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.

Objects

4 OBJECTSTHE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE RESTRICTED SPECIFICALLY TO THE FOLLOWING:4.1 THE PROMOTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF URBAN OR RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND/OR ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION (AND IN PARTICULAR IN THE QUEEN ELIZABETH OLYMPIC PARK AND SURROUNDING AREA) BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:4.1.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE;4.1.2 THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR THOSE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES; AND4.1.3 THE PROTECTION OR CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT.4.2 TO ADVANCE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE ARTS, CULTURE, HERITAGE OR SCIENCE. 4.3 TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY:4.3.1 THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF RESOURCES; AND4.3.2 THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION.4.4 TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE AREA SURROUNDING THE QUEEN ELIZABETH OLYMPIC PARK, BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.SOCIALLY EXCLUDED MEANS ?BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING A MEMBER OF A SOCIALLY OR ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITY?.4.5 TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY OF THE AREA SURROUNDING THE QUEEN ELIZABETH OLYMPIC PARK IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.4.6 TO PROMOTE ACCESS TO AND ENJOYMENT OF THE OPEN SPACE AT THE QUEEN ELIZABETH OLYMPIC PARK AND ITS USE FOR LEISURE SPORT RECREATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND THE WIDER PUBLIC.4.7 ANY OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES AS THE DIRECTORS MAY IN THEIR DISCRETION THINK FIT.IN THIS ARTICLE 4 SURROUNDING AREAS MEANS ?THE LONDON BOROUGHS OF HACKNEY NEWHAM TOWER HAMLETS AND WALTHAM FOREST AND THE SURROUNDING AREA? AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEANS ?DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS?.

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 · 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

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

Accounts audited by Lucraft Hodgson & Dawes LLP. Discloses 5 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2022 (received 30/03/2023, 58 days after the 31/01/2023 due date); year ending 31/03/2021 (received 01/02/2022, 1 day after the 31/01/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 09483822
• Trading subsidiary: FUTURELONDON ENTERPRISES LIMITED Companies House 09807606 · Financial health read from its filings

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Sarah Nelson — CEO (source)
• Sir David Bell — Co-Chair (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).

• City of London — “Our Partners Partnerships are key to our work in opening opportunities for people of East London We are proud of our network of fantastic p…” (source page)
• Headland — “Our Partners Partnerships are key to our work in opening opportunities for people of East London We are proud of our network of fantastic p…” (source page)
• Westfield Stratford City — “Our Partners Partnerships are key to our work in opening opportunities for people of East London We are proud of our network of fantastic p…” (source page)
• Mayor of London — “Our Partners Partnerships are key to our work in opening opportunities for people of East London We are proud of our network of fantastic p…” (source page)
• NHS Race & Health Observatory — “Our Partners Partnerships are key to our work in opening opportunities for people of East London We are proud of our network of fantastic p…” (source page)
• The Cherry Family Foundation — “Our Partners Partnerships are key to our work in opening opportunities for people of East London We are proud of our network of fantastic p…” (source page)
• BBC — “Our Partners Partnerships are key to our work in opening opportunities for people of East London We are proud of our network of fantastic p…” (source page)
• University of East London — “Our Partners Partnerships are key to our work in opening opportunities for people of East London We are proud of our network of fantastic p…” (source page)

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.

• WEST, Christopher Stephen — director, appointed 25/03/2026on trustee list
• BURR, Stephen David — director, appointed 25/03/2026on trustee list
• SOLMI, Ciara Maria — director, appointed 02/12/2024on trustee list
• MULLINS, Anne Marie — director, appointed 02/12/2024on trustee list
• NEGI, Vaibhav — director, appointed 11/11/2024on trustee list
• HUSSAIN, Abul — director, appointed 02/11/2024on trustee list
• GEE, Lauren Tamazin — director, appointed 02/11/2024on trustee list
• KHANOM, Umme — director, appointed 01/06/2023on trustee list
• BEAGLES, Sophie — director, appointed 27/11/2022on trustee list
• THOMSON, Charlotte — director, appointed 27/11/2022on trustee list
• ADEDIPE, Andrew — director, appointed 12/03/2020on trustee list
• JEFFREYS, Louise Felicity — director, appointed 12/03/2020on trustee list
• LYONS, Joseph Francis — director, appointed 12/03/2020on trustee list
• BELL, David Charles Maurice, Sir — director, appointed 05/07/2018on trustee list
• YOUNG, Lola, Baroness — director, appointed 05/07/2018on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~13.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 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 (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (03/05/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sir David Charles Maurice Bellchair
• Abul Khoyer Mohammed Iftekar Hussain
• Andrew Adedipe
• Anne Marie Mullins
• Baronness Lola Young
• Charlotte Thomson
• Christopher Stephen West
• Ciara Solmi
• JOSEPH FRANCIS LYONS
• LOUISE JEFFREYS
• Lauren Tamazin Gee
• Sophie Beagles
• Stephen David Burr · trustee of 2 other charities
• Umme Halima Khanom
• Vaibhav Negi

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

Operates in: Throughout London · United States

Income and spending

Common questions

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE MAYOR'S FUND FOR LONDON.

• THE MAYOR'S FUND FOR LONDON income £2.3m
• CENTRE FOR LONDON income £645k
• RESOURCE FOR LONDON income £419k
• THE LONDON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £9.3m
• THE FEDERATION OF LONDON YOUTH CLUBS income £7.8m
• CREATE LONDON income £609k

Side by side with its peers

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