FUTURESTARS (WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA)

Registered charity 1177808 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FUTURESTARS

The charity provides sports coaching and physical education, and also improves facilities, at schools in West and Central Africa. The charity also runs a development centre, and creates opportunities for work experience, scholarships and apprenticeships for pupils when leaving school.

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Latest income
£169k
Latest spending
£170k
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £1,276 for the year, resulting in a slight decrease in unrestricted reserves from £91,681 to £90,405. The trustees confirm that these reserves are in line with their stated policy of holding six months of unrestricted expenditure (£84,911). The charity remains a going concern with sufficient funds to continue operations for the next 12 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months unrestricted expenditure (held: £90k)
“The Charity's reserves policy has been reduced to hold six months unrestricted expenditure as free reserves which would amount to £84,911” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

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

Operates in: Benin · Burkina Faso · Burundi · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Chad · Congo (Democratic Republic) · Ghana · Guinea · Guinea-bissau · Ivory Coast · Liberia

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£169k£170k
31/03/2024£122k£152k
31/03/2023£184k£177k
31/03/2022£166k£184k
31/03/2021£148k£119k

Common questions

Is FUTURESTARS (WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £1,276 for the year, resulting in a slight decrease in unrestricted reserves from £91,681 to £90,405. The trustees confirm that these reserves are in line with their stated policy of holding six months of unrestricted expenditure (£84,911). The charity remains a going concern with sufficient funds to continue operations for the next 12 months. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.