BRIGHT FUTURES NE

Registered charity 1157578 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Bright Futures deliver a range of project activities to young women aged 11-25 to increase their health, wellbeing and safety. We deliver projects around a range of issues including alcohol misuse, sexual health, domestic abuse, young mums, unemployment and exploitation.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF TRAINING, EDUCATION, SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG WOMEN AGED BETWEEN 11 AND 25 YEARS IN THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND.THE ORGANISATION WILL ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG WOMEN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 11 TO 25 LIVING IN SOUTH TYNESIDE BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY TO ADDRESS ISSUES CONCERNED WITH ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE MISUSE AND SEXUAL HEALTH AS A MEANS OF: (A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS; (B) ADVANCING EDUCATION; (C) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: South Tyneside, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £115,000, with total cash and cash equivalents of £335,387. The trustees report that these funds are sufficient to continue providing services for several months even if all funding ceased. Total incoming resources were £471,449, with the majority derived from grant funds.

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.

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
• 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
• 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Bright Futures NE (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).

• The National Lottery Community Fund — “Bright Futures are proud to be a partner of The National Lottery Community Fund” (source page)
• Esmée Fairbairn Foundation — “Bright Futures are proud to be a partner of Esmée Fairbairn Foundation” (source page)
• Ballinger Charitable Trust — “Bright Futures are proud to be a partner of the Ballinger Charitable Trust” (source page)
• Tudor Trust — “Bright Futures are proud to be a partner of the Tudor Trust” (source page)
• LGA Foundation — “Bright Futures are proud to be a partner of the LGA Foundation” (source page)
• Postcode Neighbourhood Foundation Trust — “Bright Futures are proud to be a partner of the Postcode Neighbourhood Foundation Trust” (source page)
• Health Lottery — “Bright Futures are proud to be a partner of Health Lottery” (source page)

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/01/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Helen Hartleychair
• Andrew Moore
• Georgia Sullivan
• Joyce Welsh · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lisa Briscoe
• Stuart Miekle

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

Operates in: Gateshead · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · Northumberland · South Tyneside · Sunderland

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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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 BRIGHT FUTURES UK.

• BRIGHT FUTURES UK income £553k
• Brave Futures income £881k
• Bright Futures Early Learning income £2.0m
• Safe New Futures income £348k
• BRIGHTER FUTURE INITIATIVE income £30k
• OUR FUTURE income £618k

Side by side with its peers

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