NO GOING BACK FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1205792 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

PROMOTING THE REHABILITATION OF PRISON LEAVERS, THOSE ON COMMUNITY SENTENCES OR THOSE AT RISK OF BEING IMPRISONED AND REDUCE RE-OFFENDING, IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION BY THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION AND SUPPORT, LIFE SKILLS, MENTORING AND ADVICE, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, OR TRAINING FOR EMPLOYMENT. OPERATING PREDOMINANTLY IN THE LONDON AREA.

Objects

OBJECTS 2.1 THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PROMOTE THE REHABILITATION OF PRISON LEAVERS, THOSE ON COMMUNITY SENTENCES OR THOSE AT RISK OF BEING IMPRISONED AND REDUCE RE-OFFENDING, IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION BY THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION AND SUPPORT, LIFE SKILLS, MENTORING AND ADVICE, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, OR TRAINING FOR EMPLOYMENT. 2.2 NOTHING IN THESE ARTICLES SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 OR SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

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

Causes: Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £10,835 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £381,355 against expenditure of £370,520. However, the balance sheet shows net liabilities of £28,221, driven by unrestricted funds of £(54,340) partially offset by restricted funds of £26,119. The trustees confirm the financial health remains stable and note a policy to build general reserves to ensure sufficient operating costs are freely available.

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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

• John Robertsonchair
• ANDREW EUGENE PAUL WATES · trustee of 2 other charities
• Barrie Patrick Torbett
• Jane Hindle · trustee of 2 other charities
• Judge Nicholas Richard Maybury Hilliard
• LADY TESSA BREWER
• Stephen Turner
• Viraj Patel

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• BOUNCE BACK FOUNDATION income £2.8m
• TURNING LIVES AROUND LTD income £8.4m
• GC FOUNDATION income £48k
• NORTH BRISTOL ADVICE CENTRE income £592k
• The Alongside Charity income £11.2m
• THE POLICE TREATMENT CENTRES income £7.9m

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