BRIGHT HORIZONS FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN (UK)

Registered charity 1115697 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We create Bright Spaces: trauma-informed indoor and outdoor environments for children and families experiencing adversity. Bright Spaces are located in police stations, domestic abuse refuges, homeless shelters, family visiting areas in prisons, hospitals and hospices, and are designed to help children feel safe, relax and access specialist support from our Bright Space partners,

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE RELIEF OF NEED IN CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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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Registered contact address: West Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £15,623 for the year, reducing its unrestricted reserves from £211,822 to £196,199. The trustees maintain a reserves policy targeting a minimum of £60,000 in free reserves, a threshold which the current unrestricted reserves of £50,667 (excluding designated funds) fall below. Despite the deficit, the trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern.

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 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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Investment
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Bright Horizons Foundation for Children (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Bright Horizons — “The Bright Horizons Foundation for Children is a registered charity, and its Bright Spaces are generously funded and created by Bright Horiz…” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• Bright Horizons Family Solutions Limited
• Denise Priest
• ELIZABETH BOLAND
• Philip Smith
• Rosamund Margaret Marshall
• Stephen Kramer

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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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
• STARLIGHT CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION income £4.0m
• HEP HORIZONS income £82k
• HOLDING SPACE income £102k
• CHILDREN ON THE EDGE income £1.9m
• FRESH HORIZONS CNB income £167k

Side by side with its peers

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