FUTURE LIVING HERTFORD

Registered charity 1155145 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Future Living Hertford operates across Hertfordshire and surrounding areas. We provide therapeutic support for adults and children who have been harmed by domestic abuse and/or addiction, through group therapy and one-to-one counselling. We also provide domestic abuse training and healthy relationship training to schools and professionals, alongside subsidised, affordable counselling for all.

Objects

1) PRESERVE AND SAFEGUARD THE HEALTH OF ALL PERSONS WHO ARE, OR ARE IN DANGER OF BEING AFFECTED BY DOMESTIC ABUSE AND VIOLENCE INCLUDED BUT NOT LIMITED TO WHERE ADDITION IS A FACTOR. (2) RELIEVE POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS CAUSED TO ALL PERSONS AS A RESULT OF DOMESTIC ABUSE AND VIOLENCE AND/OR OTHER SUBSTANCES AND ADDICTIONS. (3) ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF PROFESSIONALS WORKING IN THE FIELD OF DOMESTIC ABUSE AND VIOLENCE. (4) ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN REGARDS TO THE DANGERS ARISING FROM THE HABITUAL OR OCCASIONAL USE OF DRUGS, INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND ISSUES RELATING TO ALL FORMS OF ADDICTION.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£281k
Latest spending
£262k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £19,148 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income rising to £281,120. Unrestricted reserves increased to £71,521, representing continued progress towards the trustees' target of holding between three and six months' operating costs. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources available to fund its activities for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months' operating costs (held: £72k)
“The trustees have set a target to hold reserves equivalent to a minimum of three months' and a maximum of six months' operating costs, in line with Charity Commission guidance.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Mrs S Harvey, a trustee, is also a trustee of the Hertfordshire Community Foundation who provided grants totalling £41,072 (2024 - £33,884) and returned £Nil (2024 - £1,994) of funding. Mrs S Harvey does not sit on any of the grant funding committees of the Herfordshire Community Foundation when applications are made by Future Living Hertford to the foundation.
“Mrs S Harvey, a trustee, is also a trustee of the Hertfordshire Community Foundation who provided grants totalling £41,072 (2024 - £33,884) and returned £Nil (2024 - £1,994) of funding. Mrs S Harvey does not sit on any of the grant funding committees of the Herfordshire Community Foundation when applications are made by Future Living Hertford to the foundation.” — page 27
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Future Living Hertford (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£281k£262k
31/12/2024£270k£239k
31/12/2023£178k£273k
31/12/2022£196k£227k
31/12/2021£254k£199k

Common questions

Is FUTURE LIVING HERTFORD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £19,148 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income rising to £281,120. Unrestricted reserves increased to £71,521, representing continued progress towards the trustees' target of holding between three and six months' operating costs. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources available to fund its activities for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds FUTURE LIVING HERTFORD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FUTURE LIVING HERTFORD as a grant recipient include LIFELINES INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR EDUCATION, THE ASHWORTH CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ARCHER TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
LIFELINES INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR EDUCATIONFY2023£10k
THE ASHWORTH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2026£5k
THE ARCHER TRUSTFY2023£3kCharitable activities
THE ARCHER TRUSTFY2024£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund06/02/2026£19kHolistic support for survivors of domestic abuse
Sport England15/01/2026£4kRise Strong
Postcode Lottery29/10/2024£25kUnrestricted Funding
Sport England14/08/2024£5kMichaels Box
The National Lottery Community Fund02/02/2024£20kLife Chances
The National Lottery Community Fund02/09/2022£10kBaking Heaven
Postcode Lottery27/08/2022£25kBakaery@43
UK government01/01/2019£10kTampon Tax Community Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund06/12/2018£9kMen Feel Too
The National Lottery Heritage Fund28/03/2017£9k"Suffragettes into the modern day"
The National Lottery Community Fund07/10/2015£7kForty~Three - Recovery Tea Rooms
The National Lottery Community Fund15/04/2014£9kTo supply furniture and I.T for Group Therapy