DRIVE FORWARD FOUNDATION
Registered charity 1018750 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PARTNERS IN HOPE, ST FRANCIS AND ST SERGIUS TRUST FUND
DRIVE FORWARD FOUNDATION, HELPS YOUNG PEOPLE FROM CARE (AGED 16-26) TO FIND SUITABLE EMPLOYMENT IN THEIR CHOSEN CAREER THROUGH INDIVIDUALLY TAILORED PROGRAMMES OF SUPPORT, TRAINING , WORK INDUCTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO GAIN EXPERIENCE THROUGH PAID EMPLOYMENT. PARTICULAR FOCUS ON YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE NO LONGER UNDER THE CARE OF THE STATUTORY AUTHORITY.
Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased to £836,336 from £1,069,613 the previous year, resulting in a net expenditure of £220,703. The trustees report that the reserve position remains strong and well within the stated policy target of six months of operating costs. The charity maintains adequate resources to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: six months of operating costs (held: £836k)
“the Trustees believe the reserves should be maintained at the equivalent of 6 months of operating costs.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Kreston Reeves LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Drive Forward Foundation (matched by registered charity number).
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- BAKAS, Malachi — director, appointed 10/09/2026not on trustee list
- HALL, Nicola — director, appointed 10/09/2026on trustee list
- NEWMAN-SMART, Matilda — director, appointed 10/09/2026on trustee list
- SIMPSON, Matt — director, appointed 10/09/2026on trustee list
- THOMPSON, John — director, appointed 10/09/2026on trustee list
- EVANS, Ming — director, appointed 10/09/2026on trustee list
- HILL, Max Benjamin Rowland, Sir — director, appointed 01/02/2024on trustee list
- JOHNSTON, Richard Robert — director, appointed 07/06/2023on trustee list
- NICHOLS, Shona — director, appointed 07/06/2023on trustee list
- COLLIER, Maggie — director, appointed 18/05/2017on trustee list
Official officers record.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£60k
Reported reserves equal ~8.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (64% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 6.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Sir Max Hillchair
- John Thompson
- Maggie Collier
- Malachi Bakas
- Matilda Newman-Smart
- Matt Simpson
- Ming Evans
- Nicola Hall
- Richard Johnston · trustee of 2 other charities
- Shona Nichols · trustee of 1 other charity
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout London
Income and spending
Common questions
Is DRIVE FORWARD FOUNDATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased to £836,336 from £1,069,613 the previous year, resulting in a net expenditure of £220,703. The trustees report that the reserve position remains strong and well within the stated policy target of six months of operating costs. The charity maintains adequate resources to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Kreston Reeves LLP.
Who funds DRIVE FORWARD FOUNDATION?
Funders whose own accounts filings name DRIVE FORWARD FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE GAUDIO FAMILY FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED, THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION, MONTPELIER FOUNDATION LIMITED, DAVID & RUTH LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE BLAGRAVE TRUST.
Known funders
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