THE HURSTCOTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1145372 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Forging Futures

The principle activities of Forging Futures, the working name of the charity, is to help children, young people and adults feel supported, safe and have access to education, training and employment.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE TRUST ARE TO BENEFIT SUCH REGISTERED CHARITIES OR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND IN SUCH PROPORTIONS AND IN SUCH MANNER AND SUBJECT TO SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £127,468 for the year, with total unrestricted reserves of £340,450. The trustees report that these reserves are in line with their reserves policy, which aims to ensure sufficient financial stability to cover unforeseen expenses and future programme costs.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• Investment
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Hurstcote Charitable Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Mazin Majed
• OSHA ANNE HUFTON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Robert Gosman · trustee of 1 other charity
• THOMAS EDWARD HUFTON · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

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• NOW FOSTER: THE FUTURE LTD income £327k
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• FUTURE FOR ALL income £140k
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• THE OUTLOOK FOUNDATION income £1.8m

Side by side with its peers

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