FRIENDS OF UPWARD BOUND UK

Registered charity 1202264 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We support projects that provide additional education and personal development opportunities for young people who are experiencing multiple challenges, and who have been identified as at risk of academic underachievement.

Objects

TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 25 LIVING IN ENGLAND AND WALES BY SUPPORTING THE 'UPWARD BOUND' AND OTHER SIMILAR PROGRAMMES WHICH PROVIDE ADVICE, ASSISTANCE AND EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF: 1. ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;2. ADVANCING EDUCATION;3. PROVIDING RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £23,445.38 for the year ended 31st March 2026, primarily funded by a grant from the William Allen Young Charitable Trust. Total income was £25,050.18 against total expenditure of £18,889.80. The charity's unrestricted funds increased from £6,526.01 to £29,971.39 over the period.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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
• 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

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• CELIA GREENWOOD Mschair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Abrar Fadol
• Darren Alexander
• Helen Smith
• Maxine Bunting-Thomas
• Sophie Imogen Cloutterbuck

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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