BOUNCE! BRIGHTER FUTURES FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1181729 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BOUNCE!

We are a Devon based charity. We offer a range of therapeutic interventions in primary schools - including 1 to 1 psychotherapy/counselling for children, training and supervision for teachers, 1 to 1 counselling for parents and parenting development/support groups - all with the aim of developing the emotional health and wellbeing of children, families and school communities.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL DISTRESS OF CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT

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 · Disability · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £37,164 as of 31 March 2025, which the trustees note is equivalent to just under six months of fixed costs. The charity reported total incoming resources of £176,917 against total payments of £175,497 for the year, resulting in a small net increase in cash reserves. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Sedel-Collings Foundation — “Particular thanks must go to the Sedel-Collings Foundation, who have supported, encouraged and championed our every move.” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Vanessa Johnsonchair
• Alicia Balfour
• Eunice Hinds
• MS SAMANTHA JULIANNE SLATER

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

Operates in: Devon

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 BOUNCE FORWARD.

• BOUNCE FORWARD income £109k
• BRENTWOOD CATHOLIC CHILDREN'S SOCIETY income £1.4m
• ADVANCE BRIGHTER FUTURES income £396k
• HALO CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION income £106k
• PLACE2BE income £28.9m
• BALLOONS (DEVON) income £312k

Side by side with its peers

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