BIG LEAF FOUNDATION — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: CIO
Registered: 14 December 2018
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026
Latest income: £269,360
Latest expenditure: £335,288
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: Yes

Public contact address: PO BOX 1655, GUILDFORD, GU1 9JS

Website recorded by the regulator: www.bigleaffoundation.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Big Leaf Foundation aims to provide a nurturing programme of activities, projects and events, that focus on combating social isolation for displaced young people in Surrey.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2026
Ar Cycle Reference: AR26
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2027
Date Annual Return Received: 8 September 2026
Date Accounts Received: 8 September 2026
Total Gross Income: £269,360
Total Gross Expenditure: £335,288

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 20 January 2026
Date Accounts Received: 20 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £336,626
Total Gross Expenditure: £295,425

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 29 December 2024
Date Accounts Received: 29 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £324,819
Total Gross Expenditure: £289,112

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 13 January 2024
Date Accounts Received: 13 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £226,256
Total Gross Expenditure: £208,024

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 10 January 2023
Date Accounts Received: 10 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £255,640
Total Gross Expenditure: £191,897

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR26
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2026
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2027
Ar Received Date: 8 September 2026
Total Gross Income: £269,360
Total Gross Expenditure: £335,288
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Grants: £2
Income From Government Grants: £10,200
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
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: 13

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 20 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £336,626
Total Gross Expenditure: £295,425
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £2
Income From Government Grants: £7,174
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 30

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 29 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £324,819
Total Gross Expenditure: £289,112
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £3
Income From Government Grants: £29,172
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 31

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 13 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £226,256
Total Gross Expenditure: £208,024
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 25

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 10 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £255,640
Total Gross Expenditure: £191,897
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 3
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Income From Government Contracts: 11610
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 23

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Surrey
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

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

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 104
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Disability

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

Classification Code: 115
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: BIG LEAF FOUNDATION
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: CIO registration
Date Of Event: 2018-12-14T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 14 Dec 2018 as amended on 20 Dec 2024 as amended on 23 Apr 2026
Charitable Objects: THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1) THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG DISPLACED YOUNG PEOPLE IN SURREY WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION BY PROVIDING:A) EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND VOCATIONAL AND SOCIAL SKILLS;B) OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIAL, RECREATIONAL, SPORTS, ARTS AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS INVOLVING THE WIDER COMMUNITY THAT BUILD CONFIDENCE AND SELF ESTEEM AND IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLAUSE DISPLACED YOUNG PEOPLE ARE DEFINED AS:• UNACCOMPANIED ASYLUM SEEKING CHILDREN (UASC) (UNDER 18) LIVING IN SURREY EITHER IN FOSTER CARE OR SUPPORTED HOUSING (E.G., YOUTH HOSTELS) INCLUDING THOSE WHO ARRIVED AS UASC BUT HAVE SINCE BEEN GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS.A UASC IS DEFINED BY THE GOVERNMENT AS “AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS UNDER 18, HAS ARRIVED IN THE UK WITHOUT A RESPONSIBLE ADULT, IS NOT BEING CARED FOR BY AN ADULT WHO BY LAW OR CUSTOM HAS RESPONSIBILITY TO DO SO, IS SEPARATED FROM BOTH PARENTS AND HAS APPLIED FOR ASYLUM IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IN HIS/HER OWN RIGHT."• DISPLACED YOUNG PEOPLE (UP TO 21 YEARS) IN THE UK UNDER THE VPRS (VULNERABLE PERSON RESETTLEMENT SCHEME).THE GOVERNMENT DEFINES ‘DISPLACED YOUNG PERSONS UNDER VPRS’ AS "AT RISK CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES FROM THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA RESETTLED TO THE UK BY THE GOVERNMENT."• UASC/REFUGEE CARE LEAVERS (18 – 25 YEARS) UNDER THE CARE OF SURREY SOCIAL SERVICE.‘A CARE LEAVER’ IS DEFINED AS “A YOUNG PERSON OVER THE AGE OF 16 WHO HAS BEEN IN CARE OF THE LOCAL AUTHORITY AND/OR HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE TRUST FOR AT LEAST 13 WEEKS SINCE THE AGE OF 14."2) THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY: (A) THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE AND RELIGION;(B) PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS; AND(C) CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY.
Area Of Benefit: LOCAL

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures