Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 7
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

BRIGHTER TOGETHER

Brighter Together is an intergenerational charity which connects two vulnerable groups: older people, and children to participate in shared activities, for mutual benefit to well-being and development.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/08/23?£59£41£18
31/03/22£36£23£13
31/03/21£21£10£11
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 4 years

www.brightertogether.org.uk

info@brightertogether.org.uk

02082744030

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Practical support, advice & companionship
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
City Bridge Trust£109,425
National Lottery Community Fund£9,998
The London Community Foundation£9,978
DCMS£9,930
Greater London Authority£5,962
McCarthy Stone Foundation£5,772
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Brighter Together
£109,425 04/09/2023
24
£109,425 is requested over two years (£55,500, £53,925) to expand the reach of BT?s evidence based intergenerational programme, to tackle the social isolation of older people and boost children?s ....more
Greater London Authority - Intergenerational Immersive Peformances for Older Adults and Early Years Children.
£5,962 27/07/2023
This project would work with 4 intergenerational groups in Richmond-upon-Thames and Wandsworth to develop and perform an immersive, intergenerational play. The project will work directly with over 25 ....more
McCarthy Stone Foundation - 2023 Spring Community Grants
£5,000 19/04/2023
Grants up to £7,500 to support programmes that connect and engage older people through befriending and social inclusion
McCarthy Stone Foundation - 2022 Christmas Connections
£772 05/12/2022
Small grants up to £1,000 to support activities connecting older people in the community at Christmas
National Lottery Community Fund - Intergenerational Care Homes Project
£9,998 12/11/2021
The funding will be used to deliver an intergenerational project connecting care home residents and early years children. The project aims to improve their social wellbeing and enable shared learning.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Brighter Together
£9,978 09/02/2021
5
The funding is for intergenerational sessions between care homes and pre-schools that will provide mutual benefit for the wellbeing and development of residents and young children. Each partnership ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,930 29/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ANDREW MELIA (Chair) Appointed: 2020
  • DR SUSAN JANE ALLINGHAM M.A., EDD Appointed: 2021
  • PARITA NILESH DOSHI Appointed: 2020
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/07/2020, number: 1190557
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
3 returns made; all on time
Main office

17 TROWLOCK AVENUE
TEDDINGTON
TW11 9QT

Objectives

TO RELIEVE ELDERLY PEOPLE PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY RESIDING IN CARE HOMES AND SHELTERED ACCOMMODATION BY ENABLING THEM TO INTERACT WITH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE’

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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