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Bryson Charitable Group

  • Status

    Received: on time

  • Income

    £43.1M

  • Spending

    £42.2M

Charity no. 101396 Date registered. 23/04/2015

Public benefits

Our public benefit statement is attached as a separate document. Due to the multiple services provided by the Bryson Charitable Group it was not possible to draft a statement within the limit of 400 characters.

What your organisation does

Up to 2019/20 our services were delivered through five subsidiary charitable companies and two social enterprise trading companies. On 30th September 2019 there was an internal merger of these subsidiaries. Bryson Care now incorporates: • Bryson Care – services to families and older people in Belfast and the North West; • Bryson Intercultural

– support for black and ethnic minority people and the Traveller community; Bryson Energy now incorporates: • Bryson Future Skills – providing employment and training initiatives to young adults and those living with long term employment; • Bryson Energy - providing leadership, advice, support and installation of energy saving measures in homes, tackling fuel poverty and helping to reduce energy costs for householders. • Bryson Lagansports – promoting active living, health and well-being in inner city communities; No changes was made to our social enterprise trading company Bryson Recycling. In the last financial year we have had a positive impact in a wide range of areas: ? We delivered over 212,000 hours of care and support to older people, helping them to remain in their own homes. ? We supported over 1,200 vulnerable children and their families. ? We provided over 1,500 hours of advice and support to newly arrived people from across the world seeking asylum. ? We supported 180 people from the Traveller community through our health, education, training and youth programmes. ? We supported 7,600 people in developing their skills and finding a new job. ? We recycled over 60,000 tonnes of household materials, selling 35% to local companies to create new products and support local jobs. ? We insulated 4,428 homes, reducing fuel bills and increasing comfort. ? We supported health and well-being by providing active living opportunities to 6,552 people from across the city.

The charity’s classifications

  • The prevention or relief of poverty
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of health or the saving of lives
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
  • The advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation or the promotion of religious or racial harmony or equality and diversity
  • The advancement of environmental protection or improvement
  • The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Who the charity helps

  • Adult training
  • Asylum seekers/refugees
  • Carers
  • Children (5-13 year olds)
  • Ethnic minorities
  • General public
  • Interface communities
  • Learning disabilities
  • Mental health
  • Older people
  • Parents
  • Preschool (0-5 year olds)
  • Specific areas of deprivation
  • Travellers
  • Unemployed/low income
  • Voluntary and community sector
  • Volunteers
  • Youth (14-25 year olds)

How the charity works

  • Advice/advocacy/information
  • Arts
  • Community development
  • Counselling/support
  • Cross-border/cross-community
  • Cultural
  • Education/training
  • Environment/sustainable development/conservation
  • General charitable purposes
  • Grant making
  • Human rights/equality
  • Medical/health/sickness
  • Playgroup/after schools
  • Relief of poverty
  • Research/evaluation
  • Sport/recreation
  • Urban development
  • Volunteer development
  • Welfare/benevolent
  • Youth development

This display is a broad summary of the charity’s financial information. For a full understanding of the charity’s finances, the reader should view the PDF accounts and reports under the Documents tab above.

Income

£43.1M

Spending

£42.2M

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 March 2024

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 March 2023

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 March 2022

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charitable purposes

The Charity’s Objects are to promote any charitable purpose for the benefit of the public by; 1 the provision of services to alleviate poverty and social disadvantage; 2 the development of new services to address unmet and emerging social need; 3 the provision of services to support families under stress as a result of poverty, unemployment, poor environment or other factors placing them at a significant disadvantage in society; 4 the provision of services to support elderly people at a significant disadvantage in society through poverty, ill health or other factors; 5 to act as a resource for young people by providing advice and assistance and organising programmes of physical, educational and other activities as a means of: 5.1. advancing in life and helping young people by developing their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as independent, mature and responsible individuals; 5.2. advancing education; 5.3. relieving unemployment; 6 the provision of training and other services to strengthen the ability of unemployed people to compete in the labour market and find employment; 7 the promotion of good community relations across religious, cultural and ethnic divisions; 8 the provision of advocacy services for people disadvantaged through age, illness, ethnicity, mental health or other circumstance so that they are better able to identify and articulate their needs; 9 the provision of services to support the integration of immigrants, particularly those in danger of experiencing social exclusion; 10 the provision of services to develop the capacity and skills of the members of socially and economically disadvantaged communities in such a way that they are better able to identify, and help meet, their needs and to participate more fully in society; 11 the provision of recreational facilities for the public at large or those who by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, financial hardship or social and economic circumstances, have need of such facilities; 12 the protection and preservation of the environment for the public benefit by: 12.1. the promotion of waste reduction, re-use reclamation, recycling, use of recycled products; 12.2. advancing the education of the public about all aspects of waste generation, waste management and waste recycling; 12.3. promoting energy conservation and sustainable energy production. 13 the relief of financial hardship by the recycling and provision of furniture, clothes and other household items; 14 to advance the education of the public in the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment; AND without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing: 15 such other charitable purposes for the benefit of the public as the Directors may from time to time decide.

Governing document

Memorandum and Articles

Other name

  • 8 Trustees
  • 1,050 Employees
  • 30 Volunteers

Contact details

Public address

  • Bryson Charitable Group, 2 Rivers Edge, 13-15 Ravenhill Road, Belfast, BT6 8DN

Trustee board

Trustee
Mr William Stephen Curragh
Mr Elias Joudeh
Paul Elliott
Ms Nuala Meier
Mr Damian Hughes
Ms Neasa Quigley
Mr Derek Baker
Mr Gordon Carson

List of regions

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