OUR FUTURE

Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
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.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 30 September 2024
Total income:
£667,226
Donations and legacies | £663.29k | |
Charitable activities | £0 | |
Other trading activities | £0 | |
Investments | £3.93k | |
Other | £0 |
Total expenditure:
£456,061
Raising funds | £0 | |
Charitable activities | £456.06k | |
Other | £0 |
£0 investments gains (losses)
Total income includes £99,871 from 1 government contract(s) and £23,073 from 1 government grant(s)
Charitable expenditure
Charitable expenditure with investment gains
Charitable expenditure
Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.
In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.
Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.
By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.
Raising funds and other expenditure | £0 | |
Charitable expenditure | £456.06k | |
Retained for future use | £211.17k |
People

3 Employee(s)
5 Trustee(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
Number of employees | |
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£80k to £90k | 1 |
Fundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- General Charitable Purposes
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- Economic/community Development/employment
- The General Public/mankind
- Provides Services
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- Other Charitable Activities
- Throughout England And Wales
Governance
- 05 February 2024: Standard registration
No other names
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
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 | ||||
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JASON STOCKWOOD | Chair | 27 April 2023 |
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Dr Majdi Osman | Trustee | 07 June 2023 |
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Dr Derrick Bancroft Anderson CBE | Trustee | 07 June 2023 |
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Lucia Keijer-Palau | Trustee |
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James Perry | Trustee |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
Income / Expenditure | 30/09/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £667.23k | |
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Total expenditure | £456.06k | |
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Income from government contracts | £99.87k | |
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Income from government grants | £23.07k | |
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Income - Donations and legacies | £663.29k | |
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Income - Other trading activities | £0 | |
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Income - Charitable activities | £0 | |
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Income - Endowments | £0 | |
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Income - Investment | £3.93k | |
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Income - Other | £0 | |
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Income - Legacies | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Charitable activities | £456.06k | |
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Expenditure - Raising funds | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Governance | £28.33k | |
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Expenditure - Grants institution | £427.74k | |
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Expenditure - Investment management | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Other | £0 |
Assets and liabilities
Definitions for assets and liabilities
These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.
Long term InvestmentsInvestments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.
These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liabilityThis is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.
Total liabilitiesThese are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.
Asset / Liability | 30/09/2024 | ||
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Own use assets | £2.13k | |
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Long-term investments | £0 | |
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Other assets | £349.89k | |
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Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability | £0 | |
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Total liabilities | £140.86k |
Accounts and annual returns
Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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Annual return | 30 September 2024 | 20 February 2025 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 30 September 2024 | 20 February 2025 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
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; AND 2.1.3 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; AND B) "SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT" MEANS DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS.
Contact information
- Address:
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1st Floor
88 Baker Street
LONDON
W1U 6TQ
- Phone:
- 07815802857
- Email:
- hello@our-future.io
- Website:
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