CCEW Charity Commission profile

OUR FUTURE

Registered charity 1206886 · organisation 5220335

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status
Registered
Reporting status
Submission Received
Charity type
Charitable company
Registered
5 February 2024
Removed
Not supplied
Company number supplied
14831946
Financial period
1 October 2024 – 30 September 2025
Latest income
£617,681
Latest expenditure
£550,126
Gift Aid
No
Owns or uses land
No
In administration
No
Insolvent
No
CIO
No

Public contact address: 1st Floor, 88 Baker Street, LONDON, W1U 6TQ

Website recorded by the regulator: www.our-future.io (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

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.

03 Official extract

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
30 June 2026
Date Accounts Received
30 June 2026
Total Gross Income
£617,681
Total Gross Expenditure
£550,126
Fin Period Start Date
27 April 2023
Fin Period End Date
30 September 2024
Ar Cycle Reference
AR24
Reporting Due Date
30 July 2025
Date Annual Return Received
20 February 2025
Date Accounts Received
20 February 2025
Total Gross Income
£667,226
Total Gross Expenditure
£456,061

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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
30 June 2026
Total Gross Income
£617,681
Total Gross Expenditure
£550,126
Grant Making Is Main Activity
No
Count Govt Contracts
1
Count Govt Grants
£2
Income From Government Contracts
24821
Income From Government Grants
£45,572
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
Yes
Count Salary Band 80001 90000
1
Count Volunteers
0
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
2
Ar Cycle Reference
AR24
Fin Period Start Date
27 April 2023
Fin Period End Date
30 September 2024
Ar Due Date
30 July 2025
Ar Received Date
20 February 2025
Total Gross Income
£667,226
Total Gross Expenditure
£456,061
Grant Making Is Main Activity
No
Count Govt Contracts
1
Count Govt Grants
£1
Income From Government Contracts
99871
Income From Government Grants
£23,073
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
Yes
Count Salary Band 80001 90000
1
Count Volunteers
0

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Charity Annual Return Partb

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
30 June 2026
Income Donations And Legacies
589552
Income Other Trading Activities
0
Income Charitable Activities
24821
Income Investments
3308
Income Other
0
Income Total Income And Endowments
617681
Income Legacies
0
Income Endowments
0
Expenditure Raising Funds
£0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
£550,126
Expenditure Other
0
Expenditure Total
550126
Expenditure Investment Management
0
Expenditure Grants Institution
15465
Expenditure Governance
17006
Expenditure Support Costs
17006
Expenditure Depreciation
886
Gain Loss Investment
0
Gain Loss Pension Fund
0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
0
Gain Loss Other
0
Reserves
£278,720
Assets Total Fixed
2851
Assets Own Use
2851
Assets Long Term Investment
0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
0
Assets Other Assets
£533,365
Assets Total Liabilities
£257,496
Assets Current Investment
0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
£278,720
Creditors One Year Total Current
257496
Creditors Falling Due After One Year
0
Assets Cash
£471,912
Funds Endowment
0
Funds Unrestricted
270468
Funds Restricted
8252
Funds Total
278720
Count Employees
4
Charity Only Accounts
Yes
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
2
Ar Cycle Reference
AR24
Fin Period Start Date
27 April 2023
Fin Period End Date
30 September 2024
Ar Due Date
30 July 2025
Ar Received Date
20 February 2025
Income Donations And Legacies
663293
Income Other Trading Activities
0
Income Charitable Activities
0
Income Investments
3933
Income Other
0
Income Total Income And Endowments
667226
Income Legacies
0
Income Endowments
0
Expenditure Raising Funds
£0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
£456,061
Expenditure Other
0
Expenditure Total
456061
Expenditure Investment Management
0
Expenditure Grants Institution
427736
Expenditure Governance
28325
Expenditure Support Costs
28326
Expenditure Depreciation
492
Gain Loss Investment
0
Gain Loss Pension Fund
0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
0
Gain Loss Other
0
Reserves
£210,573
Assets Total Fixed
2130
Assets Own Use
2130
Assets Long Term Investment
0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
0
Assets Other Assets
£349,893
Assets Total Liabilities
£140,858
Assets Current Investment
0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
£211,165
Creditors One Year Total Current
140858
Creditors Falling Due After One Year
0
Assets Cash
£311,663
Funds Endowment
0
Funds Unrestricted
210573
Funds Restricted
592
Funds Total
211165
Count Employees
3
Charity Only Accounts
Yes

06 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type
Region
Geographic Area Description
Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind
No

07 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code
309
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Classification Code
306
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Provides Services
Classification Code
307
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Classification Code
112
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
Environment/conservation/heritage
Classification Code
113
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
Economic/community Development/employment
Classification Code
207
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
The General Public/mankind
Classification Code
101
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
General Charitable Purposes
Classification Code
308
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Classification Code
310
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Other Charitable Activities
Classification Code
105
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

08 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name
OUR FUTURE
Charity Event Order
1
Event Type
Standard registration
Date Of Event
2024-02-05T00:00:00

09 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 22 JUN 2023
Charitable Objects
2.1 THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN COMMUNITIES EXPERIENCING DEPRIVATION, BY:2.1.1 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN THOSE COMMUNITIES; IN PARTICULAR BY NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING LOCAL NETWORKING GROUPS, WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS, FINANCIAL SUPPORT, ARTS BASED ACTIVITIES AND SUPPORT TO IMPROVE WELLBEING AND ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION;2.1.2 THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION AND IMPROVING OF THE NATURAL AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT IN THOSE COMMUNITIES; AND2.1.3 RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS IN RELATION TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN POST-INDUSTRIAL COMMUNITIES BY PROMOTING STUDY AND RESEARCH IN THE SUBJECT AND DISSEMINATING THE RESULTS TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.2.2 FOR THE PURPOSE OF CLAUSE 2.1:A) "COMMUNITIES EXPERIENCING DEPRIVATION" MEANS COMMUNITIES THAT ARE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, AS INDICATED BY THEM INCLUDING WARDS IN THE TOP 25% OF THE ENGLISH INDEX OF MULTIPLE DEPRIVATION 2019, WELSH INDEX OF MULTIPLE DEPRIVATION 2019 AND ANY SUCCESSOR INDICES OR EQUIVALENT INDICES IN OTHER GEOGRAPHIC AREAS; ANDB) "SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT" MEANS DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS.

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Charity Policy

Policy Name
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
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Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
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Internal risk management policy and procedures
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Risk management
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Safeguarding policy and procedures
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Social media policy and procedures
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Trustee expenses policy and procedures
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Complaints policy and procedures
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Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Policy Name
Complaints handling
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Financial reserves policy and procedures
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Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
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Conflicting interests
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Paying staff
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Serious incident reporting policy and procedures