Brightwater Research

Analysis

Brightwater Research is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cardiff. It was registered in August 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes 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 12440181). It says it sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Brightwater Research reported income of £60k and spending of £90k, spending 150% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income fell from £276k to £60k (-78%), an average of -32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2022, when income dropped by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Brightwater Research sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Clearly Initiatives (£60k), Durham Dales Parish Nursing (£60k) and The Faccenda Foundation (£60k).

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.