BRIGHTER HORIZONS

Registered charity 1186053 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide daytime care services for adults with learning disabilities and other needs including physical disabilities, sensory needs, autism, mental health needs, challenging behaviour and other complex medical conditions. We aim to build independence, improve wellbeing and support the development of a healthy lifestyle through a mixture of centre-based and community led opportunities.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BECAUSE OF DISABILITY (AND THEIR FAMILIES, DEPENDANTS AND CARERS) BY ANY MEANS, INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF CARE, TREATMENT, EDUCATION, TRAINING AND ANY OTHER METHOD OF SUPPORT. "DISABILITY" MEANS ANY IMPAIRMENT, WHETHER PHYSICAL OR MENTAL, WHICH HAS A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON SOMEONE'S LIFE.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £24,690 for the year ended 31 March 2025, maintaining its strongest financial position since inception. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £337,827, which falls within the stated policy target of £300,000 to £395,000. The trustees consider the charity a going concern, noting that continued investment in reserves is a priority to support future growth and relocation plans.

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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Brighter Horizons (matched by registered charity number).

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~4.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (19/05/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Kieran Leechair
• Bernard O'keeffe
• Huda Ghalegolabi
• MARGARET MIZEN
• Oluwafela Ajayi

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

Operates in: Lewisham

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRIGHTER DAYZ.

• BRIGHTER DAYZ income £469k
• BLYTH STAR ENTERPRISES LIMITED income £2.6m
• ADVANCE BRIGHTER FUTURES income £396k
• FUTURE HORIZONS LEEDS LTD income £2.5m
• Learning Disability Network London Limited income £22.7m
• VISION HOMES ASSOCIATION income £3.1m

Side by side with its peers

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