BRIGHT SHADOW

Registered charity 1171042 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Bright Shadow's mission is to enable people with dementia, and those affected by it, to live well and to thrive. We do this through delivering Zest Workshops for people living with dementia in care and community settings. We also provide training to equip those delivering activities with people with dementia, and training to empower churches and arts and culture venues to be dementia inclusive.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1. TO ADVANCE THE HEALTH AND WELL BEING OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA, AND PEOPLE WHO CARE FOR THEM, IN PARTICULAR BY PROMOTING THE USE OF CREATIVE ARTS.2. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG PEOPLE DIAGNOSED WITH DEMENTIA WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF THEIR DEMENTIA THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERY OF ARTS BASED ACTIVITIES AND EXPERIENCES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DANCE, MUSIC, DRAMA AND PUPPETRY.3. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF DEMENTIA BY PROVIDING EDUCATION AND TRAINING THAT INCREASES THE UNDERSTANDING OF HOW ARTS AND CREATIVITY CAN ENABLE EXCELLENT DEMENTIA CARE, ENGAGING WITH PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA AND THEIR SUPPORT NETWORK OF FAMILIES AND CARERS.

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: Canterbury, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £56,719 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £241,858 and expenditure of £185,139. The trustees' report notes that unrestricted reserves stood at £37,916, which is slightly below the stated policy target of approximately £38,000 for three months of core running costs.

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What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

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• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
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• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
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• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• ALISON MARGARET CULVERWELLchair
• Dr Rasa Mikelyte
• Dr Sarah Hotham
• Eddi Taylor
• Gill Ashington
• Gillian Mahoney
• Sylvia Dawn Horne
• Tracy Brunt

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

Operates in: Throughout England

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DEMENTIA CONCERN.

• DEMENTIA CONCERN income £1.0m
• Understanding Dementia income £83k
• CONTENTED DEMENTIA TRUST income £55k
• THE BRIGHTSIDE TRUST income £753k
• NORTH EAST DEMENTIA CARE (SUNDERLAND) CIO income £328k
• Dementia Studio CIO income £68k

Side by side with its peers

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