01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Trust
- Registered
- 25 November 2021
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 September 2024 – 31 August 2025
- Latest income
- £21,393
- Latest expenditure
- £39,415
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: 20 BANBURY ROAD, STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, CV37 7HY
Website recorded by the regulator: www.brightsparkstrust.org (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
For the public benefit, the advancement of education and the relief of poverty among young people in Malawi who would otherwise not be able to afford to access high level education by:a) awarding to such persons scholarships for the payment of fees tenable at any secondary school or institution of higher or further education;b) providing additional financial assistance to ensure the basic requ
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Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 June 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 30 December 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £21,393
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £39,415
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 June 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 15 April 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 15 April 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £64,919
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £38,021
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 June 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 21 November 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £18,020
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £31,139
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 June 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 9 May 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 9 May 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £33,418
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £19,599
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Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 30 December 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £21,393
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £39,415
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 5
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 15 April 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £64,919
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £38,021
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 21 November 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £18,020
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £31,139
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 September 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 August 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 30 June 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 9 May 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £33,418
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £19,599
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
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Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Malawi
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Africa
- Welsh Ind
- No
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Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 201
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Children/young People
- Classification Code
- 301
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Classification Code
- 310
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Other Charitable Activities
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
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Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- BRIGHT SPARKS TRUST
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 2021-11-25T00:00:00
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Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- TRUST DEED DATED 23 NOV 2021
- Charitable Objects
- FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE IN MALAWI WHO WOULD OTHERWISE NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO ACCESS HIGH LEVEL EDUCATION BY:A) AWARDING TO SUCH PERSONS SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THE PAYMENT OF FEES TENABLE AT ANY SECONDARY SCHOOL OR INSTITUTION OF HIGHER OR FURTHER EDUCATION;B) PROVIDING ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ENSURE THE BASIC REQUIREMENTS OF ATTENDING SUCH INSTITUTIONS ARE MET, FOR PURPOSES SUCH AS SCHOOL UNIFORMS, BOOKS AND STATIONERY, TRANSPORT BETWEEN HOME AND SCHOOL.
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Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 648433
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- BRIGHT SPARKS
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Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures