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Registered charity (CIO) · Nottingham

Brighter Futures Through Sport

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £277k (2024)

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
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Nottingham City, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Derby City
Website
bfts.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2017

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£277k£269k
  • 2023£254k£267k
  • 2022£207k£180k
Earlier years
  • 2021£207k£180k
  • 2020£106k£110k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 16%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, IN PARTICULAR PHYSICAL EDUCATION, FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.2. TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH:(A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL, SPORTING OR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;(B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.3. THE ADVANCEMENT OF AMATEUR SPORT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT PRIMARILY THROUGH THE PLAYING OF AND COACHING IN ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL, OR OTHER SPORTS CAPABLE OF PROMOTING HEALTH, FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

Grants received

9 grants · £152,930 total

360Giving 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

Most recent

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.

4 trustees on the board

3.5y median 3.5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

1
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 4General Charitable Purposes 4The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 4

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 1

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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£277k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1176158
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 07 Dec 2017
Contact on the register
0800 092 5184 · hello@bfts.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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