Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 7
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

BROMLEY BRIGHTER BEGINNINGS

to provide essential baby, child or household items to local families in financial hardship;to raise awareness about the level of poverty in the London Borough of Bromley & the impact of this poverty on the lives of children & their parents;to fund occasional activities & essentials for women and children living in domestic violence refuges;to signpost families to other local sources
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Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/07/23£202£152£50n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/22£133£126£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/21£152£128£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/20*£64£52£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/19£35£24£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/18£19£33£-14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/17£7£13£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/07/16£20£8£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 9 years

http://www.bromleybrighterbeginnings.org.uk

bromleybrighterbeginnings@gmail.com

07464 354124

Charity Commission for England and WalesX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Support for victims of domestic or sexual abuse
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bromley,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
City Bridge Trust£40,500
Garfield Weston Foundation£18,000
National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
DCMS£10,000
The London Community Foundation£10,000
Co-Operative Group£5,369
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs
£1,000 30/10/2023
Core costs
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Bromley Brighter Beginnings
£1,362 21/10/2023
We'd like to purchase correct and well-fitting school uniform for children whose parents cannot afford to buy these often very costly items themselves.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Bromley Brighter Beginnings
£40,500 05/06/2023
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£40,500 over three years (£15,000, £13,500, £12,000) towards the cost of the charity's first paid employee, a General Manager.
National Lottery Community Fund - A Healthy Home for Every Child
£5,000 13/01/2023
The funding will be used to provide essential kitchen appliances to families living in financial hardship. The project aims to provide families with the correct facilities to provide healthy nourishing meals which is critical to their children's ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£8,000 11/01/2023
General Manager
National Lottery Community Fund - School Uniform
£5,000 29/04/2022
The funding will be used to provide good quality school uniform for children across London whose parents are from low-income families and struggling to purchase. The project aims to provide well-fitting uniform benefiting the child's mental health ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 09/04/2021
Bed for Every Child
London Catalyst - Bromley Brighter Beginnings - 2
£1,000 09/02/2021
Hardship Fund
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Bromley Brighter Beginnings
£4,007 24/10/2020
We would like to provide a bed for vulnerable children who have to share with a family member or sleep on the sofa or floor.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 22/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Bromley Brighter Beginnings
£10,000 23/04/2020
The funding will allow us to purchase basic essentials such as Moses baskets, cots, children's and baby clothing and prams for families living in poverty who are unable to buy the items themselves.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

  • CHIRAG JETHWANI Appointed: 2022
  • EMMA MARTIN (Chair) Appointed: 2014
  • EMMA WARREN Appointed: 2023
  • EVA FIZ QUEROL Appointed: 2023
  • JOSEPHINE KENCH Appointed: 2023
  • KERRIANN RAWLEY Appointed: 2023
  • LORELEI FREEMAN Appointed: 2014
  • NANCY LENGTHORN Appointed: 2014
  • REGINA OMALABI HARRIET OGUNSOLA Appointed: 2024
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/06/2015, number: 1162113
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
8 returns made; AR20: 7 days late,
Main office

PO Box 1302
Bromley
BR1 9PF

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY ('THE OBJECT') IS THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY OF FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BROMLEY IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY:(1) PROVIDING NEW AND SECONDHAND BABY- AND CHILD-RELATED ITEMS TO FAMILIES IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO RELIEVE POVERTY;(2) ARRANGING ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN FROM IMPOVERISHED FAMILIES AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REFUGES;(3) PROVIDING INFORMATION TO IMPOVERISHED FAMILIES TO ENABLE THEM TO ACCESS SUPPORT AVAILABLE FROM OTHER CHARITIES AND ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO RELIEVE POVERTY; AND(4) RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT THE LEVEL OF POVERTY IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BROMLEY AND THE IMPACT OF SUCH POVERTY ON THE LIVES OF CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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