Brave Futures

Registered charity 1149347 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as F.S-NEW BEGINNINGS LTD., FRESH START NEW BEGINNINGS, FRESH START-NEW BEGINNINGS

We were set up to provide a therapeutic service for children and young people up to 21 years of age who have reported being sexually abused and to offer support for their families.Our main aim is to help children and young people make sense of the confusion they feel and to teach them coping strategies to deal with the difficulties they face while highlighting their strengths and potential.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net deficit of £5,066 for the year, driven by increased staffing costs and a drop in grant income. Despite this, unrestricted reserves of £262,848 remain above the trustees' policy target of £221,602, and the charity maintains a healthy cash position of £287,264.

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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08128922

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

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• DEBENHAM, Joanne Marie — director, appointed 03/07/2025on trustee list
• PORTER, Trudi-Rose — director, appointed 03/07/2025not on trustee list
• AHLUWALIA, Katherine — director, appointed 22/02/2024on trustee list
• BETTIS, Jessica Margaret — director, appointed 22/06/2023on trustee list
• SYMONDS, Keri — director, appointed 11/11/2021on trustee list
• CLIFTON, Emma — director, appointed 11/11/2021on trustee list
• SILVER, Evril — director, appointed 11/11/2021on trustee list
• GRAVELL, Oliver Timothy — director, appointed 14/06/2018on trustee list
• CLIFTON, Emma — secretary, appointed 10/09/2024

Official officers record.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~3.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 9.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Emma Clifton
• Evril Silver
• Gemma Marie Patricia Cuckow
• Jessica Bettis
• Joanne Marie Debenham
• Katherine Ahluwalia
• Keri Symonds
• Oliver Gravell
• STEPHEN DEREK FLORY
• Trudi Rose-Porter
• Vaibhav Negi

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

Operates in: Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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