BRIGHTER TOGETHER

Registered charity 1190557 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Brighter Together is an intergenerational charity which connects two vulnerable groups: older people, and children to participate in shared activities, for mutual benefit to well-being and development.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a net surplus of £132,258.03 and unrestricted reserves of £69,293.09, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet their policy target of three months of unrestricted expenditure. The trustees identify financial sustainability as the biggest risk but note that there is enough restricted funding to continue charitable activities for at least the next six months.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Brighter Together (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).

• Arora Charitable Foundation — “Arora Charitable Foundation The Arora Charitable Foundation are dedicated to making a meaningful and lasting impact, both nationally and in …” (source page)
• City Bridge Foundation — “City Bridge Foundation City Bridge Foundation was founded almost 900 years ago to maintain the old London Bridge. In its early history, fund…” (source page)
• Hampton Fund — “Hampton Fund The Hapton Fund has supported individuals and families in its local community since 1811. Its aim is to relieve the burden of f…” (source page)
• Kew Fete — “Kew Fete The much-loved, annual Kew Fete is organised and run by local volunteers, and raises money for local charities. We are delighted to…” (source page)
• Navera Investment Management — “Navera Investment Management Navera Investment Management manage wealth for private clients and charities.  They invest in liquid global equ…” (source page)
• Richmond Foundation — “Richmond Foundation For over 230 years, The Richmond Foundation have been guided by a commitment to alleviate poverty and bring the Richmond…” (source page)
• Richmond upon Thames Voluntary Fund — “Richmond upon Thames Voluntary Fund The Voluntary Fund is an independent charitable trust that has been set up to give the local community t…” (source page)
• Salter’s Charitable Foundation — “Salter’s Charitable Foundation Charitable giving has always been at the heart of the Salters’ Company and its members. The Salters’ Charitab…” (source page)
• The Betty Messenger Charitable Foundation — “The Betty Messenger Charitable Foundation The Betty Messenger Charitable Foundation offers small grants of between £100 and £1,000 to small …” (source page)
• Woodroofe Benton Foundation — “Woodroofe Benton Foundation The Woodroffe Benton Foundation is an independent grand making foundation for charities operating in the UK.” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Meliachair
• Boyana Krasimirova Ivanova
• Dr Susan Jane Allingham M.A., EdD
• Maria Iciar Ania Elosua
• Nigel Craig Slone
• Parita Nilesh Doshi

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TOGETHER FOR MENTAL WELLBEING.

• TOGETHER FOR MENTAL WELLBEING income £23.4m
• BRIGHTER COMMUNITIES LIMITED income £390k
• THE TOGETHER PROJECT CIO income £335k
• BRIGHTER DAYZ income £469k
• BRIGHTER HORIZONS income £945k
• Together Collective income £739k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.