OUR FUTURE

Registered charity 1206886 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our Future unlocks the power and potential of communities to build a flourishing future. We work primarily with communities experiencing deprivation. We bring together local leaders and communities to create their own vision and support them to transform the home towns they love. We do this by connecting ideas and local energy, to resources and a national network.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£618k
Latest spending
£550k
Registered
2024
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with total funds of £278,720, having generated a net income of £67,554. The trustees note that unrestricted funds represent grant income secured for year 3 operations and that the three-month reserves policy threshold was met. The charity relies on proactive fundraising to maintain adequate runway for future costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of core operating costs in committed unrestricted funding (held: £270k)
“The trustees' policy is to ensure that the charity holds, at all times, at least three months of core operating costs in committed unrestricted funding” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Note 4
“Grimsby Town Football Club is co-owned by Jason Stockwood, former trustee of the charity. The football club provides complimentary room hire.” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Total income
£618k
Total spending
£550k
Reserves (reported)
£279k
Employees
4

Reported reserves equal ~6.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (95% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

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
30/09/2025£618k£550k
30/09/2024£667k£456k

Common questions

Is OUR FUTURE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with total funds of £278,720, having generated a net income of £67,554. The trustees note that unrestricted funds represent grant income secured for year 3 operations and that the three-month reserves policy threshold was met. The charity relies on proactive fundraising to maintain adequate runway for future costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds OUR FUTURE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name OUR FUTURE as a grant recipient include THE DULVERTON TRUST, THE SEGELMAN TRUST, THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE OGDEN TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE DULVERTON TRUSTFY2026£120kCore Costs
THE SEGELMAN TRUSTFY2024£100kunrestricted grant
THE SEGELMAN TRUSTFY2023£100kCore support
THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£55kChurch & Communities Programme
THE DULVERTON TRUSTFY2025£45kCore funding 23/24
THE OGDEN TRUSTFY2025£5kGrants to institutions
THE SEGELMAN TRUSTFY2022£2kGrants to institutions

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The Mercers' Company17/04/2024£41kGrant to Our Future