FRIENDS OF BRIGHT EYES

Registered charity 1091012 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FRIENDS OF BRIGHT EYES PROJECT, FRIENDS OF THE BRIGHT EYES PROJECT

The core activities undertaken by FOBE centre around Short Break provision and social/play opportunities for children & adults with disability and support for their families.In line with this the following activities are currently active:- Weekly Afterschool Activity Clubs, Holiday Play Schemes, Outings, Awareness Campaigns, Training and Volunteering Opportunities, Sibling & Parent Support

Objects

1. TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND SUPPORT IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR CHILDREN IN NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR DISABLEMENT, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITION OF LIFE;2. TO RELIEVE DISABLE CHILDREN BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, SUPPORT AND INFORMATION FOR THE CARERS OF SUCH PERSON."

Area of benefit: LUTON

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

Causes: Disability · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity aims to allocate the vast majority of funding to specific projects and does not hold significant unrestricted reserves, keeping only a minimum for contingency procedures. The charity has no principal source of long-term funding and relies on applying to grant-making bodies and tender bids annually to maintain income stability. Expenditure is primarily directed toward direct costs to deliver support services for beneficiaries.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• 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 — FOBE (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• FARHAN ZAKARIAchair
• Aysha Khan
• Iraj Raza
• Muhibur Rahman Rayhan
• Shakila Bi

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

Operates in: Luton

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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