Bright Start Education and Mentorship Programme

Analysis

Bright Start Education and Mentorship Programme is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in January 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Bright Start Education and Mentorship Programme reported income of £13k and spending of £12k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1,151 to £13k (+990%), an average of +82% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 1674%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Bright Start Education and Mentorship Programme sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Colwich C.e. Primary School Parent Teachers and Friends Association (£13k), Friends of Eastergate Primary School (£13k) and Thrussington CE Primary School PTFA (£13k).