The Brlght Fvture Trust
Report and Financial Statements
Year ended S April 2021
Registratlon number: 1123531
Regislratlon dote: 9 April X08

The 8rfght Future Twst
ReFxYÈ and Financial Statements
Yery endod 5 AFx4 2021
Contents
Relerence and Administrative Inf¢Nmolion
Trustees, Annual Report
Independent Examiner'5 Rewl to the Tnjstees of The Bright Future Trust
statement of ￿nanC￿l ActNiti8s
Balance Sheet
Notes to the Flnonclol Stotements

Iho &ight Fulure Twst
R6P(xt and Finoncial Stotements
Ye(J erKl&d 5 Aprj 2021
Reference and Admlnlstratlve Infonnallon
Twstees
Dr C B Polel CBE FRCP
Mrs K A Patd
Mr P J Munday
Mi55 M J Polel
Mr P ￿nery
Mr K Croig
Mi55 C A Votenti
Prfn¢W OIIIc•
Riverbridge House. G￿￿jf¢Jd Rood. Lectherhead. Swey. Kf22 9AD
Chth Numb
1123531
Ind•p•nd•nl Examkn•r
Deboroh Edwords ACA
HaAond Acc¢wntants (Newqwyl Ltd. 35 Ffyh cro￿ Street, Scintt AustdL Comwall. PL25 4AN
banke
Bullerfield Bank IGuemseyl Limited
Glalegny Esplanade. Sl. Peter P(Jl. Guwnsey GYI 3AP
R8gi%tered nvmber 1123S31

The Brfght FulLwe Tnjst
Rep(*l and Hnoncid Statements
Ye¢x endad 5 Asxll 2021
Trustees. Annual Report
The Twstee5 present ther rep￿ and financid statements of Ihe ch¢￿ty for Ihe Ye￿ ended 5 April
2721. The financial statements hove been yepared in acc￿dance wilh the occounting pdicie5
set out in note I to the financial stotements and comrjy ￿th tt)e choAties' Trust Deed. the Chorities
Act 2011 and Ihe Statement ot Recommended Proctice: Acc(yJnthng ond Repiytring by Chorithes
(Revised 20151.
Slwcl(r•, Governa￿• and Management
The Bright FutL¥e Trust was e5toblished by Dr C B and Mrs K A Patd.
The Trust Is constiluted under o tnjsl deed doted 14 M(xch Th ond wos registered ot Charity
Commi5sioneTS under number 1123531 on 9 April 2C(18.
At the Trustees. meetings. the Trustees agee the strolegy ond oreas of oclvlfy the Trust.
Including conskyerotion ol gont makiro. investment. reswves ond management polcies and
perfcm)anc8. The doy to odministration ol gonts and the processing ar)d hanthng of
opp+icalions to considerotion by tt)e tnjstees 15 dde9]ted to the Administrat￿.
All Twstee5 give Ihe¥ time treety and no Iruslee r¢gmunerotion w05 paid in the yeai. No Irustee
expenses were paid. No odministrolor remunwolion wos paid in Ihe yeor. Overhead and
administrative costs are undeMtten by CO￿ CaveThJish Lirrited, o company undw the contrd of
Dr C B Palel.
New Trustees are appc4nted by the exlsting Trust8e5. The Trust Oeed pxovMJe5 for a Trustee to be
oppolnted or dschorged by a resdulion ol o meelirsg of theTrustees. provided thata memuondum
declaring such oppointmenl or discharge sholl be ygned as a deed. either ol Ihe meeting by the
person Pfesiding or in some other monner (thcted by the meeling and attr￿ted by other
pe￿0￿ present al the meeting.
Rlsk Managem•nt
The Trustees hove considered Ihe maicx rtsks lo wh￿h the chority S exposed and hove rewewed
those risks and estaL4ished systems and procedures to Mar￿ge those ttsks.
The Trustees ensLffe that al new Tnjstees r6cwiled ore given guKlance and tralning in accc¢dance
with the charitable obiectlves ond aclivilies of the Trust.
The Trustees meet resvlaty lo consider appr￿allOnS support from Ihird FX]rty causes and ensure
Ihol inilial backgound revw is vndertaken bef¢Je such opplications c¥e rewewed and discv55ed.
Gronls are onW considefed ofter Intr￿juC￿0n trom kn¢)wn conlacts and svpporters and are made
to third parfy causes ofter and apFKovd by Ihe Trustee5.
Oblecttv•s qnd A¢ll¥lll•s lor Ihe Publ1¢ b•n•fft
The objectives as specrfied in tt)e Trust deed ore for the Bright FutLre Trusl to opply the income,
and all or svch port (x parts of Ihe capilol. ot such time Ix times ond in such manner to, or lor the
benefit of. such exclusively charitab￿ objects and pwposes which are charitable accoTding to
the Laws of Englond ond wa￿$. in any p(xt of the world as Ihe Trustees may in their digcrethon think
i.
Reg￿tered nvmber 1123531

Th& Bright Fubjre Ttusl
Rep¢yt and Anoncld Statèmènts
Year ended 5 April 2021
Trustees. Annual Report {continued}
The Trustees have agreed Ihat Ihe fulurè strategy for theTrvstwoutd be to focvs on charilies which
are making the most of the positive oppcfftvnities presented by new technolo&ies. In addition,
monies wll be set aside l¢y sprinkle investments.
The key areas of focus will be:
Child literacy
Menlal heatth
Environmenllconservotion impactlng social justice
By locussing on these ore05. ltte Trust ochieves its strotegic priorilies of continued support to a
number ol choritable orgonisations over o sustained petiod.
Publlc B•nefft
The Truslees confim that they have ielerred to the guhjance contaSned in the Choiity
Commission's general guidonce on pubfic benefft when reviewng the Trust'5 aims and objectives
and in planning Ivlvre oclivities and setling the granl making policy the year.
Pollcy on Charflable Inv¢slm•nl
The Trust encourages ccpinvestment from other sowces wuling in partnership other donors.
The Trust sUpp￿ts o smoll number of charitie5 bul does so over o sustained wiod.
Deloils of how to appty for investment are available on th8 Trust's web&te.
Flnanclal Itevl•w
In oddition Io sums paid in choritoble investments by the TnJ5t. Dr C B and th K A Patel have made
significant donations personalty to o number of cygonisations over mony yeors, bolh in direct cash
donotion and gifting ol personal ossets 05 charitable auction items. and inlend to conlinve lo do
so in the futLwe. A summory of all charitoble investments. from bott) Ihe Tru51 and the Patel lomily
personally ore referenced on the Tfvst website. v4YM.brighthJturelrusl.org.vk.
Reserv￿ poll
The Trusl's general reserve at Ihe 5 AKYI 2021 wos £1.077.1976 [￿J20. £1.0213761. The Trust's policy
15 lo mointoin a smoll Teserve as o contingency against operoting and govemance costs.
Unre5tricled fundg in exce4 of thi5 level ore donoted a5 soon as suitable beneficiories are identitied
and opproved by the Trustees.
Plan$ for th• Fvlur•
The Bright Future Twst hos been a regislered UK Charity e￿Ven year5 and il rs the gool ol th&
Trustees to rewew ils strategy ond see vthether the areas of emphasi8 and oppiix]ch to inveslmenl
need to change. It is conceivable that we moy look to new strands of investment where the size
of the fvnding can make o greater impact as well as revTrew our strategy in terms of how we make
those investments.
Registered number 1123S31

Ihe Bright Future Trust
Rewt Financiol Stotemenls
YecK ended 5 Apnl 2021
Truslees. Annual Report fcontinuedj
Plam lor the Fulum {conllnv•d)
There ore many calls on the Foundation's copllol and it is one ol Ihe Trust's fundamentol principles
that they remain close to a sel ol objectives for a dLKation of time $0 that they con stay focused
and more objectively evaluate the impact of their inveslmenls.
Some of the oreos they will review are whether to change th￿1 focv5 lowards activities in other
age groups or whether lo look at focusing on specific countries and specific areas ol wotk
wtthin those counlries.
To dote th& Trust has inveded over £2.4 mli fion in several prciects and continu85 to support a
number of charitable organisations over o sustained pericd.
Trusl•w' rMponslbllltl•s In r•lallon to ￿ th￿ntIal stalements
The Truslees are responsible fu tW6paring the Trv5tees' Rep￿t and the finonciol stotemenls in
accordance wth opplicoble law and United Kingdom Accounting Stondards. The law opplicable
to charities in England and Woles ieqvires the Tnjsteelsl lo prepare financ￿1 slalements fly each
finon¢iol year which give a Irue and fo¥ ￿ of the stole of affairs of lhe chority and ol the
incoming iesovrce5 and application of 18sources of lh8 charity fc* that p￿10d. In prep¢ing these
financial statements, th6 trustees are required to:
select suitable occovnting p￿Ic￿S ond Ihen appty them conslstenlty
observe the methods and principles of the chorities SORP
moke judgements ond estimoles that are reasonable and prudent
state whether OP￿iCable occovnting slonds have been followed. sublect to any
deportUTes dlsclosed and explained in the ffnanaol slotements and
prepare the Ilnancial slatements on the g¢ing concern bosts unless it Is inapproprfole to
presume thot the chority V*iH continv8 in business
The Trustees are responsible lor keeping accounting reccwds which disclose hmth reosonable
occvracy the finoncial position of the charity and enotje them to oscertoin to ensure Ihat Ihe
linoncial slotements compty the Charities Act XJI l and the provisions ol the trust deed. They
are also resF)onsible lor sotegvording the 0$5ets of the chority and hence for taking reasonoble
sleps lor the prevenlion ond detection ol fravd and other iregulorilies. The Trustees are
responslble lor the maintenance and inlwty of the ch￿lty and financial informotion included
on the charity's websile.
Approved by the Trustees and Si￿8d on thek beholl by:
Dr C B Polel CbE PRCP
Trustee
Registered number. I123S31

Thè Bright FutUTè Trusl
Rep¢)rt and Fnancial Stotemerits
Year ended 5 AF)ri12021
Independent Examiner's Report to Ihe TfU3tees of The Brfght Future Trvst
I repc¥t on the occovnts ot the ch¢￿ty fu Ihe year ended 5 April 2021. which are set ovt on poges
6toll.
The report 15 mode solely to Ihe charity's Trustees. 0$ o boty. occudonce wlh Seclion 145 of
the Charilies Act 2011. My has been undertoken so Ihot I might slote to the chority's Trustees
those matters l am required to stote lo Ihem in Ihts repcrt and l¢J no other purpose. To the fullest
extent pemitted by low, I do not accepl or assume responsibility lo anyone other tt)an the charity
ond Ihe chaiity's trustees as o boty. for my w¢rt for Ihts report. or fcrf the opinions I hove formed.
Rwpe¢tlY• r•$poMlballl•s ol Irv￿•￿ and •xarrth•r
The choritvs Trustees are responsible lor the rKeporotlon of the accounts. The charity's Tru51ees
consider that an oudil is not requyed l(x tt)is yeor (under section 144121 of the Charities Act 2011
(the 2011 Actll and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility lo-
exomine Ihe occounts (under sectK)n 145 of Ihe 2011 Actl:
lo follow the procedvres loid down In the Generol Dtyecllons Gyven by the Chority
Commissioners lunder seclion 14515llbl of the 2011 Actl.. and
lo state whether porticular motters have come to my attention.
5￿1$ of Ind•p•nd¢nl •xamlnrfs r•port
My exominathon was carried out in occordonce with general Drections given by the Charity
Commission. An examinolion includes a review of Ihe accounting rec￿d$ kept by the charity
and a compofison of the accounts presentèd wth those records. It aLs0 include5 consideration
of ony vnusvol items or discloMes in Ihe accounts and seeknng explonations from the trustees
concernlng any svch matters. The procedures undertaken do not Fyovide all the evldence that
would be requlred In an audll. and consequenty no opinion is given as to whether the accounts
present a 'true and fair, Mew ond the rewt is limited to Ihose mottev5 set out in the statement
below.
Indep•t￿ent •xamln•rfs stal•m•nl
In connec*ion with my exominothon, no matter has com8 to my oltention
l. which gives me reosonoble cause to beli&ve thal in. any moteriol respecl, tt)e requirements..
to keep accovnthng rec￿d$ in accordance vth section I XJ of the 2011 Acl: ond
to prepare accounts vthlch occord wlth the OCC¢Junting records and compty wth the
accounflng requlrements of me 2011 Act ona the 5totement 01 Recommendea Pracllce:
Accounling and Rep¢yling by Charities
hove not been mel," or
2. lo which. in my opinion. ottention should be driThn in ￿der to enable o proper understanding
of the accounts to be reoched.
VdLU(udD
D•boroh Edwarth FCA
Horlond Accountonts INewqvoyl Ltd. 35 High Cross Street. st Austell. Ccynwall. PL25 4AN
Reg￿tered number. 1123&31

The Brighl Future Trust
Report ond F*iancial Stotamgnts
Year ended 5 Apil 2021
Slalement ol Flnanclal Aclivities
fw the year ended 5 W 2021
Note
R&sMcl8d
hcome
F￿(ts
vry8st￿le￿
funds
Total
lolol
2020
Incwntng R•ww¢
Incoft￿ Res¢ui¢•s g•nwat•d fvn(ts
Voluntuy ineome
Ilb)
253.122
253.122
271,692
lthil Incomlng
253.122
253,122
271,692
￿•￿vre￿ Exp•nd•d
Charita￿e activitie5
Governa￿e costs
1197.5751
17261
(197A75) 1154,9931
(724)
17811
Tolal R•sow¢w e4>•nd•d
1198,3)61
(Ip8.304) 1155.7741
N•t kncomlng r•s¢)Lve
54M21
54.821
115.918
N•t mov•m•rt In Ivnth
T¢)lol fvnds kyoughtfr#w0rd
115,918
906,458
1.022.376
1.022,J71
Tolal fvnds ¢ath•d
1.077.197
1.077,117
1,022.376
Reg￿le{ed number. 1123&31

The Brkjhl Future Trust
R8POrt Finonciol Stotemen15
Yaar ended 5 April 2021
Balance Sheet
asat5Aprf2027
Note
Total
Total
2020
Funds
Funds
Cvrr•nt ass•ts
Cash at bonk <￿￿ ￿ hond
Im7,821
1.077.821
1.021988
Ci•dlors: aM￿nIS t(￿ing dug withn one yeor
(124)
{624)
16121
cuTh•nt aM•ts
I.OTI.I17
l.07T,I97
1.022.376
N•t aii•ts
1.077.1
I.OTI,197
1,022.376
Fundi ol lh• Charfty
Unr851rict8d lund5
Restricted income funds
IXI77.1
1.077.197
1,022,376
Tolal lunds
1rn.117
1,077.1
1.022,376
The ffnanclal slatemenls ofThe ￿h1 Futuro Twst were opproved by the board of Trustee5 ond aulh0ri5ed
for Issue on 24 December 3Y21. They were *ied on its bahdf by:
Drc B PahlCBE FRCP
Trvslee
Reglstefed nvmber 1123S31

The Bright Future T￿$1
Report ond Fnanciol Stotemen15
Yaar andèd 5 April 2021
Notes to Ihe flnanclal statements
AccoMtlng poll¢les
(o) G•nwal IrfNrnalhn and l)ash of accounllng
The ffnanc¢al statements have been prepared under the hidThic cost convention. wth the
exceptfon thol investments are included at market value. The financiol Statements hove been
prepored in occordonce wth the Statemenl of Recommended Pioctice: Accounting and
Reporting by Charities (Revised 20151 i$5ued in March 2CnS and opplicaEJe UK Accounting
5tondards and the Charities Act 2011.
PreSenta￿onal currency 15 £ Sterling ond rwnrfing is to £s.
(b) Funds Slructur•
rhe chority had on ￿lginal gift on inceplion from Dr C B Patel and th K A Patel,. since inception
the chorSty has occepled donation5 Irom general sources. inctuding the original donor.
Restricted funds are funds which are to be used in acc￿danCe vrith specific restrictions Imposed
by the donor or trust deed.
Unrestrfcted income funds compmse those funds which the trustees ¢ye free to US8 lor any purpose
in furtherance ol the choritable objects. Unrestricted funds include designoled funds where the
trustees, at their discretion. hove cleated o fund a specific pu￿058.
(¢) Ineomlng r•sourc•s
All Incoming re5cuces ore recognised once the charity entitlement lo Ihe resourc8s, it Is
certain thol the resouTC8S wll be r6eeived, ond the monetory value of incoming resovrees con
be measured wllh sufficlent reliobility.
Id) R￿QuIC•S •xpend•d
LlabS1i1Ses ore recognised as I￿oUrceS expended as soon as Ihere i8 a legal or conslwctive
obligation committing the charity to Ihe eXpendIt￿e. All expendilLVe IS accounled for on an
accruals basis and has been clossiffied under heodings that oggregote all costs reloled to Ihe
categw.
Donations payable are poyments mode to third parties ti) Ihe furtherance of the charitable
objects ol Ihe Trust. Single or mulli-yeor donations ore acccAJnled for when either the recipient
hos a reosonoble expectation Ihot Ihey wll receive o donation and the Iru5tees have ogreed lo
pay the donation wilhoul condition. or the recipienl has o re050nable expeclotion Ihol tt)ey will
receive o donatKin and any condition attaching to the donal7¢￿ is outside the control ol the Trust.
Provisions donations ore made when the intention to make a donation has been
communicoled to the recipient bul Ihere ts mcwtointy obaut eilher the timing of the donation or
the amount of the donalion.
{•) Irrecoverabh VAT
Irrecoveroble VAT is chorged ogainsl the categcrfy of res¢)vrces expended lor which it wos
incurred.
{fj Alloccthon al overhead and support cosls
Overheod and support cost5 hove been ollocated fvsl be￿een charitable activity and
governonce.
Overhead ond suppcxt costs rekjting to Choritable Activiffes have been
apportioned based on the number of Ind￿ldual ¢Jwards made in recognition Ihat the
adminislralive costs ol awarding, monitoring and assessing donotions ore broad￿ equivolenl. The
allocotion of overheod ond svpport costs is onatysed in note 4.
Regi%teTed number. l T23531

The Bright Future TnJst
Report ¢￿d Finarciol Statemenlg
Yeor &nded S April 2021
Notes to the flnancEal statements [continuedJ
Accounllng pol¢ies Iconlfftuedl
(g) Cojts o19eneratkng lunds
The costs ol generoling funds include costs of independent examination. certain legol fees and
website development costs.
(h) Chathable acfvllles
Cosls ol charitable activilles indude donotity)s mode ond an opporlionment of overhead and
support C0515.
(l) Gov•man¢• c
Govemonce costs comprise ol costs invdving the public accountability ol the chorify ond its
compliance wlh regulolion ond good waclice. These costs include costs reloted lo slolutory
exominalion ond legol fees.
U) R•olls•d galns and lo•s•i
All gains and losses are lak&n lo the Slalemenl of financiol Activilie$ 0$ they orise. Reolised goin5
ond losses on investments ore colcvlated as the difference be￿een sales proceeds ond opening
morkel volve Ipurchose dole il laterl. Unrealised goins ond los￿$ ore cosculated os the dlfference
belween the Ma￿et value at the yeor end and opening market volue lor purchase dote il later).
Realised and unrealised gains ore nol seporated in Ihe Statement ol financial Activities.
(k) Conllng•nl UabUHlw ond Provl
In accordance wth the SORP. a conllngeni fiobli ity is dI￿1058d for th058 grants. which do not
represent liabilitie5. where the poss¢ble obligotion. which orises from past events, will only be
confirmed by Ihe occurrence of one or more unc￿larn future events notwholly wthin the trustees,
control. Provisions ore recOgn￿ed those donoti¢)ns where there is uncertainty as lo the timing
or amount, and any uncertainty regording the omount is more than one of determining a bosis
lor reasonable e51unation of the bability arising from Ihot ¢on51ructive obligation.
R•lat•d Iramaclloni and trwl•M' l•mw￿a1l0n Inlomiallon
The Bright Future Trust wos established by Dr C B Patel ond Mrs K A Patel. who continue as trust••s'.
Mlss M J Potel. Dr Potel's douohlor. was appcinted 0$ trustee in Avgv512Crf39
Trustees give free￿ of their time ond received no renNJnerotion fu 8xpens8s in respect of the
p￿10d under review.
Registerad nvmber 1123531

The BrrJht Fuhjre Twst
R8pcfft ctt)d Hnonclol Stotements
Year ended 5 Aprl 2021
Noles to Ihe financlal statements {continvedJ
Anal￿$ ol ¢h4rilable •xp•ndlkffe
The charity undertokes its chariloble activities Ihrough donations and aworded donations to a
number ol individvals ond institutions in lurtheionce of these chori10b￿ activities.
Total
Tolal
2020
Fvnd•
Fvndi
CommLJnify C¢J• Programm•-South Afrka
University of Soulhomplon
Mindfuhess in Schools Project
DolE Intemoflonal Award
Amig05 Worfdwid8
Cy51ic Fibr05i5
The Ltitle Issue
The Listening Place
The Beolrice Project
Combal Str855
BBC Media Actlon
Streel Child
Operation ASHA
Legocy of War Foundation
Apey2lQ) Foundation
The M¢Jtt Homps¢)n
The Tree Councl
60.5n
24.511
20.511
14.142
14.J40
14,942
13,640
18.687
6.666
36.000
18,000
I s.ocy)
10,OLXJ
10,ow
10,orK)
2.OCKJ
IV.$1S
117,575
154.993
Alloc¢thon of support costs and •v•rt*ath
The breokdown of suppcrt costs ond how these olbcoted b8tween Governance and
Charitoble Activities is shown in Ihe labk? belovr.
Gty•m. Charflabl•
bash ol
Totol
al¢xa*•d
mert
2020
Independent Exominers, fee
Bonk ¢h<xge5
424
102
Actual
A¢tuol
612
169
102
72&
n6
781
The independent exominer's fee wos £520 excl. VAT Iwè): £510 excl. VATI for corying out the
independent examination.
Registered number. 1123531
10

The &ight Fvlure Trv51
Repcxtt Fnanciol slalemen15
Yecw ended 5 April 2021
Notes to the flnanclal stal•ments {conlinuedJ
Sloff cos15
The chority hos no empk)yees. Employm6nt costs of the administrat¢y (xe pald by Court
Cavendish LinNled. o compony under Ihe contrd of Dr C B Palel.
Movements kn rosfvlcled ond vnresmcled I￿K1$
Balanc• Incomlng Trarnl•
bllwd *•sourc•s
Outgolng
l•sow¢
8tsbanc•
¢/twd
Reslrfcted ￿ndS
Urrestricled Fund5
l.W22376
253.122
1198.3011 1,077,117
1.tr22.374
253.122
(198,301)
1.077197
All lund5. both restricted ond uryeslricted. ore represented by bonk balances ot both 2021 and
2020 Balon¢e 5heel dates.
Cr•dllorn' omounts l¢ylllng du• *thln on• y•ar
Independent Examiners lee accrued £62413)20: £6121.
Registered number. 1123531