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Registered charity (CIO) · Leicester

Brightsparks Arts in Mental Health CIO

The object of the CIO is to protect and promote good health among people living in the regional areas of Leicestershire and Northamptonshire who are experiencing mental health conditions, in particular through the provision of arts-based activities,...

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £126k (2025)
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About

What it does
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Economic/community Development/employment and 1 more
Where
Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicester City and more
Website
www.brightsparksarts.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2020

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£126k£113k
  • 2024£102k£103k
  • 2023£80k£87k
Earlier years
  • 2022£118k£67k
  • 2021£74k£63k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 91%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

The object of the CIO is to protect and promote good health among people living in the regional areas of Leicestershire and Northamptonshire who are experiencing mental health conditions, in particular through the provision of arts-based activities, and in such other ways as the trustees see fit.

Grants received

9 grants · £365,402 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.

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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.

9 trustees on the board

3.1y median 2y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure
3
trustees past 6 years
3.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 9Disability 9The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 9

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

Health and social care 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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£126k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1190327
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 09 Jul 2020 as amended on 03 Sept 2026
Contact on the register
07795475806 · office@brightsparksarts.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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