Bridge House Estates

This is an archived page for Bridge House Estates. Since September 2023, City Bridge Foundation has been the new working name for the historic Bridge House Estates. City Bridge Foundation is a charity set up around 900 years ago for the maintenance of the old London Bridge. Through bridge tolls, rents, bequests and charitable donations, along with sensible investment and management, the fund has grown over the years and now has total assets of around £1.6 billion. Our primary aim remains to maintain our five bridges – Tower Bridge, London Bridge, Southwark Bridge, Millennium Bridge, and Blackfriars Bridge – but since 1995 we have also used surplus funds to award grants to charitable organisations across Greater London. We currently award over £30 million to charities across the capital and have made a further £200 million available in the five years to 2026 to support London’s charity sector. Our sole trustee is the City of London Corporation – the governing body for the Square Mile. Members of the Court of Common Council – the City Corporation’s primary decision-making body – form the City Bridge Foundation Board which governs our activities.