ADVANCE BRIGHTER FUTURES

Registered charity 1089638 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ADVANCE BRIGHTER FUTURES WREXHAM

We support people experiencing mental, physical & emotional wellbeing problems to understand recovery and move forward with their ambitions. We achieve this by providing a range of support services including lifestyle coaching, group activities, and a range of talking therapies. We provide practical mental wellbeing support through mentoring, courses, volunteering opportunities and support groups.

Objects

TO RELIEVE PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE COUNTY BOROUGH OF WREXHAM SUFFERING FROM THE EFFECTS OF MENTAL ILLNESS AND/OR HAVING MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS AND TO ENABLE SUCH PERSONS TO OBTAIN THEIR FULL RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES AS CITIZENS, BY SUPPORTING AND PROMOTING EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL WELLBEING

Area of benefit: COUNTY BOROUGH OF WREXHAM

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a surplus of £24,017 and unrestricted operational reserves of £170,927. Per the trustees' report, these reserves represent approximately 5.5 months of expenditure, which falls within the charity's stated policy range of three to six months. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Advance Brighter Futures (ABF) (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Carly Morrissey
• Gareth Bilton
• Jane Francis
• Justine Mason
• Marc Jones
• ROSEMARIE WILLIAMS
• Robert John Cox

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Flintshire · Wrexham

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRIGHTER HORIZONS.

• BRIGHTER HORIZONS income £945k
• MIND IN BRIGHTON & HOVE income £1.0m
• DEVON MIND income £1.2m
• STEPPING STONES COLLABORATION FOR RECOVERY AND WELLBEING income £228k
• BIRMINGHAM INDUSTRIAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £1.4m
• POSITIVE FUTURES WELL BEING SERVICES CIO income £404k

Side by side with its peers

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