01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Overdue
- Charity type
- CIO
- Registered
- 16 September 2019
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 January 2024 – 31 December 2024
- Latest income
- £967,713
- Latest expenditure
- £976,918
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- Yes
Public contact address: 1st Floor, 78 Coombe Road, New Malden, KT3 4QS
Website recorded by the regulator: www.koreafuture.org (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
We investigate human rights violations in North Korea to support accountability for perpetrators and accelerate justice for victims.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 31 October 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 31 October 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £967,713
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £976,918
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 30 October 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 30 October 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £770,286
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £797,153
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 6 April 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 6 April 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £561,540
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £533,102
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 4 May 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 4 May 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £506,627
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £480,101
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 31 October 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £967,713
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £976,918
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- 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
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 30 October 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £770,286
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £797,153
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- 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
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 6 April 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £561,540
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £533,102
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- Yes
- Charity Agreement Professional Fundraiser
- Yes
- Charity Commercial Participator
- 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
- 1
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 4 May 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £506,627
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £480,101
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- Yes
- Charity Agreement Professional Fundraiser
- Yes
- Charity Commercial Participator
- 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
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR20
- Fin Period Start Date
- 16 September 2019
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2020
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2021
- Ar Received Date
- 14 April 2021
- Total Gross Income
- £261,412
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £221,959
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- Yes
- Charity Agreement Professional Fundraiser
- Yes
- Charity Commercial Participator
- 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
- 8
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 31 October 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 944905
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 0
- Income Other
- 22808
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 967713
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £10,262
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £966,656
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 976918
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 88161
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 0
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 3952
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £51,877
- Assets Total Fixed
- 9478
- Assets Own Use
- 9478
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £86,579
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £37,713
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £58,344
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 37713
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £35,426
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 51877
- Funds Restricted
- 6467
- Funds Total
- 58344
- Count Employees
- 12
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 30 October 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 750190
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 0
- Income Other
- 20096
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 770286
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £16,197
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £780,956
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 797153
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 24902
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 0
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 5495
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £23,247
- Assets Total Fixed
- 12331
- Assets Own Use
- 12331
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £75,836
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £20,617
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £67,550
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 20617
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £20,417
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 24488
- Funds Restricted
- 43062
- Funds Total
- 67550
- Count Employees
- 12
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 6 April 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 3548
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 537130
- Income Investments
- 0
- Income Other
- 20862
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 561540
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £4,215
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £528,887
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 533102
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 12636
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 0
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 3157
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £11,453
- Assets Total Fixed
- 10004
- Assets Own Use
- 10004
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £90,104
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £5,691
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £94,417
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 5691
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £33,579
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 11453
- Funds Restricted
- 82964
- Funds Total
- 94417
- Count Employees
- 9
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 4 May 2022
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 486619
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 0
- Income Other
- 20008
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 506627
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £10,000
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £470,101
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 480101
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 6047
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 6047
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 3695
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- -904
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £454
- Assets Total Fixed
- 8412
- Assets Own Use
- 8412
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £81,509
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £23,942
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £65,979
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 23942
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £20,941
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 445
- Funds Restricted
- 65534
- Funds Total
- 65979
- Count Employees
- 3
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- South Korea
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Asia
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 204
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
- Classification Code
- 115
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Classification Code
- 308
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- KOREA FUTURE INITIATIVE CIO
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- CIO registration
- Date Of Event
- 2019-09-16T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 16 Sep 2019 as amended on 13 Oct 2021
- Charitable Objects
- 1) TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) IN NORTH KOREA BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:A) MONITORING ABUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS;B) OBTAINING REDRESS FOR THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE;C) RELIEVING NEED AMONG THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE;D) RESEARCH INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES;E) PROVIDING TECHNICAL ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AND OTHERS ON HUMAN RIGHTS MATTERS;F) RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES;G) INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY OF HUMAN RIGHTS; ANDH) ELIMINATING INFRINGEMENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS.IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT OBJECT BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWERTO ENGAGE IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY PROVIDED THAT THE TRUSTEES ARE SATISFIED THAT THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES WILL FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY TO AN EXTENT JUSTIFIED BY THE RESOURCES COMMITTED AND THE ACTIVITY IS NOT THE DOMINANT MEANS BY WHICH THE CHARITY CARRIES OUT ITS OBJECTS.2) THE RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE OF NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES IN CHINA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA THROUGH THE RAISING AND PROVISION OF FUNDS TO PROVIDE SAFE PASSAGE TO THIRD-COUNTRIES.
10 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 645039
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- Korea Future
- Charity Name Id
- 602270
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- KOREA FUTURE INITIATIVE
11 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investment
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests