Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 12
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 24 ?

FUTURE FRONTIERS 

Future Frontiers is an education charity working towards a day when every child is inspired to fulfil their potential atschool & beyond. Our award-winning programme combines face-to-face coaching with access to professional role models. The programme has been designed to increase motivation at school through developing aspirations & providing a personal context and relevance to daily education.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
Established: 9 years

www.futurefrontiers.org.uk

operations@futurefrontiers.org.uk

07395853014

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UN SDGs
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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
30/06/23£1,535£1,535£1£146£516£3772.9301,414
30/06/22£1,220£1,098£122£117£515£3984.3221,591
30/06/21£804£659£144£79£393£3185.8131,192
30/06/20£527£454£72£0£249£2316.110600
30/06/19£421£354£67n/an/an/an/an/a601
30/06/18?£390£340£50£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£148£103£45£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£45£31£14£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 9.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 9.5%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 23%
Liabilities/Income: 10%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 73%
Reserves/Spending: 2.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 2.2
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • 30 employees
  • 1,414 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
Garfield Weston Foundation£70,000
DCMS£67,939
Walcot Foundation£50,850
The Rayne Foundation£40,000
David & Elaine Potter Foundation£35,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Walcot Foundation - Cost of Living Top-Up Grant
£5,000 18/11/2022
Cost of Living Top Up Grant awarded to support small/medium-size organisations with additional costs incurred due to the cost of living crisis.
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to Future Frontiers Ltd
£20,000 17/11/2022
Towards core costs to develop a new, extended two-year programme of career coaching and guidance to equip disadvantaged 14-16 year-olds.
The Childhood Trust - C-59078
£2,500 28/06/2022
Our Champions for Children 2022 campaign will help to offer disadvantaged young people aged 14-16 in London a programme of career coaching and guidance, which will empower them to take positive next ....more
Walcot Foundation - Supporting disadvantaged pupils from Lambeth to fulfil their potential at school and beyond
£28,000 24/05/2022
Future Frontiers (FF) is a south London-based charity specialising in careers coaching. This project will partner with Woodmanstern Secondary School to provide a 2-year coaching and guidance program ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Future Frontiers
£9,800 27/01/2022
purchase IT equipment for a charity supporting disadvantaged young people in London
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£40,000 08/10/2021
Empower disadvantaged young people to discover a career that motivates them and take a positive next step into education or training at age 16
The Childhood Trust - Future Frontiers: tackling educational inequality
£5,000 22/06/2021
Future Frontiers is an education charity with an innovative approach to improving social mobility in the UK. We exist to better the life outcomes of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, ....more
David & Elaine Potter Foundation - Core funding
£35,000 23/03/2021
Core funding
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£67,939 19/08/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to Future Frontiers
£20,000 08/06/2020
12
Towards extending support over the 2020/21 academic year.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£30,000 07/05/2020
Future Frontiers Career Coaching Programme
Walcot Foundation - COVID19 - Online careers advice for year 12
£9,000 01/05/2020
12
The project will work with 250 year 12 students across London to help them consider their post -18 options and make informed decisions on next steps. This will be done by linking each student with a ....more
Walcot Foundation - Future Frontiers Coaching Programme - Lambeth
£8,850 28/11/2019
12
Future Frontiers (FF) wishes to continue delivering its bespoke careers coaching programme to Year 11 pupils at Lilian Baylis Technology School (LBTS). Coaching is delivered by corporate volunteers, ....more
Wates Foundation - Future Frontiers
£10,000 21/11/2019
Core and delivery costs for 2019/20 which will fund 125 young people to complete the Future Frontiers programme.
National Lottery Community Fund - Schools Programme (125 young people)
£9,888 22/02/2019
12
The project will deliver a mentoring programme for young people. The aim is to equip people with skills and support that will improve their learning experience.
Walcot Foundation - Careers coaching for Lambeth secondary school pupils
£18,186 17/07/2018
12
Careers coaching for Lambeth secondary school pupils
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 16/05/2018
Inspiring a Generation
The Rayne Foundation - Grant to Future Frontiers
£30,000 15/03/2018
24
Towards a school programme that aims to build an ethos of aspirations and achievement among a selected year group of young people through face to face coaching, aspirational assemblies, workshops and
Walcot Foundation - Careers coaching at Lilian Baylis Technology School
£18,190 21/11/2017
12
Careers coaching at Lilian Baylis Technology School
National Lottery Community Fund - Future Frontiers enhanced programme expansion to new areas of London a
£10,000 02/08/2017
12
This project will expand its coaching and educational mentoring programme that supports young people who are experiencing the effects of economic disadvantage.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 35-65
  • BEN WILLIAMS (Chair) Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Management Consultant
  • HEATHER BURGESS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Head Of Trusts And Foundations
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/06/2015, number: 1162470
  • Registered at Companies House on 23/12/2013, number: 08825219
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
8 returns made; all on time
Main office

Future Frontiers
Canopi
7-14 Great Dover Street
LONDON
SE1 4YR

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND RELIEVE POVERTY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:1.1 IMPROVING THE ACADEMIC PROGRESS OF SOCIO-ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED YOUNG PEOPLE; AND1.2 PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT TO SOCIO-ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED YOUNG PEOPLE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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