Bright Futures Early Learning

Registered charity 1159674 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRIGHT FUTURES NURSERY SCHOOL

Operation and management of a socially responsible, charitable early years nursery.

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Latest income

£2.0m

Latest spending

£1.8m

Registered

2014

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a net income of £177,140 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds increasing to £383,358. However, the trustees report that free reserves were £nil because all funds are invested in fixed assets, specifically leasehold improvements. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed trading subsidiaries or related party transactions.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months of operating expenditure

“The Charities Commission recommends holding free reserves of between 3 and 6 months operating expenditure. The trustees aim for this level of reserves and are committed to restoring free reserves in the charity as soon as possible through future surpluses.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Ainsworths Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£2.0m

Total spending

£1.8m

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Pagan Anne Cavaneychair
Gemma Louise Nuttall
Sharon Charlesworth

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£2.0m	£1.8m
31/03/2024	£1.6m	£1.7m
31/03/2023	£1.5m	£1.4m
31/03/2022	£999k	£960k
31/03/2021	£555k	£546k

Common questions

Is Bright Futures Early Learning financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a net income of £177,140 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds increasing to £383,358. However, the trustees report that free reserves were £nil because all funds are invested in fixed assets, specifically leasehold improvements. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed trading subsidiaries or related party transactions. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Ainsworths Limited.

Who funds Bright Futures Early Learning?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Bright Futures Early Learning as a grant recipient include BACUP FELLOWSHIP OF CHURCHES.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
BACUP FELLOWSHIP OF CHURCHES	FY2025	£1k

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE VIRGIN MONEY FOUNDATION	1	£48k
THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£40k
THE ROSELINE FOUNDATION	1	£20k
ROSA FUND	1	£10k
THE GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS' FUND OF BENEVOLENCE	1	£5k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£3k
Moto Foundation	1	£150

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Brightwell Pre-School.

Brightwell Pre-School income £144k
BRIGHT START PRE - SCHOOL income £273k
BRIGHT HORIZONS FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN (UK) income £166k
KING SQUARE COMMUNITY NURSERY LTD income £789k
BRAMBLETYE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED income £6.3m
BRIGHT FUTURES NE income £471k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
Bright Futures Early Learning	£2.0m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Brightwell Pre-School FY2025	£144k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BRIGHT START PRE - SCHOOL FY2025	£273k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
BRIGHT HORIZONS FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN (UK) FY2025	£166k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
KING SQUARE COMMUNITY NURSERY LTD FY2025	£789k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BRAMBLETYE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£6.3m	—	—	above	—	no doubt

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