FRESH START FUTURE ENTERPRISES LIMITED

Registered charity 1191533 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Fresh Start are a 'Lived Experience' Mentoring & Advocacy service that specifically support individuals who have been through the criminal justice system, we work with prisoners on release from custody, who are in open prisons and people who have been given community orders. We offer support to individuals in Norfolk and Suffolk

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Latest income
£216k
Latest spending
£222k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total income was £216,078.00 while total expenditure was £222,881.00, resulting in a net deficit for the year. The trustees note that demand for services far outstripped resources due to the cost-of-living crisis. Reserves are held at a level equivalent to one month's operational costs, a reduction from the previous three-month target.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“The majority of this funding came from the National Lottery – Community Fund”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: 1 month’s operational costs
“The trustees established a reserves policy of 1 month’s operational costs” — page 2
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Fresh Start Future Enterprises (matched by registered charity number).

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
30/09/2024£216k£222k
30/09/2023£135k£151k
30/09/2022£115k£66k
30/09/2021£29k£48k

Common questions

Is FRESH START FUTURE ENTERPRISES LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total income was £216,078.00 while total expenditure was £222,881.00, resulting in a net deficit for the year. The trustees note that demand for services far outstripped resources due to the cost-of-living crisis. Reserves are held at a level equivalent to one month's operational costs, a reduction from the previous three-month target.

Who funds FRESH START FUTURE ENTERPRISES LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FRESH START FUTURE ENTERPRISES LIMITED as a grant recipient include NORFOLK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, HOPESTEAD, The Ashley Family Foundation.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
NORFOLK COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2024£20kTo support 200 individuals with supermarket gift cards and purchasing a fuel top up for gas and electric bills on behalf of the individuals.
HOPESTEADFY2024£10k
The Ashley Family FoundationFY2024£9k
The Ashley Family FoundationFY2025£500

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery29/07/2024£16kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund15/03/2024£18kFresh Start Future Enterprises
The National Lottery Community Fund25/08/2022£300kFresh Start Future Enterprises

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 FRESH FUTURES (NCC).

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FRESH START FUTURE ENTERPRISES LIMITED£216k—0unclear—no doubt
FRESH FUTURES (NCC) FY2025£3.4m——unclear—no doubt
HOME-START NORTH AND WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE FY2025£270k—0unclear—no doubt
NEWSTARTS FY2025£617k—0below—no doubt
HOME-START STROUD AND GLOUCESTER FY2025£434k—0above—no doubt
THE FRESH VISIONS PEOPLE LIMITED FY2025£551k—0unclear—no doubt

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