Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 4
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: -3 ?

COUNT US IN 

Future Stewards Foundation has the following charitable Objects: 1. Advance education 2. Relieve poverty by supporting such charitable causes as the trustees may from time to time determine 3. Promote sustainable development through: The preservation, conservation and the protection of the environment and the prudent use of resources; The relief of poverty and the improvement of the conditions
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • There are only 4 trustees
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • This Charity has changed registration and some of the financial and donation history pertains to the previous entity
  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22?£1,766£2,027£-261£236£876£175100
31/03/21£2,251£1,794£457£700£992£1961.300
31/03/20£601£646£-45£42£535£2845.300
31/03/19£736£183£553£1£580£33321.800
31/03/18£64£58£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£78£61£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£113£202£-89£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£180£248£-68£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14?£511£475£35£125£160£160440
31/12/12£552£586£-34£164£125£1192.460
31/12/11£742£615£127£149£159£1382.760
31/12/10£431£560£-129£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£414£530£-116£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£582£318£264£26£277£2559.630
31/12/07?£113£122£-10£0£0£0n/a00
25/07/06*£77£57£20£0£0£0n/a00
25/07/05£34£31£3£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 13.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 11.6%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 43%
Liabilities/Income: 65%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 20%
Reserves/Spending: 1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 1.7
Asset Split ?
Established: 3 years

https://leadersquest.org/our-foundations/

info@leadersquest.org

07985586656

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • International poverty relief
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • India, Throughout England And Wales, United States,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Segelman Trust - Donation to Leaders' Quest Foundation
£1,750 22/02/2022
For support to Clean Start, Kenya
The Segelman Trust - Grant to Clean Start
£35,000 21/09/2021
12
To support core costs

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 49-60
  • NIGEL TOPPING Appointed: 2023, Occupation: High-Level Climate Champion
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/09/2021, number: 1195686
  • Registered at Companies House on 12/02/2021, number: 13199784
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
17 returns made; AR16: 1 days late, AR06: 5 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from LEADERS' QUEST FOUNDATION on 20/07/2022
Main office

BATES WELLS BRAITHWAITE
FIRST FLOOR, 10 QUEEN STREET PLACE
LONDON
EC4R 1BE

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC: 2.1.1 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION; 2.1.2 TO RELIEVE POVERTY BY SUPPORTING SUCH CHARITABLE CAUSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE; AND 2.1.3 TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT BY: (A) THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF RESOURCES; (B) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES; (C) THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEANS “DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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