Bright Red Charity

Analysis

Bright Red Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in May 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 11386486). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Bright Red Charity reported income of £165k and spending of £152k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £128k to £165k (+29%), an average of +6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 85% 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 Red Charity sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The League of Friends of Horsham Hospital (£165k), Stifford Centre Limited (£165k) and Burwell and District Day Centre Trust (£165k).