BRIGHTSPARKS ARTS IN MENTAL HEALTH CIO

Registered charity 1190327 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

BrightSparks Arts provides creative opportunities for people living with mental health conditions in the regions of Leicestershire and Northamptonshire to enable them to build self esteem, develop skills and challenge stigma. BSA delivers workshops, projects, events, exhibitions and publications to showcase the work of participants, and provides advocacy and advice to organisations/ the public.

Objects

The object of the CIO is to protect and promote good health among people living in the regional areas of Leicestershire and Northamptonshire who are experiencing mental health conditions, in particular through the provision of arts-based activities, and in such other ways as the trustees see fit.

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £125,501 against total expenditure of £112,746, resulting in a surplus. The charity holds total funds of £189,813, comprising £43,432 in unrestricted funds and £146,381 in restricted funds. The trustees report that the charity does not carry out significant fundraising activities and relies principally on grant income.

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 policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — BrightSparks Arts in Mental Health CIO (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust — “BrightSparks Arts is supported by Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) and University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL.)” (source page)
• University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust — “BrightSparks Arts is supported by Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) and University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL.)” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Charlotte Richardson
• Damola Hazzan
• Elizabeth Haynes
• Grant Paton
• Joe Nixon
• Naishad Chhatralia
• Norman Leet
• Steve Dyer
• Suzanne Elliott

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

Operates in: Leicester City · Leicestershire · Northamptonshire · Nottingham City · Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

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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 BRIGHT SPARKS KINDERGARTEN LTD.

• BRIGHT SPARKS KINDERGARTEN LTD income £210k
• BRIGHT SPARKS PRE SCHOOL income £267k
• SPARKS PROJECT CIO income £205k
• NAM YANG BRIGHTON income £136k
• ARTY-FOLKS income £262k
• BRIGHT SHADOW income £242k

Side by side with its peers

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