BOXING FUTURES LTD
Registered charity 1162086 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Provision of support and mentoring through physical activity (specifically Boxercise) with young people at risk of offending or having been convicted.
Objects
TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, AGED BETWEEN 16 AND 25 WHO HAVE EITHER BEEN IN CUSTODY OR ARE AT RISK OF GOING INTO CUSTODY, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES, TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES SO THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.
The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.
Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts
Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total income increased to £566,964, driven by higher demand for Alternative Education Provision services and a 23% rise in voluntary income. Expenditure rose to £536,634, resulting in a net surplus of £30,330 for the year. The charity holds £188,291 in general reserves, which the trustees confirm is in line with their policy of holding no more than six months of budgeted annual expenditure.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Fundraising cost ratio: 15.5% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“We spent the 15.5% on fundraising, in line with our decision to invest in fundraising year-on-year so that the financial security of the charity is assured.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: not more than six months of budgeted annual expenditure (held: £188k)
“The Board of Trustees has set the charity’s Reserves Policy at holding not more than six months of budgeted annual expenditure.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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 handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
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.
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025
- Volunteers: 3
- Government income: £70,369 — contracts £44,702 (15), grants £25,667 (2); 12% of the £566,964 total gross income on the same return
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024
- Volunteers: 3
- Government income: £16,713 — contracts £16,713 (9); 4% of the £434,253 total gross income on the same return
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023
- Volunteers: 2
- Government income: £21,831 — contracts £18,831 (5), grants £3,000 (1); 3% of the £651,044 total gross income on the same return
Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — BOXING FUTURES (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).
- ANT-Fonden — “THANK YOU TO OUR AMAZING PARTNERS
Together we’re giving young people a better future.
ANT-Fonden” (source page)
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£83k
Reported reserves equal ~4.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (78% 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: 14.7% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).
- Alison Sian Reidchair
- ANDREW BURLEY
- Ashley Shaner
- Carl Eaton-York
- Edward Beecham
- GRAEME KIRKWOOD
- Iain George Crighton
- Klaudia Hajduk
- Madeleine Kate Maloney Gazzard
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is BOXING FUTURES LTD financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased to £566,964, driven by higher demand for Alternative Education Provision services and a 23% rise in voluntary income. Expenditure rose to £536,634, resulting in a net surplus of £30,330 for the year. The charity holds £188,291 in general reserves, which the trustees confirm is in line with their policy of holding no more than six months of budgeted annual expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds BOXING FUTURES LTD?
Funders whose own accounts filings name BOXING FUTURES LTD as a grant recipient include THE HARGREAVES FOUNDATION, HIGHWAY ONE TRUST, THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST, NEWBY TRUST LIMITED, THE JOHN THAW FOUNDATION.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.
Government & lottery funding
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