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Brightside

Brighter futures for all
Brightside
REGISTERED NAME
THE BRIGHTSIDE TRUST
REGISTERED NUMBER
1159993
ORGANISATION TYPE
Charity Commission England and Wales
YEAR OF REGISTRATION
2015
LOCATION
England: Nationwide
Wales: Nationwide
Scotland: Nationwide
Northern Ireland: Nationwide
Last Updated:
21.01.2026
£753k

Turnover

22

Employees

3k

Volunteers

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INCOME

£753.4k

*£10.23k Investment gains (losses)

  • Donations and legacies: £152.7k
  • Other trading Activities: £0
  • Investments: £9.02k
  • Charitable Activities: £591.6k
  • Other: £0

EXPENDITURE

£998.8k
  • Raising funds: £0
  • Charitable activities: £998.8k
  • Other: £0

ASSETS & LIABILITIES

£699k

Own use assets

£568k

Long term investments

£0

Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability

£938k

Other assets

£344k

Total Liabilities

FINANCIAL HISTORY

  • Income
  • Spending

Sources of income

Fundraising

  • Raises funds from the Public
  • Works with commercial participants with an agreement in place

Trading

  • This charity has one or more trading subsidiaries

Gift Aid

  • Recognised by HMRC for gift aid

Charity Comment on financials:

We work with partners to design and deliver online mentoring programmes for young people. We partner with universities, mission-aligned companies, other charities and schools, who pay us to deliver programmes. We receive some grant income. All income is spent on programmes. Our technology and team are our biggest expenditure

Board of Trustees

Trustee

Other Trusteeships

Charity Status

Jade Azim

Oliver Borm

Sarah Dauncey

Rose Edmunds

Chris Goodwill

Ben Hunt

Dr Andrew Ross

Pam Sidhu

Gordon Montgomery

Tayyeb Shah

Ben Hunt

Christopher Paul Goodwill

Dr Andrew Ross

Gordon Montgomery

Jade Azim

Oliver Borm

Pam Sidhu

Rosemary Edmunds

Sarah Dauncey

Tayyeb Shah

Natasha Lucas

Stephen Lancaster

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