FUTUREWORKS NY

Registered charity 1203922 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We offer a variety of programmes and projects that cater to different age groups and needs, all with the aim of increasing wellbeing, opportunities and fulfilling potential. From functional skills maths and English, furniture restoration to art sessions and one to one support we help develop people's confidence, skills and achievements with support and guidance at every step of the way.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('OBJECTS') ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:A. THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT BY PROVIDING TRAINING AND COURSES IN EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS SUCH AS TIME KEEPING, FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS, CV BUILDING, TEAM WORKING, COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND INTERVIEW TECHNIQUES.B. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE OR PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT IN EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, OR TRAINING (NEET) IN NORTH YORKSHIRE BY PROVIDING MENTORING AND COURSES IN LIFE AND FUNCTIONAL SKILLS AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING TO IMPROVE THEIR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.

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 · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £183,940, with unrestricted reserves at £63,698. The trustees report that reserves are currently over three months of expenditure, meeting their stated policy target. However, the charity incurred a net expenditure of £316,363 against income of £323,172, with unrestricted funds showing a deficit for the year.

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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07568473

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Futureworks NY (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• WATSON, Harriet — director, appointed 24/07/2025on trustee list
• BARWICK, Richard — director, appointed 13/02/2025on trustee list
• YOUNG, Faith — director, appointed 15/11/2021on trustee list
• SHEARS, Ian — director, appointed 15/05/2021on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ian Shearschair
• Faith Young
• Harriet Watson
• Richard Barwick

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FUTURE SKILLS TRAINING.

• FUTURE SKILLS TRAINING income £234k
• FUTURE FOR ALL income £140k
• FUTURE income £268k
• CHARITYWORKS income £443k
• THE OPENWORK FOUNDATION income £1.2m
• FUTURES FOR WOMEN income £118k

Side by side with its peers

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