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Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 8
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

THE BRIGHTSIDE TRUST 

Brightside is an education charity. We create, develop and manage online mentoring projects,and other online tools and resources, to connect, inform and inspire more young people toachieve their full potential through education.
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Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received Government grants
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending


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Established: 9 years

https://brightside.org.uk/

info@brightside.org.uk

020 3096 8120

Charity Commission for England and WalesX
UN SDGs
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£804£1,215£-411£0£1,598£1,46914.5232,500
31/03/22£1,128£1,164£-36£0£2,098£1,81618.7203,000
31/03/21£1,013£3,216£-2,202£0£2,077£1,8406.9143,000
31/03/20£728£1,158£-429£0£3,391£3,35934.8173,200
31/03/19£1,193£1,265£-72£0£3,898£3,89837223,700
31/03/18£1,065£1,186£-121£0£3,799£3,79938.4220
31/03/17£726£1,011£-285£0£3,870£3,87045.9150
31/03/16*£4,695£772£3,923£0£3,715£3,71557.8160
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 14%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 19%
Liabilities/Income: 46%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 92%
Reserves/Spending: 14.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.6
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 23 employees
  • 2,500 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/11 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/01/2015, number: 1159993
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • 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
8 returns made; AR16: 2 days late,
Main office

CAN Mezzanine
7-14 Great Dover Street
London
SE1 4YR

Objectives

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:(A)THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION;(B)TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND PROVIDE RELIEF TO THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE, IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION BY:(I)PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS; AND (II)RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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