BRIGHT FUTURES UK

Registered charity 1168039 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRIGHT FUTURES

Bright Futures UK (BFUK) supports children & young people back into education after taking time out due to long-term or chronic illnesses (both mental and physical) BFUK delivers; Tutoring, Mentoring, Befriending & Workshops each tailored to the young person or group we support.Services support children & young people aged 5-24, in person and online.

Objects

A. TO ADVANCE IN LIFE, RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF AND HELP YOUNG ADULTS UNDER THE AGE OF 24 YEARS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROMOTING AND ADVANCING THEIR EDUCATION OR BY PROVIDING OR SUPPORTING THE PROVISION OF WORK BASED OPPORTUNITIES ESPECIALLY TO THOSE WHO HAVE HAD TO TAKE TIME OUT OF EDUCATION DUE TO MEDICAL CIRCUMSTANCES.THE CIO WILL FURTHER THESE CHARITABLE PURPOSES BY SUPPORTING INDIVIDUALS IN COMPULSORY AND HIGHER EDUCATION (UP TO THE AGE OF 24) THROUGH A SERIES OF STRUCTURED PROGRAMMES INCLUDING ONE TO ONE SUPPORT, MENTORING, WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS TAILORED TO THEIR NEEDS.B. THE RELIEF OF THOSE OVER THE AGE OF 24 YEARS IN NEED BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME INCLUDING THROUGH EDUCATION AND BY PROVIDING, OR SUPPORTING THE PROVISION OF, WORK BASED OPPORTUNITIES ESPECIALLY TO THOSE WHO HAVE HAD TO TAKE TIME OUT OF EDUCATION DUE TO MEDICAL CIRCUMSTANCES.C. THE FURTHERANCE OF SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £18,830 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in unrestricted funds decreasing from £51,403 to £32,573. The trustees' report indicates a reserves policy target of three months of core operating expenditure, a level the charity has not yet reached. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the financial statements.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints 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
• 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 UK (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (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: 2.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amy Dorfmanchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Daniel Robey
• Jonathan Ross
• Laurence Rackind · trustee of 1 other charity
• Tanya Shapiro

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

Operates in: Throughout England

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 FUTURES NE.

• BRIGHT FUTURES NE income £471k
• Brave Futures income £881k
• BRITISH FUTURE income £662k
• BRIGHTER FUTURES THROUGH SPORT income £115k
• BOUNCE! BRIGHTER FUTURES FOUNDATION income £177k
• Bright Futures Early Learning income £2.0m

Side by side with its peers

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