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the brightside trust

The charity supports children and young people, other charities or voluntary bodies, and the general public. The Brightside Trust is a registered charity whose purpose is education and training. It delivers its work by providing services. The charity is based in London and operates in England And Wales.


This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

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Activities & Mission

Brightside is an education charity. We create, develop and manage online mentoring projects,and other online tools and resources, to connect, inform and inspire more young people toachieve their full potential through education.

Fundraising

See where The Brightside Trust is active and find local fundraising opportunities.

Financial Information

Latest Income
£852,164
Latest Expenditure
£1,077,408

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 126.4%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 100.0%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 1.3%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £196,107
Charitable Activities £652,010
Other Trading £0
Investments £4,047
Other Income £0

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £1,077,408
Raising Funds £0
Governance £14,075
Grants to Institutions £0
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£852,164£1,077,408£1,077,408£1,528,607£916,00017 / 2000
2023£804,343£1,215,434£1,215,434£1,598,034£1,209,00023 / 2500
2022£1,128,307£1,164,154£1,164,154£2,097,715£1,509,86020 / 3000
2021£1,013,470£3,215,521£3,215,521£2,077,351£1,840,00014 / 3000
2020£728,296£1,157,769£1,157,769£3,390,565£3,358,80017 / 3200

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers