BUILD UP FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1163872 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RA, RISK AGENCY

Confident, skilled and resilient young people whose ambitions aren't limited by where they've grown up.Build Up Foundation puts young people in control of construction projects that make a lasting contribution to their local community. We give young people the opportunity to take decisions, influence their local area and see the real-life impact they can have.

Objects

TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE GREATER LONDON AREA BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF: (A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(B) ADVANCING EDUCATION;(C) RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT;(D) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Newham, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Build Up reported a deficit of £29,053 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £123,554. The trustees confirm the charity remains a going concern, noting that reserves are slightly below the stated policy target of four months' operational expenditure (£130,390).

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

What the accounts disclose

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
• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Neba Serechair
• LINNIE MCLARTY
• Melissa Haniff

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRADFORD YOUTHBUILD TRUST LTD.

• BRADFORD YOUTHBUILD TRUST LTD income £129k
• THE BUILD CHARITY income £115k
• THE YOUNG FOUNDATION income £4.0m
• YOUTHBUILD UK income £68k
• BOOST UP income £34k
• BUILD AFRICA income £540k

Side by side with its peers

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