POWER2 LTD

Registered charity 1099782 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHILDREN: OUR ULTIMATE INVESTMENT (UK), POWER2, TEENS AND TODDLERS, TEENS AND TODDLERS TRADING AS POWER2 LTD

Power2 is a leading youth development charity. We believe there is no greater cost to society than unfulfilled potential. We support children and young people at key transition points to achieve their potential by developing crucial life skills, boosting confidence and improving self-esteem. Our two main programmes are the award-winning Teens & Toddlers programme and the Young Leaders programme.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Power2 Ltd achieved a surplus of £35,226 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total income of £2,382,536. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £306,459, which the Trustees consider adequate against their policy target of maintaining three to six months of normal operating expenditure. Financial sustainability is identified as the main risk due to competition for grants, though the charity has secured multi-year contracts with local authorities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by MHA. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Power2 (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (61% 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: 8.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Michael Francieschair
• Amira Shariif Ali
• Anna Marks
• Emily Wells
• James Victor Aylward Potter
• Juliette Wilson-Thomas
• Lara Norris
• Lauren Livingston
• Michael Hartig
• Reena Gogna · trustee of 2 other charities
• Shazia Latif Book
• Troels Henriksen · trustee of 1 other charity

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 YOUTH PWR CHARITY.

• YOUTH PWR CHARITY income £304k
• PRIORITY YOUTH PROJECT income £367k
• POSITIVE YOUTH FOUNDATION income £1.5m
• FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE income £1.5m
• Berkshire Youth LTD income £1.4m
• E P YOUTH LTD income £159k

Side by side with its peers

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