BOSP Brighter Opportunities for Special People
Registered charity 1107392 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BOSP, BOSP BRIGHTER OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH SUPPORTED PLAY
Respite sessions and activities for children and young people with Special Needs both physical and learning.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity held total unrestricted funds of £214,224 as of March 31, 2025, with £200,000 designated for future premises development. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and the accounts accorded with those records, noting no matters requiring further attention.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — BOSP (matched by registered charity number).
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- HUMPHREY, Sarah Louise — director, appointed 05/02/2025on trustee list
- CLARK, Karen Ann — director, appointed 25/07/2023on trustee list
- ROTHON, William Lewis — director, appointed 14/09/2022on trustee list
- MORSE, Lee Robert — director, appointed 06/07/2022on trustee list
- DAVIES, Peter John — director, appointed 28/06/2016on trustee list
- LANE, Joseph Paul — director, appointed 29/04/2016on trustee list
- BOULILA, Tracy — secretary, appointed 24/01/2022
Official officers record.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£66k
Reported reserves equal ~8.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (67% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 10.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).
- Peter John Davieschair
- Daphne Horton
- Joseph Paul Lane
- Karen Ann Clark
- Lee Robert Morse
- Sarah Louise Humphrey · trustee of 1 other charity
- William Lewis Rothon
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Essex
Income and spending
Common questions
Is BOSP Brighter Opportunities for Special People financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held total unrestricted funds of £214,224 as of March 31, 2025, with £200,000 designated for future premises development. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and the accounts accorded with those records, noting no matters requiring further attention. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds BOSP Brighter Opportunities for Special People?
Funders whose own accounts filings name BOSP Brighter Opportunities for Special People as a grant recipient include ESSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, THE STEVEN BLOCH IMAGE OF DISABILITY CHARITABLE TRUST, CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUST, SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST, BARCHESTER HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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