Governance

City Bridge Foundation is governed by a single trustee, the City of London Corporation, represented by the City Bridge Foundation Board.

The City Bridge Foundation Board has oversight of all of the charity’s strategic and operational activities, unless expressly reserved to the Court of Common Council, the City of London Corporation’s primary decision-making body.

The Board is responsible for the overseeing the charity’s primary and ancillary objects, being respectively, the maintenance and support of the five Thames bridges and the distribution of income surplus to that required for the bridges for broader, and more general, charitable purposes within Greater London.

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The Funding Committee is a Committee of the City Bridge Foundation Board, and a sub-committee of the Court of Common Council. The Funding Committee meets at least four times in any calendar year.

The Funding Committee oversees City Bridge Foundation’s charitable funding and social investments. This aims to improve the lives of the inhabitants of Greater London – by working to reduce inequality and foster strong, more resilient and thriving communities in pursuit of a London that serves everyone.

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The public sessions of meetings are livestreamed where possible, and recorded for future viewing. 

Investment Committee was set up in May 2023 and first met in June 2023. 

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The City of London Corporation is the trustee of City Bridge Foundation, acting by the Court of Common Council. The Court of Common Council carries out these trustee functions through the City Corporation’s internal governance framework, whether by members in committee or officers operating under delegated authority.

Trustees have particular legal duties and responsibilities, including to act independently and in the best interests of the charity and only in furtherance of the charitable purposes of the charity, to safeguard the charity’s assets and reputation, to act within their powers and to manage conflicts of interest.

Trustees need to understand the regulatory landscape and the particular compliance and reporting obligations which apply. Aside from these legal obligations, trustees are also expected to meet certain standards of good governance practice which are aimed at supporting compliance with the law and regulatory landscape and supporting the successful operation of the charity for its charitable purposes.

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City Bridge Foundation is the working name of the historic Bridge House Estates. From 1995 to September 2023 our charity funding team was known as City Bridge Trust. In September 2023, our bridges and charity funding teams were brought together under a new name – City Bridge Foundation.

Our Bridging London strategy sets a clear and ambitious vision for a connected capital, which we will deliver by maintaining and promoting world-class bridges, developing and delivering world-class charitable funding, and embedding and encouraging world-class responsible business practices. Our cross-cutting strategic ambitions of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and Climate Action will be fundamental to everything we do.

Bridging Divides, our funding strategy, provides the vision and strategic direction for us as a charitable funder. We commit to using our funding, knowledge, networks and assets to support Londoners and London’s communities who are experiencing disadvantage and marginalisation to thrive. London is a city of social and economic divides, and this strategy presents an opportunity to work across a range of networks and systems to ensure that London is a city that works for everyone.

Our investment objectives seek to support the achievement of our vision and aims as set out in the Bridging London Strategy. This is to support a better connected London by taking a values-driven approach to becoming a world-class bridge owner, charitable funder and responsible leader.

At City Bridge Foundation we are committed to being a truly inclusive, anti-racist organisation with a robust, progressive and proactive Equity, Diversity and Inclusion programme.

At City Bridge Foundation we are committed to being a truly inclusive, anti-racist organisation with a robust, progressive and proactive Equity, Diversity and Inclusion programme.