BOUNCE BACK FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1144297 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The main objectives are to focus on the training and employment of ex-offenders on their release from custody. We engage with our participants whilst they are still in prison, follow through in the community and provide training to give them the skills to help secure paid employment or to set up in self employment.

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Latest income

£2.8m

Latest spending

£2.6m

Registered

2011

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £107,492 for the year, yet total funds remain negative at £447,681, driven by an unrestricted fund deficit of £447,682. The trustees note that the charity is dependent on the continued financial support of its parent organisation, Change Grow Live, to sustain operations and meet commitments as they fall due.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,000 - £69,999 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)

“The number of employees who earned between £60,000 - £69,999 per annum during the year was 1” — page 25

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“The number of employees who earned between £60,000 - £69,999 per annum during the year was 1” — page 25

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: break-even budget (held: £-448k)

“The trustees are seeking to build the general reserves to provide sufficient funds for these purposes. In the short term, the charity is aiming to achieve a break-even budget in upcoming periods.” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“The charity is reliant on the continued support of its parent, to ensure it has the resources to meet its commitments as they fall due and continue as a going concern.” — page 20

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Bounce Back Project Limited

“Bounce Back Project Limited is a social enterprise which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Bounce Back Foundation.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2024) → going-concern doubt noted (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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

Total income

£2.8m

Total spending

£2.6m

Cost of raising funds

£66k

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

36

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 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 (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: 2.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Susan Ann Killenchair · trustee of 1 other charity
CAROLINE MARY SHULDHAM · trustee of 1 other charity
Craig Nicholas Denholm · trustee of 1 other charity
Deborah Ruth Rozansky · trustee of 1 other charity
Hamza Drabu · trustee of 1 other charity
Jonathan James Paull-Harry
Michael Vavakis
Richard William Wilson · trustee of 1 other charity
Timothy Richard Sampey · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£2.8m	£2.6m
31/03/2024	£2.6m	£2.7m
31/03/2023	£3.5m	£3.7m
31/03/2022	£3.0m	£3.5m
31/03/2021	£2.1m	£2.1m

Common questions

Is BOUNCE BACK FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £107,492 for the year, yet total funds remain negative at £447,681, driven by an unrestricted fund deficit of £447,682. The trustees note that the charity is dependent on the continued financial support of its parent organisation, Change Grow Live, to sustain operations and meet commitments as they fall due. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of BOUNCE BACK FOUNDATION earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,000 - £69,999 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds BOUNCE BACK FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BOUNCE BACK FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON, THE EMMANUEL KAYE FOUNDATION, THE BROMLEY TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON	FY2023	£50k	Other
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON	FY2022	£50k	Other
THE EMMANUEL KAYE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£40k
THE EMMANUEL KAYE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£25k
THE BROMLEY TRUST	FY2022	£15k	Prison Reform

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The Mercers' Company	18/05/2021	£150k	Grant to Bounce Back Foundation
The Mercers' Company	27/11/2019	£50k	Grant to Bounce Back Foundation
A B Charitable Trust	25/04/2019	£15k	A grant to BOUNCE BACK FOUNDATION
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/08/2018	£10k	Bounce Back to a Positive Future
A B Charitable Trust	23/01/2018	£15k	A grant to BOUNCE BACK FOUNDATION
A B Charitable Trust	26/01/2016	£10k	Bounce Back ? Working Inside and Out
A B Charitable Trust	21/10/2014	£10k	Empowering disadvantaged ex-offenders to Bounce Back
A B Charitable Trust	29/10/2013	£10k	Empowering marginalised ex-offenders to Bounce Back

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION	2	£450k
DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUND	2	£145k
THE WEAVERS' COMPANY BENEVOLENT FUND	2	£28k
THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£2k
THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2.0m
IGY FOUNDATION	1	£523k
THE WILLIAM WATES MEMORIAL TRUST	1	£120k
SIR ROBERT GEFFERY'S ALMSHOUSE TRUST	1	£104k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CLINK CHARITY.

THE CLINK CHARITY income £6.9m
BOUNCE! BRIGHTER FUTURES FOUNDATION income £177k
BOUNCE FORWARD income £109k
ONWARDS & UPWARDS income £1.2m
THE SHERIFFS' AND RECORDERS' FUND income £439k
THE KEY - UNLOCK POTENTIAL income £206k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BOUNCE BACK FOUNDATION	£2.8m	£60,000 - £69,999	1	unclear	—	noted
THE CLINK CHARITY FY2024	£6.9m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
BOUNCE! BRIGHTER FUTURES FOUNDATION FY2025	£177k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
BOUNCE FORWARD FY2025	£109k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ONWARDS & UPWARDS FY2025	£1.2m	£80,001 - £90,000	—	above	—	no doubt
THE SHERIFFS' AND RECORDERS' FUND FY2025	£439k	Under £60,000	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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