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.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED IN PARTICULAR THOSE CHILDREN UP TO THE AGE OF 18 YEARS WHO HAVE SUFFERED FROM SEXUAL ABUSE IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND THERAPEUTIC SUPPORT.THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED IN PARTICULAR ADULTS WHO ARE SURVIVORS OF CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND THERAPEUTIC SUPPORT.THE RELIEF OF PARENTS AND CARERS OF CHILDREN UP TO THE AGE OF 18 YEARS WHO HAVE SUFFERED FROM SEXUAL ABUSE BY PROVIDING ADVICE, COUNSELLING AND EDUCATION PROGRAMMES TO ENABLE THEM TO UNDERSTAND AND HELP OVERCOME THE PROBLEMS FACED BY THE CHILDREN IN THEIR CARE.TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM SEXUAL BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS ARISING FROM LIFE EXPERIENCES BY ACTING AS A RESOURCE FOR THE TREATMENT OF THOSE CHILDREN.

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: Ipswich, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £5,066 for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily due to increased staffing costs and a drop in income. Despite this, the trustees report that free reserves of £262,848 remain above the stated policy target of three months' expenditure (£221,602), and the charity maintains a healthy cash position of £287,264. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.

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 handling
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2025 (received 02/02/2026, 2 days after the 31/01/2026 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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.

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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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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE.

• FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE income £1.5m
• Future Men income £1.2m
• BRITISH FUTURE income £662k
• SHEFFIELD FUTURES income £1.3m
• BRIGHT FUTURES NE income £471k
• BRIGHTER FUTURE INITIATIVE income £30k

Side by side with its peers

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