FUTURE DREAMS TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 1123526 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

(1) Raising awareness about cancer(2) Taking steps prevent cancer as well as research into a cure(3) Provision of support and care for those suffering from cancer

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.1m
Latest spending
£2.1m
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £25,010 for the year ended 31 December 2024, following a deficit in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £872,362 were maintained in accordance with the stated policy of holding 9-12 months of operational costs.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies (57% of income)
“Income from donations was £831,704 which was a increase of 13.5% compared to the prior year.” — page 6
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: 9-12 months operational costs (held: £872k)
“The Trustees aim for the charity to maintain an average of free reserves equivalent of 9-12 months operational costs.” — page 6
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Future Dreams Self Care Limited
“Future Dreams Self Care Limited (company number 14893303)” — page 17
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Gerald Edelman LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Future Dreams Breast Cancer Charity (matched by registered charity number).

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£2.1m
Total spending
£2.1m
Cost of raising funds
£662k
Reserves (reported)
£872k
Employees
13

Reported reserves equal ~5.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 31.5% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£2.1m£2.1m
31/12/2023£1.8m£2.0m
31/12/2022£1.4m£1.3m
31/12/2021£1.4m£659k
31/12/2020£407k£463k

Common questions

Is FUTURE DREAMS TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £25,010 for the year ended 31 December 2024, following a deficit in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £872,362 were maintained in accordance with the stated policy of holding 9-12 months of operational costs. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Gerald Edelman LLP.

Who funds FUTURE DREAMS TRUST LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FUTURE DREAMS TRUST LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE RICHARD HARRIS CHARITABLE TRUST, THE CYRIL AND EVE JUMBO CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ICELAND FOODS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE RICHARD HARRIS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£15k
THE RICHARD HARRIS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£15k
THE RICHARD HARRIS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£11k
THE RICHARD HARRIS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£10k
THE CYRIL AND EVE JUMBO CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£500
THE ICELAND FOODS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£500Donation - Future Dreams Trust Ltd
THE CYRIL AND EVE JUMBO CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£0
THE ICELAND FOODS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£0Donation - Future Dreams Trust Ltd

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund17/03/2023£10kNOBODY FACES BREAST CANCER ALONE

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 THE CANCER TREATMENT AND RESEARCH TRUST CIO.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FUTURE DREAMS TRUST LIMITED£2.1m——within—no doubt
THE CANCER TREATMENT AND RESEARCH TRUST CIO FY2024£502k—0above—no doubt
PROMISE DREAMS FY2024£237k—0unclear—no doubt
TOGETHER AGAINST CANCER FY2025£508k—0unclear—no doubt
FAMILY UNIT TRUST FY2026£202k—0unclear—no doubt
TEENAGE CANCER TRUST FY2024£21.1m——unclear—no doubt

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