FOUNDATION FUTURES CIO

Registered charity 1188809 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Foundation Futures CIO is a specialist teaching and youth service operating in the NE of England. We support young people to find out what they can do instead of what they can't. We support their families and the wider community to improve the lives of young people.

Objects

TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE NEEDS OF VULNERABLE YOUNG PEOPLE AFFECTED BY ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE WHO HAVE A DISABILITY, MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE OR A BEHAVIOURAL DIFFICULTY IN TYNE AND WEAR OR NORTHUMBERLAND WHO ARE NOT IN EMPLOYMENT ARE PERMANENTLY EXCLUDED FROM MAINSTREAM EDUCATION OR A PUPIL REFERRAL UNIT OR AT RISK OF THROUGH:A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;C) ADVANCING EDUCATION.TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE 'SOCIALLY EXCLUDED' MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING A MEMBER OF A SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITY.

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 · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £39,790 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted and restricted funds carried forward amounting to £120,170. The trustees' report identifies the main financial risk as the potential loss of ongoing grant funding, noting that the charity holds reserves equivalent to 4 to 6 months of operational costs. Per the independent examiner's report, no matters were identified that would prevent the accounts from being understood or indicate non-compliance with accounting standards.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• PHILIP DAVISON MRchair
• Andrew Hall
• Craig Bankhead · trustee of 2 other charities
• ELEANOR ROBERTS
• Karen Williamson
• Lee Kevin Smith
• SUSAN DAVISON MRS
• Tracy Dobson
• Xander Brouwer

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

Operates in: Durham · Gateshead · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · Northumberland · Stockton-on-tees · Sunderland

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• CC FOUNDATION income £187k
• COLLECTIVE FUTURES (CIO) income £1.7m
• FUTURES FOR KIDS income £308k
• AJ BELL FUTURES FOUNDATION income £570k
• JCD FOUNDATION income £2.1m
• FEATHERS FUTURES CIO income £219k

Side by side with its peers

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