HIGHER POTENTIAL

Registered charity 1178146 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Higher potential exists to improve the life chances of under 25s in the UK through Education particularly in Music and Arts and personal development .We aim to target young people not in Education or employment and those at risk to gangs and youth crime through music workshops courses and mentoring programs

Objects

1) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF MUSIC AND ARTS OF PEOPLE [UNDER THE AGE OF 25 YEARS] IN UK IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING BY, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:A. PROVIDING THEIR EDUCATION (INCLUDING THE STUDY OF MUSIC OR OTHER ARTS), TO UNDERTAKE TRAVEL IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT EDUCATION OR TO PREPARE FOR ENTRY TO ANY OCCUPATION, TRADE OR PROFESSION ON LEAVING ANY EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT. B. AWARDING TO SUCH PERSONS SCHOLARSHIPS, MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES OR GRANTS TENABLE AT ANY UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OR INSTITUTION OF HIGHER OR FURTHER EDUCATION, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON MUSIC OR OTHER ARTS. C. AWARDING TO SUCH PERSONS ANY PROVISIONS OR EQUIPMENT THAT WILL FURTHER THEIR EDUCATION AND/OR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON MUSIC OR OTHER ARTS. 2. TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES, SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held zero unrestricted reserves against a policy target of three months of running costs. The charity reported a net deficit for the period, with total receipts of £53,216 falling short of total payments of £59,986.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• 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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• DUHANEY BURKEchair
• Alvin Burrell
• DENVER HAMILTON
• HOWARD BUCKLEY

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout London

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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