Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 7
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

BRIGHTER FUTURES

Provides services and activities to the community of Rhyl.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

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 Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/03/23£217£204£13n/a
31/03/22£292£79£213n/a
31/03/21£111£37£74n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 4 years

www.brighterfuturesrhyl.co.uk

hello@brighterfuturesrhyl.co.uk

01745798350

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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Denbighshire,
  • This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities

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
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation£62,200
Steve Morgan Foundation£34,968
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
National Lottery Heritage Fund£9,800
The Foyle Foundation£5,000
Co-Operative Group£2,370
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Brighter Futures
£2,370 21/10/2023
We'd like to provide more activities and services – from gardening and woodwork to music and crafts – for men of all ages and abilities at our busy Men's Shed.
Steve Morgan Foundation - Grant to Brighter Futures
£19,968 21/04/2023
1 year grant towards salary costs for the Facilities and Sustainability Coordinator
Steve Morgan Foundation - Grant to Brighter Futures
£5,000 28/11/2022
a small grant towards facility upgrades
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Brighter Futures
£9,800 01/11/2022
Rhyls Rhythm
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation - Grant to Brighter Futures
£62,200 07/07/2022
50% of core costs over 3-years for a community charity providing services to parents and children in Rhyl, North Wales.
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£5,000 21/04/2022
towards general core costs in the yearend March 2023
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 03/12/2021
Community HUB
Steve Morgan Foundation - Grant to Brighter Futures
£10,000 07/04/2021
Towards the grant needed to secure the grant from Welsh Government
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

  • CAROLINE ALLEN Appointed: 2021
  • JAMIE OWEN Appointed: 2021
  • JAYNE JONES Appointed: 2018
  • JULIE SIMMONDS Appointed: 2021
  • KATHERINE PARK Appointed: 2018
  • KENNETH LEWIS Appointed: 2022
  • SIMON POOLE Appointed: 2021
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/09/2020, number: 1191535
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
3 returns made; all on time
Main office

BRIGHTER FUTURES
34 WELLINGTON ROAD
RHYL
DENBIGHSHIRE
LL18 1BN

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:THE PROMOTION OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR IN RHYL BY THE PROVISION OF A SUITABLE COMMUNITY FACILITY AND ASSOCIATED SERVICES FOR THE BENEFIT OF VOLUNTARY GROUPS OF RHYL TO ENABLE THE DELIVERY OF SOCIAL AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONS FOCUSED ON SPECIFIC INTEREST GROUPS TO INCLUDE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, SENIORS, DISABLED, FINANCIALLY DISADVANTAGED, SOCIALLY ISOLATED AND ECONOMICALLY INACTIVE IN THE > INTERESTS OF ENHANCING SOCIAL WELFARE, INCREASING COHESION, CRIME REDUCTION AND FOR IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THOSE SAID GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS THEY SUPPORT.'THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR’ MEANS CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS.• CHARITIES ARE ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELYCHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.• VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ARE INDEPENDENT ORGANISATIONS, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR CONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DO NOT INCLUDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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