Brightwell Supporting Refugees

Analysis

Brightwell Supporting Refugees is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wallingford. It was registered in September 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Brightwell Supporting Refugees reported income of £16k and spending of £18k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £12k to £16k (+37%), an average of +8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 142%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Brightwell Supporting Refugees sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% 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 Highdown Rotary (£16k), The Institution of Plant Engineers Benevolent Fund (£16k) and Poonakary People Organisation Uk(Ppouk) (£16k).

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.