BRIGHT CENTRES

Registered charity 1129265 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BEC, BRIGHT EDUCATION CENTRE, BRIGHT EDUCATION CENTRES LIMITED

TO ENABLE STUDENTS TO ACHIEVE HIGH LEVELS OF ACADEMIC SUCCESS IN THEIR REGULAR SCHOOLING. TO REDUCE THE EXCLUSIONS OF DISADVANTAGE YOUNG PEOPLE. TUITION FOR ENGLISH, MATHS AND SCIENCE LESSONS AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL MENTORING AND ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES. TO BUILD THE CAPACITY OF PARENTS THROUGH ADULT LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AND BY ENCOURAGING THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THE EDUCATION OF THEIR CHILDREN.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE FROM ETHNIC MINORITY GROUPS AND THEIR PARENTS IN LONDON IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:1) PROVIDING EXTRACURRICULAR SUPPORT IN ENGLISH, MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE;2) PROVIDING A PEER-MENTORING PROGRAMME; AND3) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND INFORMATION TO PARENTS IN THE NATIONAL CURRICULUM AND HOME SCHOOL AGREEMENTS.

Area of benefit: LONDON

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: Lambeth, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £37,323 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £70,450 to £33,127. Unrestricted funds decreased from £71,886 to £91,948 is incorrect based on the movement note which shows unrestricted funds at £91,948 and restricted at £-129,271, leading to a net liability position. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention giving cause to believe the accounts were materially non-compliant.

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 3 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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

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

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06772491 · Financial health read from its filings

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.

• ELMI, Liban, Dr — director, appointed 22/02/2021on trustee list
• ELBEDWAI HAMAD, Yazeed Muawia — director, appointed 19/06/2020not on trustee list
• IBRAHIM, Muna — director, appointed 07/07/2018on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Neil Brindleychair
• Dr Liban Elmi
• Muna Ibrahim
• Yazeed Muawia Elbedawi Hamad

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

Operates in: Brent · Camden · Lambeth · Southwark · Wandsworth

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 BRIGHT PARK.

• BRIGHT PARK income £92k
• BRIGHT EDUCATION AND CULTURAL ASSOCIATION income £91k
• GUIDING LIGHT FOUNDATION income £65k
• SINCERE EDUCATION & CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT LIMITED income £43k
• THE BRADIANS TRUST income £6k
• BRIDGE CHAPEL income £668k

Side by side with its peers

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