Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 4

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Mainly female board: -1

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 8

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

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent 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	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/07/23		£202	£152	£50	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	29
31/07/22		£133	£126	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	27
31/07/21		£152	£128	£23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	27
31/07/20	*	£64	£52	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/07/19		£35	£24	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	23
31/07/18		£19	£33	£-14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/17		£7	£13	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/16		£20	£8	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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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 Wales

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Listed activities

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Services for females

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Bromley,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
29 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£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.
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 ....more 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 development.
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 ....more 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 and wellbeing boosting their self-esteem and instilling them with a sense of pride and dignity which will reflect positively on their schooling.
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 ....more "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 services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
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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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 7/8 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, Other trusteeship: ST. MARK'S PRIMARY SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION,

LORELEI FREEMAN Appointed: 2014

NANCY LENGTHORN Appointed: 2014

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.

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