TRAILBLAZERS MENTORING LTD

Registered charity 1074453 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FELTHAM YOI TRAIL-BLAZERS LIMITED, TRAIL-BLAZERS, TRAILBLAZERS, TRAILBLAZERS MENTORING

Trailblazers trains volunteers as mentors to work with young offenders - with the aim to increase self-awareness, self-esteem and confidence and to achieve changes in attitude, thinking and behaviour - thus reducing the risk of re-offending. Mentors work for six months inside the prison with the mentee on a weekly basis and continue the relationship for a further six - nine months after release.

Objects

FOR THE REHABILITATION OF PERSONS WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO A CRIMINAL CHARGE OR ON REMAND AND HAVE SUFFERED A RESTRICTION OF LIBERTY IN ONE OF HM'S PRISONS OR YOUNG OFFENDERS INSTITUTIONS, BY MEANS OF EDUCATIONAL TRAINING, MENTORING OR GUIDANCE PROVIDED TO SUCH PERSONS SO AS TO ASSIST IN THEIR REHABILITATION INTO THE WIDER COMMUNITY.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Rother, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's financial position is stable, reporting a surplus of £18,377 for the year ended 31 December 2025. Unrestricted reserves stood at £117,077, which the trustees note is equivalent to approximately three months of expenditure, falling within their stated policy target of three to six months. The charity maintains a strong cash position of £309,536, supported by grants received in advance for the following year.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Trail Blazers (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Lloyds Bank Foundation — “We appreciate the ongoing support from our funders, who include: Lloyds Bank Foundation” (source page)

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Claud Favion Lofters
• David Michael Troman
• Joanna Kitchin
• Michael Ross David Pepper · trustee of 1 other charity
• Philip Charles John William Cliff · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sheridan Francis Mangal
• Zarah Michelle Wiles

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TEENS TRAILBLAZERS.

• TEENS TRAILBLAZERS income £158k
• THE SWITCHBACK INITIATIVE income £1.7m
• FRIENDS OF ERLESTOKE PRISON income £55k
• ENDURE MENTORING income £65k
• TEEN CRISIS UK income £119k
• FOOTPRINTS PROJECT LIMITED income £211k

Side by side with its peers

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