Registered charity (CIO) · Swansea
Brighter Futures Project
- 7 trustees
- Income £13k (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
- Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- City Of Swansea, Neath Port Talbot, Powys
- Registered
- 2024
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£13k£1k
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 4%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
A. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN UP TO THE AGE OF 18 YEARS OLD IN THE PONTARDAWE AND SURROUNDING AREA THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GRANTS AND NECESSARY EDUCATIONAL SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, CLOTHING, TEXTBOOKS, STATIONARY, ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND OTHER LEARNING MATERIALS TO SUPPORT THEIR ACADEMIC PURSUITS.B. FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF OF INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED BY REASON OF POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF NEW BABY CARE PACKAGES AND OTHER ESSENTIAL ITEMS TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PERSONS.
Grants received
1 grant · £9,100 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £9,100
Most recent
- 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.
7 trustees on the board
- Elspeth Lowe Chair since 2024
- Dr Michelle James-Ellison since 2025
- Eira Thomas since 2026
- Lisa Joanne Davies since 2024
- Melanie King since 2024
- Nicola Probert since 2026
- Sharon Davies since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Elspeth Lowe Chair since 2024
- Dr Michelle James-Ellison since 2025
- Eira Thomas since 2026
- Lisa Joanne Davies since 2024
- Melanie King since 2024
- Nicola Probert since 2026
- Sharon Davies since 2025
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
- Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
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.
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1209981
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 11 Sep 2024
- Contact on the register
- 07538851580 · info@cariadchildrensproject.org
- 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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