BRIGHT RED CHARITY

Charity Number: 1178566
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Bright Red aims to improve the lives and treatment of people with blood cancer across the north of England. Through investments in patient care, research and education we are striving to beat illnesses such as leukaemia, lymphoma, myeloma myelodysplasia and myeloproliferative diseases.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income: £246,894
Total expenditure: £178,900

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:
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales

Governance

Registration history:
  • 30 May 2018: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • BRIGHT RED (Working name)
Company number:
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • 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
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

8 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Mark Richard Thompson Chair 18 September 2017
None on record
Dr Emily Graves Trustee 11 June 2024
None on record
Charlotte Ord Trustee 11 June 2024
None on record
Bethany Sheldon Trustee 12 September 2023
None on record
Kathryn McRae Trustee 15 April 2019
None on record
Charlotte Dickinson Trustee 21 January 2019
None on record
GAIL JONES Trustee 29 May 2018
None on record
MATTHEW COLLIN Trustee 18 September 2017
HISTIOCYTOSIS UK
Received: On time

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £584.48k £148.56k £128.43k £209.37k £246.89k
Total expenditure £221.95k £167.14k £154.71k £180.42k £178.90k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A £0
Income from government grants N/A £9.20k £1.38k £10.85k £7.93k
Income - Donations and legacies £584.16k N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Other trading activities £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Charitable activities £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Endowments £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Investment £316 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Other £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Legacies £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Charitable activities £179.17k N/A N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Raising funds £42.78k N/A N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Governance £15.42k N/A N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Grants institution £128.95k N/A N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Investment management £522 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Other £0 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 December 2023 10 October 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 10 October 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 31 October 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 31 October 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 28 October 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 28 October 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 29 October 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 29 October 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2019 28 October 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2019 28 October 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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Contact information

Address:
WARD 33
Freeman Hospital
Freeman Road
High Heaton
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE7 7DN
Phone:
01912695467