ESP FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1187561 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Create pathways that improve life opportunities for young people by raising access to civil participation, education and sport.Signposting young people, parents and stakeholders to local services that provide tailored support to the development and wellbeing of young people in their communities and further afield.Delivering bespoke programmes as a result of local & national need.

Objects

TO ADVANCE IN LIFE, RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF ADVANCING THEM IN LIFE AND DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

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 · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£247k
Latest spending
£164k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £83,184.53 for the year, resulting in total net assets of £232,381.65. The trustees note that the reserves policy will be re-evaluated regularly as donation and expense patterns become more predictable, indicating an adaptive approach to financial management.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“ESP Foundation’s primary funding comes from partnership and grant funding, from corporations and fundraising efforts.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: sufficient cash reserves to cover future obligations (reserves figure: £232k)
“ESP Foundation aims to maintain sufficient cash reserves to cover future obligations. The reserves policy will be re-evaluated regularly as donation and expense patterns become more predictable.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 4 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 18
  • Government income: £27,000 — grants £27,000 (3); 11% of the £247,428 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 18
  • Government income: £26,780 — grants £26,780 (3); 23% of the £118,415 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 8

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

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
31/03/2025£247k£164k
31/03/2024£118k£128k
31/03/2023£21k£14k
31/03/2022£21k£11k
31/03/2021£3k£0

Common questions

Is ESP FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £83,184.53 for the year, resulting in total net assets of £232,381.65. The trustees note that the reserves policy will be re-evaluated regularly as donation and expense patterns become more predictable, indicating an adaptive approach to financial management.

Who funds ESP FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ESP FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include SWEATY BETTY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
SWEATY BETTY FOUNDATIONFY2025£63kGirls Allowed Flow Motion Project delivering a ‘School Sports Week’ activation bringing together girls aged 11-14 from local schools for a shared, inclusive and

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
KARIN BRASS MEMORIAL FUND1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PS FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ESP FOUNDATION£247k—0unclear—no doubt
PS FOUNDATION FY2025£560k—0unclear—no doubt
PRIME EDUCATION FOUNDATION FY2025£558k—0within—no doubt
MY FOUNDATION FY2025£430k—0unclear—no doubt
THE EMET FOUNDATION FY2025£140k—0unclear—no doubt
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION FY2025£639k—0unclear—no doubt

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