EDUCATION FUTURES TRUST

Registered charity 1146171 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Support to children, young people and families in order to improve life chances; delivery of courses to children young people and vulnerable adults; expertise in outdoor learning; therapeutic work; development and delivery of innovative practice in education; sharing and promoting best practice in education and training. The Education Futures Trust works in Hastings, Rye and the surrounding area.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a planned deficit of just over £200,000 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves falling from £1,248,516 to £992,107. The trustees note that the charity entered the year with healthy unrestricted reserves, allowing it to responsibly absorb the overspend while maintaining strong financial controls. Per the trustees' report, the charity remains financially resilient and confident in its forward strategy to secure new funding and grow earned income.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Education Futures Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles 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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~18.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% 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 (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (05/08/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Allison Mary Baineschair
• Alexandra Reed
• Hannah Michelle Brookshaw
• SIMON GEOFFREY HUBBARD
• STEPHEN JOHN MANWARING · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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