BEING THE CURE

Registered charity 1188077 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our mission is to cultivate the next generation of heroes in society through evidence-based character education that instills values such as kindness, honesty, and humility in every child. We do this through our heroism framework which helps to nurture the moral compass of children and young people, preventing them from making negative life choices that may lead to anti-social attitudes.

Objects

TO ADVANCE IN LIFE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH:(A) DEVELOPING AND DELIVERING CHARACTER EDUCATION ACTIVITIES AND STRATEGIES THAT CULTIVATE IMPORTANT CHARACTER QUALITIES IN CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETAL FLOURISHING; AND(B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS 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: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£28k
Latest spending
£25k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £2,447 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income increasing by 67% to £27,858. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a reserves policy targeting three months of operating costs and concluded there are no 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

Largest income source: Unrestricted Income (63% of income)
“The total income for the year 2024–25 was £27,858, of which 37% was restricted income and 63% was unrestricted income.” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (reserves figure: £18k)
“The minimum amount to be designated as Operating Reserve is established in an amount sufficient to maintain ongoing operations and programs for a minimum of three months.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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: 40

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

  • Volunteers: 20

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

  • Volunteers: 35

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

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£28k£25k
31/03/2024£17k£19k
31/03/2023£7k£4k
31/03/2022£16k£1k
31/03/2021£2k£1k

Common questions

Is BEING THE CURE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £2,447 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income increasing by 67% to £27,858. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a reserves policy targeting three months of operating costs and concluded there are no material uncertainties regarding its going concern status. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BEING THE CURE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BEING THE CURE as a grant recipient include CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUST, THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATION, ONE NEWHAM.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3k
THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATIONFY2024£2k
ONE NEWHAMFY2024£500Westfield Better Places 2030—Newham Community Fund

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund11/11/2025£9kSaturday School for Heroism
The National Lottery Community Fund04/03/2022£10kSaturday School for Heroism

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHARITY ENTREPRENEURSHIP.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BEING THE CURE£28k—0above—no doubt
CHARITY ENTREPRENEURSHIP FY2025£4.3m—0above—no doubt
NEW CURATORS FY2025£959k——unclear—no doubt
BECOME CHARITY FY2025£2.0m——unclear—no doubt
GUILD CARE FY2026£27.5m£141,532—above—no doubt
HUMAN VALUES FOUNDATION FY2026£72k—0above—no doubt

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