FUTURE FRONTIERS
Registered charity 1162470 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Future Frontiers is an education charity working towards a day when every child is inspired to fulfil their potential atschool & beyond. Our award-winning programme combines face-to-face coaching with access to professional role models. The programme has been designed to increase motivation at school through developing aspirations & providing a personal context and relevance to daily education.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £84,042 for the year ended 30 June 2025, resulting in a reduction of total funds to £167,861. The trustees acknowledge that the general funds balance of £89,981 is below the stated reserves policy target of £336,000 to £672,000, though unrestricted reserves excluding long-term loan liabilities are reported as £152,139. The charity has secured a social investment loan and expects to make a surplus going forward to rebuild reserves.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Charitable activities (55% of income)
“£763,348 (54.5%) was earned through charitable activities” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £90k)
“We recognise that the general funds balance does not currently meet our reserves policy.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Godfrey Wilson Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Future Frontiers (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Rachel Kingston — Chief Executive Officer (source)
- Frances Soul — Chair of Trustees (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.
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.
- COSGROVE, Ian Francis — director, appointed 04/12/2024on trustee list
- DANINO-LEWIS, Lisa — director, appointed 05/09/2024on trustee list
- FRY, Henna Maria, Ms. — director, appointed 29/05/2024on trustee list
- PHILLIPS, Gary Ashley — director, appointed 17/07/2023on trustee list
- CHEUNG, Celeste — director, appointed 12/08/2022on trustee list
- BURGESS, Heather — director, appointed 28/06/2021on trustee list
- SOUL, Frances Joan — director, appointed 09/11/2020on trustee list
- HARE, Sebastian — director, appointed 23/12/2013on trustee list
- DEMPSEY, Patrick William — director, appointed 23/12/2013on trustee list
Official officers record.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£164k
Reported reserves equal ~0.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (55% 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: 11.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Frances Soulchair · trustee of 1 other charity
- Celeste Cheung
- Gary Phillips
- Heather Burgess
- Henna Fry
- Ian Cosgrove
- Lisa Danino-Lewis
- SEBASTIAN HARE
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout London
Income and spending
Common questions
Is FUTURE FRONTIERS financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £84,042 for the year ended 30 June 2025, resulting in a reduction of total funds to £167,861. The trustees acknowledge that the general funds balance of £89,981 is below the stated reserves policy target of £336,000 to £672,000, though unrestricted reserves excluding long-term loan liabilities are reported as £152,139. The charity has secured a social investment loan and expects to make a surplus going forward to rebuild reserves. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Godfrey Wilson Limited.
Who funds FUTURE FRONTIERS?
Funders whose own accounts filings name FUTURE FRONTIERS as a grant recipient include THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION, THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION, THE WILLIAM WATES MEMORIAL TRUST, KUSUMA TRUST UK, WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT UK FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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