COUNT US IN

Registered charity 1195686 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FUTURE STEWARDS FOUNDATION (PREVIOUSLY LEADERS? QUEST FOUNDATION), Future Stewards Foundation, LEADERS' QUEST FOUNDATION

Count Us In has the following charitable Objects: 1. Advance education 2. Relieve poverty by supporting such charitable causes as the trustees may from time to time determine 3. Promote sustainable development through: The preservation, conservation and the protection of the environment and the prudent use of resources; The relief of poverty and the improvement of the conditions

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC: 2.1.1 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION; 2.1.2 TO RELIEVE POVERTY BY SUPPORTING SUCH CHARITABLE CAUSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE; AND 2.1.3 TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT BY: (A) THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF RESOURCES; (B) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES; (C) THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEANS “DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Received the assets of LEADERS' QUEST FOUNDATION (charity 1104192) — merger registered 20/07/2022.
Source: Charity Commission register of merged charities (OGL v3.0).
Latest income
£1.1m
Latest spending
£2.1m
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £1,064,820 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £1,920,391 to £855,571. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves fell to £189,243, which is below the stated policy target of £250,000. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future on a going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“The balance of these funds at 31 December 2025 was £189,243 (2024: £587,883) and there are ongoing financial resilience controls in place to provide assurance to the Trustees who are satisfied that the reserves level would cover windup costs. The Trustees aim to restore unrestricted to their target level of £250,000 over the coming few years.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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 31/12/2025

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£80,001–£90,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 2

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 28/02/2022 (received 29/01/2023, 32 days after the 28/12/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£1.1m
Total spending
£2.1m
Reserves (reported)
£189k
Employees
2

Reported reserves equal ~1.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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 (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Brazil · Mexico · Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£1.1m£2.1m
31/12/2024£2.7m£1.6m
31/12/2023£1.6m£1.7m
31/12/2022£1.8m£2.0m
28/02/2022£0£0

Common questions

Is COUNT US IN financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £1,064,820 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £1,920,391 to £855,571. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves fell to £189,243, which is below the stated policy target of £250,000. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future on a going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

Who funds COUNT US IN?

Funders whose own accounts filings name COUNT US IN as a grant recipient include THE SEGELMAN TRUST, LTPP, The A and J Charitable Trust.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE SEGELMAN TRUSTFY2022£107kGrants to institutions
LTPPFY2024£100k
The A and J Charitable TrustFY2022£10k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COUNT EVERYONE IN.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
COUNT US IN£1.1m——below—no doubt
COUNT EVERYONE IN FY2025£68k—0above—no doubt
THE TEN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£589k—0above—no doubt
SUSTAINABILITY DEVELOPMENT FY2025£63k—0below—no doubt
EQUITABLE CHARITY TRUST FY2024£367k—0unclear—no doubt
ONE CAUSE LIMITED FY2025£162k—0above—no doubt

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