Bright Futures Ne

Analysis

Bright Futures Ne is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in South Shields. It was registered in June 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bright Futures Ne reported income of £471k and spending of £474k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £438k to £471k (+7.5%), an average of +1.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Bright Futures Ne sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Sara Lee Trust Fund (£471k), DFY Sports Limited (£471k) and Exeter Leukaemia Fund CIO (£471k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.