01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- CIO
- Registered
- 23 October 2024
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 23 October 2024 – 31 July 2025
- Latest income
- £267,925
- Latest expenditure
- £288,407
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- Yes
Public contact address: PO Box 1302, Bromley, BR1 9PF, BR1 9PF
Website recorded by the regulator: www.bromleybrighterbeginnings.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
To provide new and second-hand baby- and child-related clothing, equipment and essential household itemsto families in need; to provide information to families in financial hardship to enable them to access support available from other charities and organisations; to raise awareness about the level of poverty in LB Bromley and the impact of such poverty on the lives of children and their parents
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Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 23 October 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 May 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 5 May 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 5 May 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £267,925
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £288,407
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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
- 23 October 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 July 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 May 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 5 May 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £267,925
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £288,407
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- 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
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 20
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Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Bromley
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Metropolitan Counties
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Greater London
- Welsh Ind
- No
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Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 310
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Other Charitable Activities
- Classification Code
- 201
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Children/young People
- Classification Code
- 105
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
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Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- BROMLEY BRIGHTER BEGINNINGS
- Charity Event Order
- 2
- Event Type
- Asset transfer in
- Date Of Event
- 2026-06-29T00:00:00
- Reason
- Funds transferred (incor)
- Assoc Organisation Number
- 5060950
- Assoc Registered Charity Number
- 1162113
- Assoc Charity Name
- BROMLEY BRIGHTER BEGINNINGS
- Charity Name
- BROMLEY BRIGHTER BEGINNINGS
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- CIO registration
- Date Of Event
- 2024-10-23T00:00:00
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Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 23 Oct 2024
- Charitable Objects
- THE OBJECT OF THE CIO (“THE OBJECT”) IS THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY OF FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BROMLEY IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY: (1) PROVIDING NEW AND SECOND-HAND BABY- AND CHILD-RELATED CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT AND ESSENTIAL HOUSEHOLD ITEMS TO FAMILIES IN NEED; (2) PROVIDING INFORMATION TO FAMILIES IN FINANCIAL HARDSHIP TO ENABLE THEM TO ACCESS SUPPORT AVAILABLE FROM OTHER CHARITIES AND ORGANISATIONS; AND (3) RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT THE LEVEL OF POVERTY IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BROMLEY AND THE IMPACT OF SUCH POVERTY ON THE LIVES OF CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS.
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Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures