THE NR5 PROJECT

Registered charity 1103200 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FUTURE PROJECTS, FUTURE RADIO

Future Projects is a registered charity that aims to address severe and multiple deprivation in Norfolk by providing high quality, community-based services which promote employment, education, health, skills, physical and mental wellbeing and improved life chances.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.8m
Latest spending
£2.6m
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with total funds of £1,070,674, an increase from the previous year's £902,953. Per the trustees' report, the charity held free reserves of £454,990, which is above its stated policy target of three months' operating expenditure. The charity reports a healthy cash position of £1,301,171 and a positive net movement in funds of £167,721 for the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“In the band £60,001 - £70,000” — page 39
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Future Digital Norfolk provided DAB radio broadcast services to the charity during the year, with a deemed value of £8,700.
“Future Digital Norfolk provided DAB radio broadcast services to the charity during the year, with a deemed value of £8,700. No other related party transactions were disclosed in the financial statements for the year.” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by BW Audit Ltd. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

BuyerContractAwardedValue
NHS NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK INTEGRATED CARE BOARDWorkWell Services - Norfolk & Suffolk ICB——

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£2.8m
Total spending
£2.6m
Reserves (reported)
£455k
Employees
62

Reported reserves equal ~2.1 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 (98% 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: Cambridgeshire · Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£2.8m£2.6m
31/08/2024£2.7m£2.5m
31/08/2023£2.9m£2.7m
31/08/2022£2.3m£2.3m
31/08/2021£2.0m£2.0m

Common questions

Is THE NR5 PROJECT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with total funds of £1,070,674, an increase from the previous year's £902,953. Per the trustees' report, the charity held free reserves of £454,990, which is above its stated policy target of three months' operating expenditure. The charity reports a healthy cash position of £1,301,171 and a positive net movement in funds of £167,721 for the year. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by BW Audit Ltd.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE NR5 PROJECT earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band.

Who funds THE NR5 PROJECT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE NR5 PROJECT as a grant recipient include NORWICH CONSOLIDATED CHARITIES, THE CHARLES LITTLEWOOD HILL TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
NORWICH CONSOLIDATED CHARITIESFY2024£23kCore cost contribution - advice services
THE CHARLES LITTLEWOOD HILL TRUSTFY2022£3kWelfare

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund25/01/2017£10kFuture Radio
The National Lottery Community Fund24/06/2015£10kThe Lab
The National Lottery Heritage Fund27/10/2011£25k"RAA (Rise, Aspire, Achieve)"
The National Lottery Community Fund24/02/2011£9kFuture Education
The National Lottery Community Fund17/07/2009£438kBe
The National Lottery Heritage Fund26/03/2009£25k"Mic Live"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund05/12/2007£24k"One City...One Herd"
The National Lottery Community Fund23/03/2006£5kMusic workshops - Noise construction
The National Lottery Community Fund13/12/2005£148kYouth FM - radio project to involve and support disaffected young people

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
THE NR5 PROJECT£2.8m£60,001 - £70,000—unclear—no doubt
NEW FUTURES NEPAL LIMITED FY2025£122k—0unclear—no doubt
FUTURE FY2025£268k—0above—no doubt
GREEN FUTURES GREATER GRIMSBY LTD FY2025£122k—0below—no doubt
FRESH FUTURES (NCC) FY2025£3.4m——unclear—no doubt
HEALTHY LIVING PROJECTS LIMITED FY2025£549k—0above—no doubt

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