Runnymede Special Needs Junior Youth Club (Bright Lights)

Analysis

Runnymede Special Needs Junior Youth Club (Bright Lights) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sunbury-On-Thames. It was registered in October 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Runnymede Special Needs Junior Youth Club (Bright Lights) reported income of £16k and spending of £20k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £7,329 to £16k (+121%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 122%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Runnymede Special Needs Junior Youth Club (Bright Lights) sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Men's Shed Worcester (£16k), No Panic Sutton and Merton (£16k) and Nurture Nepal (£16k).