2025
BBC Children in Need1£1.1m4 Mar 2024
Chasing the Stigma1£1.1m18 Dec 2024
West Central London Mind1£1m18 Dec 2024
National Suicide Prevention Alliance1£1m18 Dec 2024
CB Plus1£1m18 Dec 2024
Voice4Change England2£1m17 Feb 2025
The King's Trust1£1m4 Mar 2024

Areas funded

Beneficiary locations given in the grant data, by number of grants.

AreaGrants
London wide203
No specific area43
Hackney31
Lambeth29
Our local area23
Lewisham19
South London18
North London17
Islington16
Barnet16

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Source: grants data published by City Bridge Foundation through 360Giving (GrantNav data, fetched 23 Oct 2026), licensed under Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are our own summary of that data: 920 grants to organisations awarded 4 Oct 2023 to 15 May 2026 (from the most recent records published). Stated aims, charity number and areas of operation are from the Charity Commission register.

Licence: Contains public sector information from the Charity Commission for England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Open Government Licence v3.0. Grants data from City Bridge Foundation, OGL v3.0.

Last updated: 23 October 2026. Information only, not funding advice; check the funder's own guidance before applying. Brightbench is not connected to City Bridge Foundation.