Registered charity 1209981

Brighter Futures Project

What it does

To advance the education and wellbeing of children up to the age of 18 years old in the Pontardawe and surrounding area through the provision of grants, clothing and necessary supplies and equipment.

In the charity's own words, from the register.

Its charitable purposes

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.

From its governing document, as recorded on the register.

Causes

What it works on: Education and training
Disability
Preventing or relieving poverty
Who it helps: Children and young people
How it works: Provides services
Other charitable activities

The charity chose these from the Charity Commission's list.

Where it works

In Wales

City of Swansea
Neath Port Talbot
Powys

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

Income and spending

In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £12,892 and spent £1,004.

Income, spending, staff and volunteers by financial year
Year ending	Income	Spending	Paid staff	Volunteers
31 March 2025	£12,892	£1,004	Not reported	5

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

Financial position

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Spending against income: It spent 8% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government funding, as the charity reported it

Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: £500 from 1 grant. Government contracts: Not reported.

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving

Funders that publish to 360Giving list 1 grant to this charity, worth £9,100, awarded in 2025.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

Grants awarded, newest first
Awarded	Grant	Amount
2 Jul 2025	The National Lottery Community FundCariad Children's Project supporting children in the Swansea Valley	£9,100

Trustees

7 trustees run the charity.

Elspeth LoweChairAppointed 10 June 2024
Dr Michelle James-EllisonAppointed 1 May 2025
Eira ThomasAppointed 21 September 2026
Lisa Joanne DaviesAppointed 10 June 2024
Melanie KingAppointed 10 June 2024
Nicola ProbertAppointed 20 April 2026
Sharon DaviesAppointed 1 May 2025

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Filing record

The last annual return that was due arrived by the deadline.

When each year's annual return and accounts were due and received
Year ending	Due	Annual return	Accounts
31 March 2025	31 January 2026	Received 22 November 2025, 70 days early	Received 22 November 2025

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

About this charity

Charity number: 1209981
Status: Registered
Registered with the Commission: 11 September 2024
Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 11 Sep 2024
Council area of its contact address: Neath Port Talbot

Sources

Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.

Elsewhere in the Edau family

Year ending

Income

Spending

Paid staff

Volunteers

31 March 2025

£12,892

£1,004

Not reported

Awarded

Grant

Amount

2 Jul 2025

The National Lottery Community FundCariad Children's Project supporting children in the Swansea Valley

£9,100

Year ending

Due

Annual return

Accounts

31 March 2025

31 January 2026

Received 22 November 2025, 70 days early

Received 22 November 2025