FORWARD DAY CENTRE LIMITED
Registered charity 1071829 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FORWARD & FUTURES
The Charity aims are the relief and support of vulnerable people, including those with learning or physical disabilities or difficulties, mental health problems, or sensory impairment and those who support or care for them, living in the Counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire, and to enable them to lead the lives they choose in the community.
Causes: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted net assets stood at £10,000,000 at the year end, representing a surplus for the period. The Trustees confirm that the charity is a going concern and has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Accounts audited by BDO. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Forward Day Centre (matched by registered charity number).
Property (HM Land Registry)
2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£28k
Reported reserves equal ~6.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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: 1.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- RICHARD PORTHAMchair
- ALEXANDRA MARY HODSON
- PETER BROWN · trustee of 2 other charities
- Patricia Jane Morton
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Lincolnshire · Norfolk
Income and spending
Common questions
Is FORWARD DAY CENTRE LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted net assets stood at £10,000,000 at the year end, representing a surplus for the period. The Trustees confirm that the charity is a going concern and has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by BDO.
Government & lottery funding
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