NEW FUTURE COLLECTIVE LTD

Registered charity 1153729 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

New Future Collective is an arts and cultural charity which develops the creative capacities and enriches the cultural lives of residents of Hackney and beyond via a programme of creative and cultural activity.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE ARTS AND CULTURE AND THEIR PUBLIC APPRECIATION IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN THE UK,PREDOMINANTLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY HACKNEY,TOWER HAMLETS AND SURROUNDING AREAS AND 2.1.2 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION IN THE ARTS AND CULTURE FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT FOR SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN THE UK,PREDOMINANTLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY HACKNEY,TOWER HAMLETS AND SURROUNDING AREAS AND 2.1.3 TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN THE UK,PREDOMINANTLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN HACKNEY,TOWER HAMLETS AND SURROUNDING AREAS,IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY,AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Hackney, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£479k
Latest spending
£359k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity finished the year with free unrestricted reserves of £74,932, which is above its policy target of £55,000 (three months of core operations). The Trustees report a surplus for the year and confirm that the organization can continue to operate as a going concern for the next twelve months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £75k)
“It is NFC’s policy to maintain financial reserves to a level sufficient to ensure that core operations can continue for a period of at least 3 months, which in 2024-25 equated to £55,000.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 12
  • Government income: £30,550 — grants £30,550 (3); 6% of the £479,088 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 12
  • Government income: £24,800 — grants £24,800 (2); 7% of the £362,428 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 12
  • Government income: £99,234 — contracts £2,700 (2), grants £96,534 (6); 30% of the £331,600 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Hackney Showroom (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.

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hackney

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£479k£359k
31/03/2024£362k£381k
31/03/2023£332k£291k
31/03/2022£296k£314k
31/03/2021£291k£172k

Common questions

Is NEW FUTURE COLLECTIVE LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity finished the year with free unrestricted reserves of £74,932, which is above its policy target of £55,000 (three months of core operations). The Trustees report a surplus for the year and confirm that the organization can continue to operate as a going concern for the next twelve months. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds NEW FUTURE COLLECTIVE LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NEW FUTURE COLLECTIVE LTD as a grant recipient include THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, The Merchant Taylors' Foundation.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£18kOlder People & Housing Programme
The Merchant Taylors' FoundationFY2022£6kSmall Grants Scheme

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The Mercers' Company10/12/2025£76kGrant to New Future Collective (known as Hackney Showroom)
The National Lottery Community Fund29/08/2025£19kReducing isolation on Kings Crescent Estate
The National Lottery Heritage Fund06/08/2025£28k"Female Pioneers of Dancehall"
Hackney Council04/01/2025£15kGrant to New Future Collective Ltd
London Borough of Hackney04/01/2025£15kGrant to New Future Collective Ltd
City Bridge Foundation24/11/2023£109kGrant to New Future Collective
The National Lottery Community Fund19/05/2023£10kHackney Showroom Older People's Friday Lunch Club
The Mercers' Company11/05/2023£48kGrant to New Future Collective
London Borough of Hackney12/05/2022£9kGrant to New Future Collective Ltd
Hackney Council12/05/2022£9kGrant to New Future Collective Ltd
Hackney Council28/03/2022£20kGrant to New Future Collective Ltd
London Borough of Hackney28/03/2022£58kGrant to New Future Collective Ltd
The National Lottery Community Fund11/03/2022£10kDisco Loco Library & Literature Project
Hackney Council24/03/2021£47kGrant to New Future Collective Ltd
London Borough of Hackney24/03/2021£47kGrant to New Future Collective Ltd
The National Lottery Community Fund23/03/2020£10kDisco Loco @ Kings Crescent Estate
The National Lottery Heritage Fund01/08/2018£10k"Trans Bodies in Public Space: Documenting the lived experiences of transgender people in the UK"
The National Lottery Community Fund20/04/2018£7kDisco Loco School Fetes Tour 2018
The National Lottery Community Fund01/02/2017£5kNew Futurism Learning Zone
The National Lottery Community Fund13/02/2014£9kFutureheads

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CREATIVE FUTURES (UK) LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NEW FUTURE COLLECTIVE LTD£479k——above—no doubt
CREATIVE FUTURES (UK) LIMITED FY2026£411k—0above—no doubt
CREATIVE FUTURE FY2025£186k—0within—no doubt
OUR FUTURE FY2025£618k——above—no doubt
Safe New Futures FY2025£348k—0unclear—no doubt
NEO COMMUNITY FY2025£869k—0unclear—noted

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