READY GENERATIONS

Registered charity 1186999 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are a charity working nationally to support, deliver, research and evaluate intergenerational activity and services.

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

Latest income
£508k
Latest spending
£446k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £62,108 for the year ended 1 April 2025, with unrestricted funds increasing to £101,440. The Trustees consider the charity to be financially stable and adequately resourced to continue its activities, noting that cash balances rose to £91,128. The charity aims to create unrestricted reserves equivalent to six months of expenditure and has made steady progress towards this target.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Charitable activities
“Income from charitable activities increased to £498,149 (2024: £354,045), including nursery fee income of £331,857 and restricted grant funding of £160,131” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: six months expenditure (held: £101k)
“The Charity’s aim is to create unrestricted reserves equivalent to six months expenditure.” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 01/04/2025)

Total income
£508k
Total spending
£446k
Reserves (reported)
£80k
Employees
13

Reported reserves equal ~2.2 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 (98% 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 And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
01/04/2025£508k£446k
01/04/2024£357k£309k
01/04/2023£100k£109k
01/04/2022£10k£272
01/04/2021£3k£725

Common questions

Is READY GENERATIONS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £62,108 for the year ended 1 April 2025, with unrestricted funds increasing to £101,440. The Trustees consider the charity to be financially stable and adequately resourced to continue its activities, noting that cash balances rose to £91,128. The charity aims to create unrestricted reserves equivalent to six months of expenditure and has made steady progress towards this target. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds READY GENERATIONS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name READY GENERATIONS as a grant recipient include CURIOUS MINDS, SIR HARRY PILKINGTON FUND.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CURIOUS MINDSFY2024£25kEllesmere Port Hyperlocal Development PI
SIR HARRY PILKINGTON FUNDFY2022£7k
CURIOUS MINDSFY2023£650Creative Curriculum

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 GLOBAL GENERATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
READY GENERATIONS£508k—0unclear—no doubt
GLOBAL GENERATION FY2025£1.9m—0unclear—no doubt
GENERATION: YOU EMPLOYED, UK FY2024£5.0m£150,001 - £160,000—unclear—no doubt
Money Ready FY2025£3.3m——unclear—no doubt
GENERATE FY2025£104k—0within—no doubt
THE GENERATIONS FOUNDATION FY2025£138k—0unclear—no doubt

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