Empowering Futures

Charity number: 1182139
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

For the public benefit, to set out to fill gaps delivered by other organisations to perceived isolated, unemployable and/or disabled people by offering and/or providing assistance to find employment. To enable and match low skilled people to meaningful activities and responsibilities which allow their individual growth in line with their individual capability to enable them to escape exclusion

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 05 April 2025

Total income: £317,582
Total expenditure: £292,504

Total income includes £64,192 from 1 government grant(s)

People

5 Trustee(s)

95 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Disability
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Economic/community Development/employment
Who the charity helps:
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Bristol City
  • South Gloucestershire

Governance

Registration history:
  • 20 February 2019: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:
  • BE EMPOWERED FARM FUTURES (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

5 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
M NEEDS Chair 20 February 2019
None on record
Leanne Airey Trustee 20 September 2023
None on record
Vivienne Nott Trustee 20 September 2023
None on record
SUSAN FARTHING Trustee 02 February 2021
None on record
S HARPER Trustee 20 February 2019
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 05/04/2021 05/04/2022 05/04/2023 05/04/2024 05/04/2025
Total gross income £77.16k £79.91k £236.59k £240.86k £317.58k
Total expenditure £61.92k £79.47k £172.45k £320.05k £292.50k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A £5.85k N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A £13.64k £64.19k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 05 April 2025 04 February 2026 On time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2025 04 February 2026 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 05 April 2024 30 January 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2024 30 January 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 05 April 2023 27 January 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2023 27 January 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 05 April 2022 30 January 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2022 30 January 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 05 April 2021 04 February 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2021 04 February 2022 On time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 20 Feb 2019 as amended on 16 Dec 2020

Charitable objects

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 BY PROVIDING THERAPEUTIC GARDENING ACTIVITIES WITHIN A COMMUNITY GARDEN. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).

Contact information

Address:
Empowering Futures
Bury Hill
Moorend
Hambrook
BRISTOL
BS16 1SS
Phone:
07443575787
Email:
admin@empoweringfutures.co.uk
Website:

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