CHANGING FUTURES NORTH EAST

Registered charity 1089347 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HEADLAND FUTURE LIMITED

Provision of universal, targeted and specialist services to support relationships within and between families, couples and agencies, to benefit children and young people

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.9m
Latest spending
£1.8m
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £119,204 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted and restricted funds increasing to £1,015,285. The trustees note that reserves are expected to decline in the coming years due to investment in a new residential care project, but the organization remains financially viable with adequate resources to continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grants (49% of income)
“Grants Fostering service 946,651” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £314,649 (held: £620k)
“The board have amended the reserves policy in 2025, to require £314,649 is retained in reserves going forward” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Changing Futures Fostering
“Over the last two years, there has been a rebalancing, investing in the success of fostering (through the subsidiary, Changing Futures Fostering)” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Inspire Compliance Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£1.9m
Total spending
£1.8m
Reserves (reported)
£620k
Employees
31

Reported reserves equal ~4.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Darlington · Durham · Hartlepool · Middlesbrough · Redcar And Cleveland · Stockton-on-tees

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.9m£1.8m
31/03/2024£1.6m£1.5m
31/03/2023£1.2m£1.3m
31/03/2022£904k£1.1m
31/03/2021£841k£713k

Common questions

Is CHANGING FUTURES NORTH EAST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £119,204 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted and restricted funds increasing to £1,015,285. The trustees note that reserves are expected to decline in the coming years due to investment in a new residential care project, but the organization remains financially viable with adequate resources to continue operations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Inspire Compliance Limited.

Who funds CHANGING FUTURES NORTH EAST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CHANGING FUTURES NORTH EAST as a grant recipient include THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£30k
THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£20k
THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£20k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund17/11/2021£154kParents pulling together
The National Lottery Community Fund15/02/2012£461kCommunities together for separated families
The National Lottery Community Fund07/10/2010£6kAbbey Street Bridging Project
The National Lottery Community Fund11/11/2008£159kSORTED (social opportunities, relationship training, educational developmen
The National Lottery Community Fund05/10/2006£86kEmpowering Young People To Effect Social Change
The National Lottery Community Fund07/10/2005£4kFishing trip
The National Lottery Heritage Fund29/09/2004£23k"A Look at the History of Youth Culture"
Northern Rock Foundation15/05/2001£10kGrant awarded to Headland Future Limited (Tees Valley)

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NEW FUTURES NEPAL LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHANGING FUTURES NORTH EAST£1.9m——unclear—no doubt
NEW FUTURES NEPAL LIMITED FY2025£122k—0unclear—no doubt
FUTURE SKILLS TRAINING FY2025£234k—0above—no doubt
FIVE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TRUST LTD FY2025£2.3m—0below—no doubt
INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN RELIEF FY2024£406k—0unclear—no doubt
FAMILIES RELIEF FY2024£436k—0above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.