BRIGHT PARK

Registered charity 526085 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE KNOTTY ASH SPECIAL SCHOOL, THE KNOTTY ASH SPECIAL SCHOOLTRUST

Education and training facility for children with special needs, promotion of education, assist in the provision of facilities for recreation and other leisure time occupation.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:(A) THE PROVISION OF ITEMS, SERVICES AND FACILITIES FOR ANY SCHOOLS FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT;(B) THE PROMOTION OF THE EDUCATION OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND WHO ARE ATTENDING OR WHO HAVE AT ANY TIME ATTENDED A SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT;(C) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO HAVE SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS, IN THE SUBJECTS OF THE ARTS, HERITAGE, CULTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT;(D) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OFLIFE.

Area of benefit: LIVERPOOL

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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Registered contact address: Liverpool, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £12,242 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in net current liabilities of £5,032. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves were £54,704, which is below the stated policy target of three to six months' expenditure, with cash reserves at year-end being only £2,700. The independent examiner identified a matter of concern regarding the charity's financial position, noting the deficit and limited cash resources, though the accounts were prepared on a going concern basis based on expected future surpluses.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

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

• West Derby Wastelands — “Thank you to West Derby Wastelands who provided the funding for the purchase of the cabin.” (source page)

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Trustees · trustee networks

• LIVERPOOL LIGHTHOUSE LTD

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

Operates in: Liverpool City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PARK COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED.

• THE PARK COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED income £1.3m
• NORTHBOURNE PARK SCHOOL LIMITED income £3.0m
• FULL FACT income £3.1m
• BRIGHT CENTRES income £55k
• PARK CHARITABLE TRUST FOR GIRLS LIMITED income £94k
• BEDFORDSHIRE CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED income £372k

Side by side with its peers

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