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Foundation For Future London

Registered charity 1160948 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FOUNDATION FOR FUTURELONDON

Foundation for FutureLondon is an independent charity established by the Mayor of London and the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC). Its remit and commitment is to ensure that local communities and the broader public benefit in full from the social and economic value and continue to shape the East Bank's art and culture quarter in the heart of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.5m
Latest spending
£1.3m
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,219,087, which the trustees consider considerably more than their target of 12 months of expenditure. Although the charity reported a net incoming resource of £168,621, the trustees note that expenditure currently exceeds income as a deliberate strategy to invest in fundraising growth, with reserves expected to decrease over the next two years.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £80,001 - £90,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)
“£80,001 - £90,000 1 1” — page 39
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: Donations and legacies (85% of income)
“Donations and legacies 3 - 1,234,737 1,234,737 2,293,462” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: not less than 12 months of expenditure over the short term (held: £1.2m)
“The current policy is for the charity to hold a target range of reserves of not less than 12 months of expenditure over the short term.” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Lucraft Hodgson & Dawes LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

FUTURELONDON ENTERPRISES LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Foundation for FutureLondon. Related party transactions and balances with the parent charity are not disclosed in these individual accounts because the results are included in the parent's consolidated financial statements.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Foundation for Future London (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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).

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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£1.5m
Total spending
£1.3m
Cost of raising funds
£151k
Reserves (reported)
£1.5m
Employees
7

Reported reserves equal ~13.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (85% 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: 10.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London · United States

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.5m£1.3m
31/03/2024£2.6m£2.6m
31/03/2023£2.8m£3.3m
31/03/2022£2.7m£2.8m
31/03/2021£812k£1.5m

Common questions

Is Foundation For Future London financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,219,087, which the trustees consider considerably more than their target of 12 months of expenditure. Although the charity reported a net incoming resource of £168,621, the trustees note that expenditure currently exceeds income as a deliberate strategy to invest in fundraising growth, with reserves expected to decrease over the next two years. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Lucraft Hodgson & Dawes LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of Foundation For Future London earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £80,001 - £90,000 band.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
BRIDGE HOUSE ESTATES1£1.0m
TRUST FOR LONDON1£800k
THE BERKELEY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£743k
THE CHILDHOOD TRUST1£285k
THE CRUCIBLE FOUNDATION1£160k
THE ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION1£100k
JACK PETCHEY FOUNDATION1£90k
The Portal Trust1£62k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FIT 4 FUTURE FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Foundation For Future London£1.5m£80,001 - £90,000—above—no doubt
FIT 4 FUTURE FOUNDATION FY2025£105k—0unclear—no doubt
EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2025£2.9m——above—no doubt
Every Future Foundation FY2025£173k—0unclear—no doubt
THE LONDON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2025£9.3m——within—no doubt
THE MAYOR'S FUND FOR LONDON FY2024£2.9m——unclear—no doubt

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