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Registered charity 1139004 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The main objective of the charity is to advance the education of young people, in particular those who have been excluded from mainstream educational establishments and those who have been otherwise marginalised or disadvantaged, by providing them with personalised learning programmes to better meet their individual needs and cultivate their potential.

Objects

A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE, IN PARTICULAR THOSE WHO HAVE BEENEXCLUDED IN MAINSTREAM EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS AND THOSE WHO HAVE BEENOTHERWISE MARGINALISED OR DISADVANTAGED ("MARGINALISED YOUNG PEOPLE"), IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING THEM WITH PERSONALISED LEARNING PROGRAMMES IN ORDER TO BETTER TO MEET THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS AND CULTIVATE THEIR POTENTIAL.B) TO ADVANCE IN LIFE MARGINALISED YOUNG PEOPLE BY PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIESWHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.IN THIS CLAUSE "MARGINALISED YOUNG PEOPLE IS DEFINED AS YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEENEXCLUDED FROM, OR MATERIALLY DISADVANTAGED BY, MAINSTREAM EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS OR WHO HAVE ENCOUNTERED SIGNIFICANT OBSTACLES TO LEARNING WITHIN A CONVENTIONAL SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT, OR WHO HAVE A HISTORY OF DIFFICULTIES IN LIFE WHETHER DUE TO A LACK OF SOCIAL SKILLS, POOR HEALTH, CULTURAL OR ECONOMIC FACTORS.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

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

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Registered contact address: Hounslow, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £34,422 for the year ended 30 June 2025, resulting in total unrestricted and restricted funds of £352,727. The trustees have set a reserves policy target of 18 months of expenditure, which the current fund balance of £352,727 exceeds. The financial statements were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit.

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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• BARBARA GRACE HARRIS
• DR CANDY MCCABE
• PAUL BROOKING
• SABITA KUMARI-DASS

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

Operates in: City Of London · Ealing · Hounslow · Richmond Upon Thames

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with The Hidden.

• The Hidden income £208k
• GENERATION EXCHANGE income £78k
• THE DIFFERENCE EDUCATION LTD income £1.6m
• FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE income £1.5m
• EDUCATION FOR LIFE income £256k
• DANSON YOUTH TRUST income £406k

Side by side with its peers

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