NEW MEANING FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1184616 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Construction of modular homes for ex homeless, mainly by use of labour from ex offenders, ex-homeless, special educational needs, social and emotional, mental health and other people from disadvantaged backgrounds, to include training in construction skills, with the objective of assisting them to find future employment.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£785k
Latest spending
£727k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £57,609 for the year ended 30 September 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £150,721. The trustees consider the financial position satisfactory and note that the charity continues to expand its construction team and secure new contracts. The organization operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed pension deficits or material uncertainties regarding its going concern status.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 6 months of unrestricted reserves (held: £151k)
“The trustees seek to hold 6 months of unrestricted reserves.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: John Evans, a trustee was remunerated in accordance with the articles of the charity. This was in respect of services supplied for both project management and working as the full time CEO of the charity.
“John Evans, a trustee was remunerated in accordance with the articles of the charity. This was in respect of services supplied for both project management and working as the full time CEO of the charity.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — New Meaning Foundation (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.

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Total income
£785k
Total spending
£727k
Reserves (reported)
£151k
Employees
17

Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£785k£727k
30/09/2024£510k£476k
30/09/2023£587k£553k
30/09/2022£415k£472k
30/09/2021£460k£371k

Common questions

Is NEW MEANING FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £57,609 for the year ended 30 September 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £150,721. The trustees consider the financial position satisfactory and note that the charity continues to expand its construction team and secure new contracts. The organization operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed pension deficits or material uncertainties regarding its going concern status. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds NEW MEANING FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NEW MEANING FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include HOPESTEAD, THE JOHN APTHORP CHARITY, THE SIMON GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUST, THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
HOPESTEADFY2024£10k
THE JOHN APTHORP CHARITYFY2023£4kTowards construction tools
THE SIMON GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3k
THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUSTFY2024£1kRound One - Projects for improving employment prospects for people with disabilities

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRUST FOR YOUTH.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NEW MEANING FOUNDATION£785k—0unclear—no doubt
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRUST FOR YOUTH FY2024£1.9m£80,001 - £90,0001below—no doubt
COMMUNITIES AND HOUSING INVESTMENT IN PEOPLE FY2024£207k—0within—no doubt
Salford City FC Foundation FY2025£1.7m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
TRINITY HOMELESS PROJECTS FY2025£5.9m£70,001 - £80,0002unclear—no doubt
B&Q Foundation FY2026£2.8m—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.