BIG LEAF FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1181180 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Big Leaf Foundation aims to provide a nurturing programme of activities, projects and events, that focus on combating social isolation for displaced young people in Surrey.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1) THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG DISPLACED YOUNG PEOPLE IN SURREY WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION BY PROVIDING:A) EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND VOCATIONAL AND SOCIAL SKILLS;B) OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIAL, RECREATIONAL, SPORTS, ARTS AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS INVOLVING THE WIDER COMMUNITY THAT BUILD CONFIDENCE AND SELF ESTEEM AND IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLAUSE DISPLACED YOUNG PEOPLE ARE DEFINED AS:• UNACCOMPANIED ASYLUM SEEKING CHILDREN (UASC) (UNDER 18) LIVING IN SURREY EITHER IN FOSTER CARE OR SUPPORTED HOUSING (E.G., YOUTH HOSTELS) INCLUDING THOSE WHO ARRIVED AS UASC BUT HAVE SINCE BEEN GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS.A UASC IS DEFINED BY THE GOVERNMENT AS “AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS UNDER 18, HAS ARRIVED IN THE UK WITHOUT A RESPONSIBLE ADULT, IS NOT BEING CARED FOR BY AN ADULT WHO BY LAW OR CUSTOM HAS RESPONSIBILITY TO DO SO, IS SEPARATED FROM BOTH PARENTS AND HAS APPLIED FOR ASYLUM IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IN HIS/HER OWN RIGHT."• DISPLACED YOUNG PEOPLE (UP TO 21 YEARS) IN THE UK UNDER THE VPRS (VULNERABLE PERSON RESETTLEMENT SCHEME).THE GOVERNMENT DEFINES ‘DISPLACED YOUNG PERSONS UNDER VPRS’ AS "AT RISK CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES FROM THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA RESETTLED TO THE UK BY THE GOVERNMENT."• UASC/REFUGEE CARE LEAVERS (18 – 25 YEARS) UNDER THE CARE OF SURREY SOCIAL SERVICE.‘A CARE LEAVER’ IS DEFINED AS “A YOUNG PERSON OVER THE AGE OF 16 WHO HAS BEEN IN CARE OF THE LOCAL AUTHORITY AND/OR HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE TRUST FOR AT LEAST 13 WEEKS SINCE THE AGE OF 14."2) THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY: (A) THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE AND RELIGION;(B) PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS; AND(C) CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Guildford, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £65,928 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £129,778 to £63,850. The trustees note that unrestricted reserves at year-end were approximately equivalent to one month of operating expenditure, which is below their stated policy target of three months. However, the trustees confirm that the cash position remains strong and express confidence in the financial picture for the coming year.

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What the accounts disclose

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Policies the charity declares

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• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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 fundraising profile: JustGiving — Big Leaf Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sally Heather Bagwellchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Caroline Sophia Kerenhappuch Parkes
• James Venables
• Nicholas Matthew Early
• Shazma Roshan

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

Operates in: Surrey

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• THE LITTLE ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION FOUNDATION income £131k
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• THE BIG YELLOW FOUNDATION income £521k
• BIGLIFE EUROPE income £83k
• BIG LIFE UK income £129k
• The Surrey Wellbeing Partnership income £7.4m

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