BRIGHT SPARKS TRUST

Registered charity 1196765 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRIGHT SPARKS

For the public benefit, the advancement of education and the relief of poverty among young people in Malawi who would otherwise not be able to afford to access high level education by:a) awarding to such persons scholarships for the payment of fees tenable at any secondary school or institution of higher or further education;b) providing additional financial assistance to ensure the basic requ

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Latest income

£21k

Latest spending

£39k

Registered

2021

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Trustees · trustee networks

Alastair John Childchair
Benjamin Griffiths
SHANNON MAUREEN GONZALEZ ATKINSON

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

Operates in: Malawi

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£21k	£39k
31/08/2024	£65k	£38k
31/08/2023	£18k	£31k
31/08/2022	£33k	£20k

Common questions

Who funds BRIGHT SPARKS TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BRIGHT SPARKS TRUST as a grant recipient include THE FUNDING NETWORK, THE MAGENI TRUST, THE ARCHER TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
THE FUNDING NETWORK	FY2025	£11k
THE MAGENI TRUST	FY2023	£2k
THE MAGENI TRUST	FY2024	£1k
THE ARCHER TRUST	FY2024	£1k
THE FUNDING NETWORK	FY2024	£244

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	15/12/2011	£10k	Sparks4All
The National Lottery Community Fund	05/02/2010	£10k	Sparks to Success