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

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Latest income
£179k
Latest spending
£194k
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

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

Largest income source: none
We apply to grant making bodies and respond to invitations to tender bids on a yearly basis to keep our income stable and continue to deliver our various projects.
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: a minimum for our contingency procedure
We aim to allocate the vast majority funding to particular projects and not hold any significant “reserves” except a minimum for our contingency procedure. — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

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

Operates in: Luton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£179k£194k
31/03/2024£258k£185k
31/03/2023£250k£148k
31/03/2022£104k£114k
31/03/2021£128k£102k

Common questions

Is FRIENDS OF BRIGHT EYES financially healthy?

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.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund27/03/2020£10kFun with Friends
The National Lottery Community Fund29/11/2012£8kRecreation Station
The National Lottery Community Fund22/07/2010£8kDon't Diss Disablilty (3D)

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SUNNY DAYS CHILDRENS FUND.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FRIENDS OF BRIGHT EYES£179k0unclearno doubt
SUNNY DAYS CHILDRENS FUND FY2025£463k0unclearnoted
RAVENSBOURNE PROJECT FY2025£632kaboveno doubt
THE FRIENDSHIP PROJECT FY2025£108k0unclearno doubt
LOCAL AID FOR CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY SPECIAL NEEDS FY2025£276k0unclearno doubt
VICTA CHILDREN LTD FY2024£980k£60,001 - £70,0001unclearno doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.