BROMLEY BRIGHTER BEGINNINGS

Charity Number: 1162113
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

to provide essential baby, child or household items to local families in financial hardship; to raise awareness about the level of poverty in the London Borough of Bromley & the impact of this poverty on the lives of children & their parents; to fund occasional activities & essentials for women and children living in domestic violence refuges; to signpost families to other local sources

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 July 2024

Total income: £238,113
Total expenditure: £268,352

People

9 Trustee(s)

31 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who the charity helps:
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • Bromley

Governance

Registration history:
  • 10 June 2015: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Trust
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

9 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
EMMA MARTIN Chair 05 February 2014
BROMLEY BRIGHTER BEGINNINGS
Recently registered
Michael Feely Trustee 01 April 2025
BROMLEY BRIGHTER BEGINNINGS
Recently registered
Regina Omalabi Harriet Ogunsola Trustee 13 July 2024
None on record
Eva Fiz Querol Trustee 07 October 2023
BROMLEY BRIGHTER BEGINNINGS
Recently registered
Emma Warren Trustee 04 February 2023
None on record
Josephine Kench Trustee 04 February 2023
BROMLEY BRIGHTER BEGINNINGS
Recently registered
Kerriann Rawley Trustee 01 January 2023
ST. MARK'S PRIMARY SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION
Received: On time
BROMLEY BRIGHTER BEGINNINGS
Recently registered
Lorelei Freeman Trustee 05 February 2014
None on record
NANCY LENGTHORN Trustee 05 February 2014
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/07/2020 31/07/2021 31/07/2022 31/07/2023 31/07/2024
Total gross income £64.13k £151.56k £132.88k £202.49k £238.11k
Total expenditure £51.55k £128.17k £125.56k £152.06k £268.35k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 July 2024 04 January 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 July 2024 04 January 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 July 2023 16 April 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 July 2023 16 April 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 July 2022 22 December 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 July 2022 22 December 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 July 2021 18 May 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 July 2021 18 May 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 July 2020 07 June 2021 7 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 July 2020 07 June 2021 7 days late Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

TRUST DEED DATED 05 SEP 2014 as amended on 19 Mar 2022

Charitable objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY ('THE OBJECT') IS THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY OF FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BROMLEY IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY: (1) PROVIDING NEW AND SECONDHAND BABY- AND CHILD-RELATED ITEMS TO FAMILIES IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO RELIEVE POVERTY; (2) ARRANGING ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN FROM IMPOVERISHED FAMILIES AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REFUGES; (3) PROVIDING INFORMATION TO IMPOVERISHED FAMILIES TO ENABLE THEM TO ACCESS SUPPORT AVAILABLE FROM OTHER CHARITIES AND ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO RELIEVE POVERTY; AND (4) RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT THE LEVEL OF POVERTY IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BROMLEY AND THE IMPACT OF SUCH POVERTY ON THE LIVES OF CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS.

Contact information

Address:
PO Box 1302
Bromley
BR1 9PF
Phone:
07464 354124
Email:
bromleybrighterbeginnings@gmail.com
Website:

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