THINKFORWARD (UK)

Registered charity 1152862 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THINKFORWARD

ThinkForward is a breakthrough programme which intervenes early to ensure that disengaged young people make a successful transition from education into employment. ThinkForward works with schools to identify young people entering their GCSE years who are most at risk of being unemployed when they leave school, and commits to supporting them for five years through their transition into employment.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity posted a deficit of £0.40m for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in a decrease in total net assets to £0.81m. The trustees confirm that free reserves of £0.70m equate to approximately three months' operating expenditure, which falls within their stated policy target of three to five months. The auditors have confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Godfrey Wilson Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08318590

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — ThinkForward (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.

• COCKELL WHITEHEAD, Ryan Daniel — director, appointed 23/04/2026not on trustee list
• BAILEY, Adam Christopher — director, appointed 26/12/2025on trustee list
• FAUVEL, Laura — director, appointed 30/10/2025on trustee list
• VAGANAY, Arnaud — director, appointed 30/10/2025on trustee list
• DAVIDSON, Simon Russell — director, appointed 30/10/2025on trustee list
• PATEL, Roxanna — director, appointed 01/03/2024on trustee list
• TATE, Matthew — director, appointed 12/10/2021on trustee list
• EASTERBROOK, Daniel — director, appointed 10/11/2020on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (75% 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: 8.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Matthew Tatechair
• Adam Bailey
• Arnaud Vaganay
• DANIEL EASTERBROOK
• Laura Fauvel
• Roxanna Patel
• Ryan Cockell Whitehead
• Ryan Daniel Cockell Whitehead
• Simon Davidson

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

Operates in: Kent · Nottinghamshire · Throughout London

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DRIVE FORWARD FOUNDATION.

• DRIVE FORWARD FOUNDATION income £1.0m
• THINK EQUAL income £426k
• STEP FORWARD (TOWER HAMLETS) income £326k
• UTHINK PEOPLE DEVELOPING PEOPLE income £1.3m
• EDUCATION & EMPLOYERS TASKFORCE income £1.2m
• FUTURE SKILLS TRAINING income £234k

Side by side with its peers

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