FOUNDATION FUTURES
REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
Charity No 1188809
FOUNDATION FUTURES
| Contents | Page |
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| Legal and administrative information | 1 |
| Report of the Management Committee | 2 - 7 |
| Report of the Independent Examiner | 8 |
| Statement of financial Activities | 9 |
| Balance Sheet | 10 |
| Notes to the financial statements | 11 - 14 |
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Legal and administrative information
| Board of Trustees: | C Bankhead |
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| S Davison | |
| T Dobson | |
| P Davison | |
| E Roberts | |
| X Brouwer | |
| K Williamson | |
| L Smith | |
| A Hall | |
| Registered Office: | Pottery Bank Community Centre |
| Yelverton Crescent | |
| Walker | |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | |
| NE6 3SW | |
| Accountants: | TIG Accountants |
| Metropolitan House | |
| Longrigg Road | |
| Swalwell | |
| Gateshead | |
| NE16 3AS |
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The trustees present their report and the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2025.
Structure, governance and management
Foundation Futures is a registered charity with the Charity Commission for England and Wales since 30 March 2020 (charity number 1188809). Foundation Futures is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO).
Trustees are nominated as needed (by skill, speciality and interest) and appointed by a majority agreement from the whole board of trustees. Trustees are re-appointed at the AGM held in October.
Membership of Youth Clubs are open to young people aged between 4 and 16 years in the Pottery Bank and Byker areas of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Our specialised Young People and Adult community groups are open to those aged 14 and above. Some of these service users have been referred to us via the Police, Social Workers and GPs, but are not limited to only those receiving a direct referral.
The trustees who manage the charity are in charge of overseeing the day to day running of the clubs. In addition, Jennifer Maughan is in charge of all community related programmes. The trustees seek the views of funders, members, its volunteers and wider community stakeholders in deciding the activities to run.
All trustees receive training on the role and responsibilities of being a trustee through the information provided in the Charity Commission document ‘The essential trustee, what you need to know, what you need to do’, updated 3 May 2018.
Foundation Futures CIO has an extensive range of policies covering Child Protection, Safer Recruitment, Health and Safety and Equal Opportunities including: safeguarding children & safeguarding vulnerable adults. We also have comprehensive Risk Assessments for working in various settings, and through a number of different activities, both on site and trips out of the locality. We hold suitable insurance covering both public, employer and employee liabilities.
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks are carried out prior to the employment of any staff or trustees who have contact with our clients (in line with statutory requirements).
Foundation Futures CIO has undertaken several collaborations this financial year, including working with Pottery Bank Community Centre and Kids Kabin. Foundation Futures is also a member of the Byker Children’s and Young People’s Partnership and Walker Worker groups, both of which encourages the sharing of resources and non-confidential information to encourage a broad participation from residents in the east end of Newcastle upon Tyne. Foundation Futures has also collaborated with other charities and social enterprises including The Community Cafe, The LGA Foundation, Sir James Knott Trust and the Badur Foundation.
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All trustees have the opportunity to give of their time freely and voluntarily to support the work of the charity.
Objectives and activities for the public benefit
The Trustees have complied with their duty to have due regard to the guidance on public benefit as published by the Charity Commission for England and Wales. In setting our objectives and planning activities, our Trustees have given consideration to public benefit and in particular to
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To advance in life and relieve the needs of vulnerable young people affected by economic disadvantage who have a disability, mental health issue or a behavioural difficulty.
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To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society.
The main activity in relation to these objects is the provision of youth clubs promoting creativity, wellbeing and confidence, in both the Byker and Walker areas of Newcastle upon Tyne which fall into the bottom 1% of the Government’s index of multiple deprivation.
The provision of specialised youth services to young people at risk of involvement, or peripheral involvement in criminal activities.
The provision of adult community programmes to enhance the wellbeing, mental health and financial literacy of residents in the community. To encourage their active participation through volunteering and fundraising to improve the lives of themselves and others in their communities.
Achievements and performance
Youth clubs - we have two youth clubs per week during term time reaching 35+ children per week, between the ages of 5 and 16. A range of creative activities, wellbeing activities, trips and social action projects have engaged the children. Our sessions provide a safe place and consistent (safe) faces to encourage socialisation, resilience, creativity and mindfulness. The Senior Youth Club in Byker has participated in a number of projects this past year with a talented local artist - Mark One87 to improve the look and feel of their local environment. In addition, the Senior Youth Club prepared for and participated in a fundraising event by hosting a stall at the Ouseburn Festival, in order to raise funds towards a 3 day residential in the Lake District in August 2024. The children are encouraged to participate in a range of activities and receive a light meal during each session. Our youth clubs are also supported by both adult and young volunteers from the local community. We are grateful to the National Lottery Awards 4 All, The Wellesley Trust, The Pawprint Trust, The Badur Foundation & a number of individuals participating in charity walks and the Great North Run, who have issued grants, or undertaken fundraising to support these programmes. As part of this funding the youth clubs’ members have expanded their horizons through a
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variety of visits and trips to educational, cultural and leisure destinations throughout the year, in addition to a 3 day residential programme.
Our adult Byker Wellbeing group offered a range of crafting activities for adult residents in the Byker Wall estate, funded by ( The People’s Health Trust, The Health Lottery North East & Cumbria, and continued through legacy funding from Mr. H Campbell ). The wellbeing group has engaged in a wide range of activities including sewing, stone painting, cross stitch, wood work, cooking, T-Shirt printing and enterprise. Group members have learned to use the CRICUT machine to produce and sell keyrings, pencil cases, photo frames, glasses and gifts for teachers and fathers’ day. The newly focused wellbeing group have undertaken first aid training with Thrills & Skills for Life in addition to some social action projects over the Christmas period, including preparing and distributing food parcels to the vulnerable in their community (funded through The LGA Foundation ) and distributing selection boxes on our Santa Bus (funded by Karbon Homes ) As well as planning and carrying out a Christmas parade in Byker which was funded by Newcastle Council Ward Funding, they hope this will become an annual event. They have also been on several wellbeing walks.
The Active Communities Social Glue Wellbeing group in the Pottery Bank area of Walker (funded by People’s Health Trust, The Health Lottery North East & Cumbria and continued through legacy funding from Mr. H Campbell), continued into its second year and provided an extensive programme to a diverse group of women from the Walker area of the east end of Newcastle upon Tyne (including women referred in through GP social prescription programmes). Activities included meditation, crocheting, cake decorating, diamond art, rag wreath making and self care, as well as workshops on anxiety, health issues, and financial wellbeing. This group also planned a second small business enterprise, using their skills to source, upcycle and create products for sale at a Christmas market to raise further funds for the benefit of the community. In addition, the group has participated in a number of day trips to the Coast and beyond, designed to increase a sense of wellbeing.
The Byker Real project, (funded by the Elsie Davis Trust, and continued by funding from The Willan Trust , the Community Foundation (Hokey Cokey Fund), The KFC Foundation, along with some Ward funding , has continued to support young people from the Byker area of Newcastle upon Tyne to make positive choices in their lives. This group meets twice per week and has undertaken a variety of visits and activities to support them as they transition through school or into work as well as workshops to help them make positive choices and equip them with information/skills which will help them in the future such as healthy relationships, morals, goal setting and street doctors emergency first aid for stab wounds. We have had a number of successes in supporting young people onto apprenticeships this year, in addition to supporting others with housing and benefits who have faced homelessness. We have a regular cohort of 10 young people who come to both sessions and are looking to train some of the older ones up as youth mentors.
The Best Life Byker (NEET) project has continued working with young people aged 16 to 24 years to help them fill in gaps in their skills in order to secure employment.
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This project is funded by The Community Foundation (CABWI). Participants have created CVs, undertaken a variety of training courses and taken exams to gain their CSCS cards. The Badur Foundation supported this programme with a pot of funding to meet the costs of items which young people may find difficult to acquire and would otherwise create a barrier to employment such as photo identification, workwear, copies of birth certificates etc.
We started one of our largest projects to date during this financial year. The Charity was awarded funding from The National Lottery Community Fund, Reaching Communities/Partnerships fund to deliver a 3 year programme (Safe Places & People). This programme operates 4 days per week from the Chevron in the Byker Wall estate and seeks to be an advocate for the community by providing support, advice and guidance with any issues they may be facing. Things such as housing & benefits, meetings with statutory services such as social services, youth justice and the police. The funding has also allowed us the time to be able to improve communication and build stronger relationships with those services allowing us to provide a more holistic approach to supporting families in need.
We were delighted to be granted a further £1,500 from The LGA Foundation this financial year and £1,500 from North Standard to assist local community members with the cost of living crisis. We helped over 50 families in the Byker and Walker areas of Newcastle upon Tyne with Christmas care parcels including food, household and hygiene products. Our Wellbeing group in Byker helped with the distribution of these in the Byker area, and we worked with the food bank at Pottery Bank Community Centre to distribute parcels to residents in Walker. We added the funding from North Standard to top up our hardship fund, which we can use at our discretion to help individuals or families with specific needs in the local area.
In addition, Foundation Futures CIO carried forward money from The Pears Foundation (via the UK Youth Fund) to assist with our organisation’s rising core costs.
The Badur Foundation granted £2,250 to employ a grant funding specialist to assist in the application of continued funding.
Financial review, reserves and risk policy
The financial statements show a surplus of £39,790. Funds carried forward at 31 March 2025 were, unrestricted £55,514 and restricted £64,656, making a total of £120,170.
The main financial risk to the charity is the loss of ongoing funding from existing grant funders to continue programmes, or the inability to secure sufficient new grants to cover costs.
It is the policy of Foundation Futures CIO to hold 4 to 6 months of necessary expenses (operational costs) in the event of a loss of income and to meet any unforeseen expenditure that may occur.
Basis of accounting
The Charity has adopted the accruals basis of accounting as allowed by regulations.
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Income
Grants and donations are only included in the SoFA when the charity has unconditional entitlement to the resources.
One source of funds in this financial year has been surpluses gifted to the CIO from our sister non-profit company Foundation Futures CIC. These surpluses accrued from commissioned work undertaken for North Tyneside Local Education Authority, individual North Tyneside Secondary Schools, Middle Schools and High Schools along with some Newcastle City Secondary Schools. The Alternative Education ‘Building Foundations’ programmes are offered to students at risk of, or permanently excluded from, school. Alongside our Alternative Education programmes, we have also offered ‘This Life’ in-school mentoring programmes for girls in Key Stage 3 to schools in North Tyneside.
Expenditure
Costs are recognised as and when they become a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to pay out the resources.
The funds to the charity have allowed us to promote the charity in the areas of pottery bank and Byker. Foundation Futures CIO has reached in excess of 150 young people and adults in the areas of Walker and Byker where feedback obtained indicates that participants have benefited significantly in terms of their socialisation, mental health and wellbeing.
Foundation Futures CIO, at the end of the accounting period, held one material asset in the form of a minibus valued at £23,000 bought thanks to grant funding from Children In Need in 2022. No other property or investments were held by the Charity at the end of the accounting period.
Future plans
The coming year will see a continuation of our existing community programmes in the Walker and Byker areas of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Reference and administration details
Company number Registered charity number CE021329 1188809
Charity principal address
Pottery Bank Community Centre, Yelverton Crescent, Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 3SW
Executive trustees
Craig Bankhead Chair Susan Davison Secretary Tracy Dobson Treasurer
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Non-executive trustees
Philip Davison Eleanor Roberts Xander Brouwer Karen Williamson Lee Smith Andrew Hall
Independent examiner
J Hart FCCA, TIG Accountants, Metropolitan House, Long Rigg Road, Swalwell, Gateshead, NE16 3AS
Trustees’ responsibilities in relation to the financial statements
The trustees are responsible for preparing the Report of the Management Committee and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year, which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the income and expenditure of the charitable company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:
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select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
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observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
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make judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and
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prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue in operation.
The trustees are responsible for keeping accounting records, which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charitable company’s website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.
Signed on behalf of the trustees
C Bankhead
13 October 2025
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Report of the Independent Examiner to the trustees of Foundation Futures
I report on the financial statements of Foundation Futures for the year ended 31 March 2025 which are set out on pages 9 to 14.
Respective responsibility of trustees and examiner
The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011(the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed. Having satisfied myself that the charity is not subject to audit under company law and is eligible for independent examination, it is my responsibility to
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Examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act
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To follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act) and
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To state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of independent examiner’s report
My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the financial statements presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the financial statements, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
Independent examiner’s statement
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements
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to keep accounting records in accordance with section 386 of the Companies Act 2006; and
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to prepare financial statements which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the Companies Act 2006 and with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities,
have not been met; or
to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the financial statements to be reached.
J Hart FCCA
Metropolitan House Longrigg Road Swalwell Gateshead NE16 3AS
Date: 13 October 2025
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FOUNDATION FUTURES Statement of Financial Activities Year ended 31 March 2025
| Notes Unrestricted Income £ Grants 2 23,000 Other income 28,900 Total income 51,900 Expenditure Charitable activities 3 37,875 Total expenditure 37,875 Net income 14,025 Transfers Net movement in funds 14,025 Total funds brought forward 41,489 Total funds carried forward 55,514 |
Restricted £ 126,624 - 126,624 100,859 100,859 25,765 25,765 38,891 64,656 |
Total 2025 £ 149,624 28,900 178,524 138,734 138,734 39,790 39,790 80,380 120,170 |
Total 2024 £ 110,329 5,448 |
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| 115,777 | |||
| 135,078 | |||
| 135,078 | |||
| (19,301) - |
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| (19,301) 99,681 |
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| 80,380 |
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FOUNDATION FUTURES Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2025
| Notes Unrestricted £ Current assets Cash at bank and in hand 56,414 Creditors – amount due within one year 8 900 Net current assets 55,514 Net assets 55,514 Funds of the charity 9 55,514 |
Restricted £ 64,656 - 64,656 64,656 64,656 |
2025 £ 121,070 900 120,170 120,170 120,170 |
2024 £ 92,280 |
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| 11,900 | |||
| 80,380 | |||
| 80,380 | |||
| 80,380 |
The financial statements were approved by the trustees on 13 October 2025 and signed on the trustees behalf by:
T Dobson Trustee
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1 Basis of preparation of financial statements
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019) – (Charities SORP (FRS 102), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).
Basis of accounting
The charity has adopted the accruals basis of accounting as required by the regulations.
Income
Grants and donations are only included in the SoFA when the charity has unconditional entitlement to the resources.
Expenditure
Costs are recognised as and when there becomes a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to pay out the resources.
Funds accounting
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity and which have not been designated for other purposes.
Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the funder, donor or through the terms of an appeal.
2 Grants
| Unrestricted Foundation Futures CIC UK Youth Fund (Pears Foundation) , |
2025 £ 23,000 - 23,000 |
2024 £ 16,075 30,000 |
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| 46,075 |
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2 Grants – continued
| rants – continued | |
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| Restricted Badur Foundation Newcastle City Council Ward Byker Community Elsie Davis Trust Comic Relief Edge UK Communities Foundation Groundwork COL LGA Foundation Peoples Health Trust Sir James Knott Foundation Ward Funding KFC Foundation The National Lottery Community Fund, Reaching Communities/Partnerships The National Lottery Community Fund Awards for All Haigh Co Clients Proctor and Gamble Karbon Homes Others |
2025 2024 £ £ 14,250 13,350 4,943 - 2,000 - - 10,000 - 4,986 563 - 17,440 7,340 - - 1,500 3,500 7,116 17,792 2,500 2,500 - 3,500 2,620 - 31,100 - 20,000 - 17,844 - 3,000 - 1,228 520 1,286 |
| 126,624 64,254 |
3 Expenditure
| Unrestricted Charitable activities £ Direct Costs 12,442 Wages 25,433 Pension - Rent - Insurance - Post and stationery - Repairs and capital - Training - Professional fees - Accountancy - Sundry - 37,875 |
Restricted £ 18,989 50,564 5,731 10,668 7,095 1,248 673 1,016 275 720 3,880 100,859 |
2025 £ 31,431 75,997 5,731 10,668 7,095 1,248 673 1,016 275 720 3,880 138,734 |
2024 £ 32,379 71,611 4,113 12,590 4,810 1,426 5,608 326 1,104 900 211 |
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| 135,078 |
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4 Trustees expenses Expenses paid to trustees during the year: £Nil (2024: £Nil)
| 5 Fees for examination of the accounts Fee for reporting on the accounts 6 Wages Total staff costs 7 Staff numbers Staff numbers during the year were as follows Management and administration 8 Creditors – amount falling due within one year Creditors Other creditors and accruals |
2025 £ 900 2025 £ 81,728 Part time Full time 1 2 2025 £ - 900 900 |
2024 £ 900 2024 £ 75,724 Total 3 2024 £ 11,000 900 |
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| 11,900 |
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9 Net movement on funds
| Net movement on | funds | ||||
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| Unrestricted General Restricted Other Funds |
As at 1 April 2024 £ 41,489 38,891 80,380 |
Income £ 51,900 126,624 178,524 |
Expenditure £ 37,875 100,859 138,734 |
Transfer £ - - - |
As at 31 March 2025 £ 55,514 64,656 |
| 120,170 |