BELEVE UK

Registered charity 1176525 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BELEVE

BelEve is afemale-led charity with the mission ofempowering girls and young women to become the next generation of leaders.The objects of the Charity are to advance in life and relieve needs of girls and young women by providing support and activities which develop their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as mature and responsible individuals.

Objects

THE COMPANY'S OBJECTS ARE TO ACT AS A MENTORING PROGRAMME OFFERING POSITIVE SUPPORT TO GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN TO IMPROVE THEIR SELF WORTH, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT;REGARDLESS OF BACKGROUND.

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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £57,656 for the year ended 30 April 2025, resulting in total net assets of £141,090. The trustees' reserves policy targets holding unrestricted funds covering up to 3 months of unrestricted operating costs, and the charity held unrestricted reserves of £78,670, which the trustees confirm is equivalent to 3.5 months of costs. The charity is subject to independent examination rather than audit, with no material uncertainties or governance failures disclosed.

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
• 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.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07587692 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — BelEve (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• ANYAEGBUNA, Elizabeth — director, appointed 01/05/2025on trustee list
• GUVEN TOKTAMIS, Isik — director, appointed 01/05/2025not on trustee list
• KEEGAN, Shannon — director, appointed 01/05/2025on trustee list
• SITAL-SINGH, Darren Joel — director, appointed 01/05/2025on trustee list
• VALADON, Olga — director, appointed 01/05/2025on trustee list
• HAUGHTON- PETERS, Shalena — director, appointed 05/04/2022not on trustee list
• TEJANI, Ramat Ahamed — director, appointed 05/04/2022on trustee list
• TOLMIE, Jennifer Lynne — director, appointed 03/10/2019on trustee list
• POWELL, Marsha — director, appointed 01/04/2011not on trustee list
• POWELL, Chyloe — director, appointed 01/04/2011not on trustee list

Official officers record.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (88% 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: 3.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Elizabeth Anyaegbunachair
• Darren Sital-Singh
• Isik Guven Toktamis
• James Richard cooke
• Jennifer Tolmie
• Olga Valadon
• Ramat Tejani
• Shalena Haughton-Peters
• Shannon Keegan

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ALEVI CULTURAL CENTRE AND CEMEVI OF ENGLAND.

• ALEVI CULTURAL CENTRE AND CEMEVI OF ENGLAND income £421k
• BRITISH ALEVI FEDERATION income £361k
• BEE-LIEVE FOUNDATION income £92k
• THE GIRLS' BRIGADE ENGLAND AND WALES income £606k
• NEVE JEWELS FOUNDATION income £262k
• MEDEWELL INTERNATIONAL income £253k

Side by side with its peers

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