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.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07587692

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.

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

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
• 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

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).