FOUNDATION FOR CHANGE

Registered charity 1156575 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Foundation for Change works with people affected by substance misuse. A main aim of the organisation is supporting our service-users to integrate and engage in society from a fresh perspective, achieved through education. We aim for individuals to feel more informed, less helpless, and better empowered in their lives as opposed to being dependent on intervention from treatment services.

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

Latest income

£243k

Latest spending

£234k

Registered

2014

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity secured £242,842 of funding against an expenditure of £286,828, resulting in a net expenditure for the year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £101,230 remain above the policy target of two months' expenditure, indicating the charity is meeting its reserves policy despite the deficit.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: two months’ expenditure (held: £101k)

“The policy requires that unrestricted reserves are set as being two months’ expenditure (rather than a fixed amount), based on costs relating to the previous two months at any given time.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Caroline East
Caroline Simmons
Clifford Atkins
Drew Olujimi Gladwell
Lucie Russell
Matt Clack

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£243k	£234k
31/03/2024	£287k	£284k
31/03/2023	£160k	£261k
31/03/2022	£219k	£174k
31/03/2021	£246k	£173k

Common questions

Is FOUNDATION FOR CHANGE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity secured £242,842 of funding against an expenditure of £286,828, resulting in a net expenditure for the year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £101,230 remain above the policy target of two months' expenditure, indicating the charity is meeting its reserves policy despite the deficit. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds FOUNDATION FOR CHANGE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FOUNDATION FOR CHANGE as a grant recipient include BERNARD LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST, MARTIN GEDDES CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
BERNARD LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£120k	Educational funding
BERNARD LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£50k	Educational funding
BERNARD LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£18k	Educational funding
MARTIN GEDDES CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	—

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	10/10/2025	£17k	New Website
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/05/2021	£4k	Foundation for Change Premises Refurb
UK government	11/08/2020	£69k	Coronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/02/2020	£14k	Foundation for Change Development Grant
The National Lottery Community Fund	05/10/2018	£10k	Clothing for Change
The National Lottery Community Fund	16/11/2016	£9k	Feminism for Change