Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 6

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 8

FUTURE CHALLENGES (F.C.)

HELPING PEOPLE LIVING IN LONDON & WEST YORKSHIRE AREAS IN PARTICULAR LEEDS IN SOFT SKILLSEMPLOYMENT TRAININGLITERACY/NUMERACYWORK PLACEMENTARTS WORKSHOPSSPORTING EVENTCULTURAL ACTIVITIES

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

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
31/03/23		£28	£27	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/03/22		£25	£24	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/03/21		£24	£22	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	12
31/03/20		£14	£14	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/03/19		£14	£13	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/03/18		£15	£14	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	*	£10	£9	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£14	£14	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£11	£11	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£12	£12	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£14	£14	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	*	£9	£9	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	*	£17	£17	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£25	£24	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£35	£33	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	*	£25	£19	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£15	£14	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£10	£10	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£22	£22	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£26	£24	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 21 years

www.futurechallenges.org.uk

futurechallenges@yahoo.co.uk

07889449573

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Performing and visual arts

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Leeds City, Throughout London,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
12 volunteers

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Hackney CVS	£10,000
Sport England	£5,023
City Bridge Trust	£4,244

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Hackney CVS - Hackney Giving Better Mental Health
£10,000	09/09/2022	Delivering The Over 50’s Learning ICT project to provide ICT equipment/materials/NHS apps to digitally excluded vulnerable African people over 50's at risk of mental health.
Sport England - TGC CF - Fit with Chronic Fibromyalgia
£5,023	29/11/2020 11	This project will deliver a programme of online yoga, tai chi and pilates classes for women with chronic illnesses who are currently inactive.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to FUTURE CHALLENGES-UK
£4,244	21/05/2020	A grant of £4,244 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the appliciation, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards a summer play scheme.
£1,000	05/06/2018	Towards a summer play scheme.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards a summer play scheme
£500	25/05/2016	Towards a summer play scheme.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Future Challenges Trust - UK
£1,000	04/04/2012	towards a sailing trip for a group of children with learning disabilities from south-east London

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

ABU DIABY

EDOXIE LIKINGA

YOUSEF MASSIYA COUNSELLOR

JAMES BLACKBURN Appointed: 2020

KARIM NURMAHOMED LADAK Appointed: 2020

RICHARD MATEKADI

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 11/07/2003, number: 1098527

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
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

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR17: 35 days late, AR12: 1 days late, AR11: 2 days late, AR08: 1 days late,

Main office

FRONT DESK
Dunbar Business Centre
2-3 Sheepscar Court
Northside Business Park
LEEDS
LS7 2BB

Objectives

1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVE PERSONS OF CENTRAL AFRICAN DESCENT RESIDENT WITHIN LAMBETH BOROUGH AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING:A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE BY THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING WITH A VIEW TO HELPING THEM INTO EMPLOYMENT.B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN MATTERS CONCERNING INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS, LIFE SKILLS, STRENGTHENING AND ENRICHING FAMILY LIFE, PARENTING SKILLS AND RELATIONSHIPS.2. TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR PERSONS OF CENTRAL AFRICAN DESCENT IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID PEOPLE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LAMBETH BOROUGH

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