NOW FOSTER: THE FUTURE LTD

Registered charity 1207932 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NOW FOSTER

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Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO PROMOTE THE CARE AND UPBRINGING OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN OR MAY BE FOSTERED OR PLACED IN CARE INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) SUPPORTING FOSTER CARERS; WORKING WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE FOSTERING SERVICE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN LOCAL AUTHORITY CARE.

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £62,142 from a surplus of £58,172 generated against income of £326,667. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £62,142 with no stated reserves policy target, and current liabilities of £166,950 are largely covered by deferred income of £165,000.

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 4 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 policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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)

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 13988407 · Financial health read from its filings

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.

• BADEN-POWELL, Edward James — director, appointed 30/04/2026on trustee list
• JACKSON, Mary — director, appointed 09/01/2024on trustee list
• UNWIN, Natasha Clare — director, appointed 09/01/2024on trustee list
• THEEDOM, Andrew John — director, appointed 09/05/2023on trustee list
• KILBY, Laurie — secretary, appointed 09/05/2023

Official officers record.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew John Theedomchair
• Edward James Baden-Powell · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mary Jackson
• Natasha Clare Unwin

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE FOSTER CARE CHARITY.

• THE FOSTER CARE CHARITY income £4.2m
• FUTURE-FIT FOUNDATION income £107k
• TRANSFORMING FUTURES - SUFFOLK income £58k
• THEIR FUTURE TODAY income £248k
• FUTURES FOR WOMEN income £118k
• THE FOSTERING NETWORK income £9.4m

Side by side with its peers

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