THE ONSIDE FOUNDATION
Registered charity 1157252 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
THE TRUSTEES OF THE ONSIDE FOUNDATION ARE CURRENTLY FOCUSED ON RAISING FUNDS AND AWARDING GRANTS TO FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF STATE OF THE ART YOUTH FACILITIES ACROSS THE UK AND OTHERWISE SUPPORTING THE WORK OF ONSIDE YOUTH ZONES (CHARITY NUMBER 1125893) AND INDIVIDUAL YOUTH ZONE PROJECTS IN THE ONSIDE NETWORK.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £1.95m for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by charitable expenditure exceeding income. However, the trustees confirm the charity remains a going concern with a strong balance sheet, holding total net assets of £7.40m, including £5.93m in investments and £1.47m in net current assets.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Jamie Masraff — CEO (source)
- Anabel Hoult — Chair of the Trustees Board (source)
- Bill Holroyd — Founder (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- St. James’s Place Charitable Foundation — “Catherine Ind is the Head of St. James’s Place (SJP) Charitable Foundation. The Foundation is a longstanding supporter of OnSide, having gen…” (source page)
- LEGO Group — “Filipe Gaspar, from the LEGO Group’s Social Impact & Partnerships Team shares their mission of enabling inclusive play for all, their partne…” (source page)
- ICG — “ICG is a global alternative asset manager, providing clients with wide‐ranging capital solutions and creating value for stakeholders, shareh…” (source page)
- Ajaz.org — “Nicola Brentnall works with Ajaz.org, a group of friends led by the philanthropist Ajaz Ahmed, working to help support organisations that pr…” (source page)
- Evergreen Group — “Stephen Critchlow is the CEO of Evergreen Group, a social impact investing company focussed on sustainability and health. Stephen has been a…” (source page)
- Radius — “Emma Quinn is the Chief People Officer at Radius, a mobility and connectivity company committed to supporting the local community. Emma shar…” (source page)
- NWF Group plc — “Chris Belsham, CEO of NWF Group plc, talks to us about why he’s proud to be supporting Crewe’s Youth Zone, The Dome, which is opening…” (source page)
- Bentley — “Sally Hepton, Director of Government Relations and Sustainable Luxury at Bentley, shares why she’s excited to be supporting The Dome, Crewe’…” (source page)
- AO — “Tiffiny Moulton is a Vehicle Claims Handler at AO and a founding member of the company’s internal charitable initiative, Shine. Based in Cre…” (source page)
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~3.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (97% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE ONSIDE FOUNDATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £1.95m for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by charitable expenditure exceeding income. However, the trustees confirm the charity remains a going concern with a strong balance sheet, holding total net assets of £7.40m, including £5.93m in investments and £1.47m in net current assets. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.
Who funds THE ONSIDE FOUNDATION?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE ONSIDE FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include ST. JAMES'S PLACE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE LIZ AND TERRY BRAMALL FOUNDATION, THE EDWARD & CATHERINE WRAY CHARITABLE TRUST, SHAREDIMPACT, THE ROSS WARBURTON CHARITABLE TRUST.
Shared trustees with funders
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Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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