One Million Mentors

Registered charity 1149905 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as One Million Mentors Limited, UPRISING, UPRISING LEADERSHIP

UpRising is a UK-wide youth leadership development organisation. Our mission is to open pathways to en power for talented young people from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds. We equip them with the knowledge, networks, skills, and confidence to fulfill their leadership potential, find new opportunities and transform the world around them through social action.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £185,884 for the year, resulting in a significant reduction in total funds from £227,781 to £41,897. Unrestricted reserves fell to £17,483, which the trustees note is equivalent to approximately one month of core operating expenditure, below their policy target of one to three months. Despite this tight liquidity position and a reduction in unrestricted grant income, the trustees and auditors confirm the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Knox Cropper LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08252639

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.

• AHMED, Tufael — director, appointed 01/08/2026on trustee list
• WAJID, Hifsa — director, appointed 12/03/2026on trustee list
• GAMOTE, Shuab — director, appointed 24/07/2025on trustee list
• CHINN, Trevor Edwin — director, appointed 10/07/2025on trustee list
• SHARP, Richard Simon — director, appointed 09/09/2019on trustee list
• BEGUM, Afiya — director, appointed 19/11/2018on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (82% 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: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Richard Simon Sharpchair
• Afiya Begum
• Amit Burman
• Hifsa Wajid
• Shuab Gamote
• Sir Trevor Edwin Chinn
• Tufael Ahmed

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

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).