Registered charity · Luton
Friends of Bright Eyes
- 5 trustees
- Income £179k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Disability
- Where
- Luton
- Website
- www.fobe.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2002
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£179k£194k
- 2024£258k£185k
- 2023£250k£148k
Earlier years
- 2022£104k£114k
- 2021£128k£102k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1. TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND SUPPORT IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR CHILDREN IN NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR DISABLEMENT, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITION OF LIFE;2. TO RELIEVE DISABLE CHILDREN BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, SUPPORT AND INFORMATION FOR THE CARERS OF SUCH PERSON."
Grants received
8 grants · £149,901 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Henry Smith Foundation · £71,100
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £34,337 (4 grants)
- Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation · £23,164 (2 grants)
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £21,300
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
5 trustees on the board
- Farhan Zakaria Chair since 2011
- Aysha Khan since 2023
- Iraj Raza since 2018
- Muhibur Rahman Rayhan since 2022
- Shakila Bi since 2015
Trustees past 6 years
- Farhan Zakaria Chair since 2011
- Iraj Raza since 2018
- Shakila Bi since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Farhan Zakaria Chair since 2011
- Aysha Khan since 2023
- Iraj Raza since 2018
- Muhibur Rahman Rayhan since 2022
- Shakila Bi since 2015
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1091012
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 27TH MARCH 1995 AS AMENDED 3RD MARCH 2002.AS AMENDED ON 15 JUN 2017
- Contact on the register
- 07871500706 · manager@fobe.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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