Building Better Futures International — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Trust
Registered: 25 November 2008
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 October 2024 – 30 September 2025
Latest income: £48,842
Latest expenditure: £56,548
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: 46 Southfields Road, London, SW18 1QJ

Website recorded by the regulator: www.bbf-intl.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Building Better Futures International fosters the talents and skills of women and girls in Tamil Nadu, India, so they can lift themselves out of poverty permanently and is an enabler of self-help for families and communities to build their own futures. Every pound we raise goes directly on the Indian projects: all UK costs are met by Trustees and volunteers.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 30 July 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 1 June 2026
Date Accounts Received: 1 June 2026
Total Gross Income: £48,842
Total Gross Expenditure: £56,548

Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 30 July 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 28 May 2025
Date Accounts Received: 28 May 2025
Total Gross Income: £65,387
Total Gross Expenditure: £59,028

Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 30 July 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 11 June 2024
Date Accounts Received: 11 June 2024
Total Gross Income: £64,226
Total Gross Expenditure: £63,606

Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 30 July 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 15 March 2023
Date Accounts Received: 17 March 2023
Total Gross Income: £45,628
Total Gross Expenditure: £48,922

Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 30 July 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 13 July 2022
Date Accounts Received: 13 July 2022
Total Gross Income: £78,172
Total Gross Expenditure: £86,114

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2025
Ar Due Date: 30 July 2026
Ar Received Date: 1 June 2026
Total Gross Income: £48,842
Total Gross Expenditure: £56,548
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 3

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2024
Ar Due Date: 30 July 2025
Ar Received Date: 28 May 2025
Total Gross Income: £65,387
Total Gross Expenditure: £59,028
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 1

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2023
Ar Due Date: 30 July 2024
Ar Received Date: 11 June 2024
Total Gross Income: £64,226
Total Gross Expenditure: £63,606
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 2

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2022
Ar Due Date: 30 July 2023
Ar Received Date: 15 March 2023
Total Gross Income: £45,628
Total Gross Expenditure: £48,922
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 3

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2021
Ar Due Date: 30 July 2022
Ar Received Date: 13 July 2022
Total Gross Income: £78,172
Total Gross Expenditure: £86,114
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: India
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Asia
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 106
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Overseas Aid/famine Relief

Classification Code: 302
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Organisations

Classification Code: 113
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Economic/community Development/employment

Classification Code: 105
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 206
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Defined Groups

Classification Code: 103
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: Building Better Futures International
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2008-11-25T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: TRUST DEED MADE 17 NOVEMBER 2008 as amended on 27 Jul 2020
Charitable Objects: THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY, OF NEGLECTED POOR PEOPLE LIVING, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, IN THE STATE OF TAMIL NADU, SOUTH INDIA, AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DECIDE, PRIMARILY BY PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES AND BY AIDING SMALL BUSINESSES AND OTHER ACTIVITIES TO CREATE SUSTAINABLE INCOMES.2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR PERSONS LIVING IN THE STATE OF TAMIL NADU, SOUTH INDIA, AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DECIDE.3 THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS, THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, OF PERSONS LIVING IN THE STATE OF TAMIL NADU, SOUTH INDIA, AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DECIDE.
Area Of Benefit: TAMIL NADU, SOUTH INDIA

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 383774
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: FRIENDS OF THE POOR IN SOUTH INDIA

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures