Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 15
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 20 ?

FUTURE FIRST ALUMNI LIMITED 

Future First's vision is that every state school & college should be supported by a thriving, engaged alumni community that helps each to do more for its students.Alumni communities can have a transformative impact, providing schools with role models, mentors or volunteers.Future First also creates opportunities for students to gain insights into the world of work at its employer partners.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 14 years

www.futurefirst.org.uk

info@futurefirst.org.uk

02072398933

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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
31/08/22£1,390£1,497£-107£78£345£240.2171,068
31/08/21£916£970£-54£79£452£4455.5182,156
31/08/20£1,135£1,344£-209£105£506£5064.5271,763
31/08/19£1,498£1,458£40£71£716£7256303,449
31/08/18£1,211£1,137£74£68£676£6837.2263,584
31/08/17£1,523£1,374£149£85£602£6025.3300
31/08/16£1,539£1,275£264£76£453£4153.9280
31/08/15£880£917£-37£58£189£1842.4240
31/08/14£790£677£114£30£226£1863.3210
31/08/13£416£362£54£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/12£192£150£43£0£0£0n/a00
23/08/11£73£56£17£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 5.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 5.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 54%
Liabilities/Income: 29%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 7%
Reserves/Spending: 0.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.5
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • 17 employees
  • 1,068 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
Esmee Fairbairn£280,000
KPMG Foundation£150,000
Pears Foundation£120,000
Dulverton Trust£89,539
Garfield Weston Foundation£50,000
John Lyon's Charity£30,400
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Future First Alumni Limited
£20,000 27/02/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Future First Alumni Limited
£200,000 07/12/2022
Towards project costs for Inspiring Inclusion, an unusual alliance of not for profit, community and statutory organisations building place-based collaborations to reduce school exclusions
John Lyon's Charity - Replication grant to Future First
£5,000 28/01/2022
Future First - Special school workshop only model
Pears Foundation - Grant to Future First
£80,000 25/01/2022
Core Funding
Dulverton Trust - Supporting the transition from primary to secondary school
£89,539 28/10/2021
Supporting the transition from primary to secondary school
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£50,000 09/07/2021
Future First: leveraging alumni role models to empower and propel young people to succeed
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Future First Alumni Limited
£60,000 30/06/2021
Towards project costs for an unusual alliance of not-for profit and statuory organsiations to test collaborations to reduce school exclusions and tackle racial injustice.
Pears Foundation - Grant to Future First
£25,000 11/03/2021
Core Funding
Pears Foundation - Grant to Future First
£15,000 24/04/2020
6
COVID19: 'Future Me' Online Mentoring Pilot
John Lyon's Charity - Main grant to Future First
£25,400 14/06/2019
24
Special School Alumni Community
KPMG Foundation - Inspiring primary school children with relatable role models, networks and connections
£150,000 16/05/2019
Future First had already developed a successful approach to helping young people in secondary school experience the world of work, through encounters with inspiring alumni from their own schools. ....more
Pears Foundation - Grant to Future First
£50,000 29/03/2019
24
Core funding
Wates Foundation - Future First
£15,000 13/09/2018
To develop and implement rigorous organisation-wide impact and learning frameworks integrated across all of the work of Future First.
Pears Foundation - Grant to Future First
£50,000 27/03/2017
24
Core funding
ZING - Lead developer core funding
£25,000 01/07/2016
6
Core funding to support the hiring of a Lead Developer to redevelop the FF platform
Dulverton Trust - expansion and sustainability
£45,000 21/10/2015
expansion and sustainability
Pears Foundation - Grant to Future First
£50,000 02/04/2015
24
Core funding
The Blagrave Trust - Intensive alumni scheme
£64,000 15/03/2015
To provide aspirational role-models and career support for students in their last years of secondary school
Dulverton Trust - Future First North East
£20,000 11/06/2014
Future First North East
ZING - State school alumni volunteer database development
£60,000 01/12/2013
This extra funding is a loan for social investment to bridge the gap before all schools pay for the service
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Camden Future First Network
£135,000 20/06/2013
Towards the salary of the chief executive to develop thriving, engaged alumni communities in state schools across the UK.
ZING - State school alumni volunteer database development
£40,000 01/05/2013
This fund is primarily to be used for the further development of the technology platofrm underpinning the alumni engagement system originally developed in 2012.
ZING - Pilot funding for alumni fundraising in schools
£1,350 01/02/2012
1
Funding for small pilot related to alumni fundraising in schools
ZING - State school alumni volunteer database development
£75,000 01/01/2012
Funding was to supplement a major Cabinet Office grant to create an army of state school alumni volunteers by developing a database management system, combined with email/sms outreach.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The Camden Future First Network
£40,000 16/03/2011
Towards programme costs to connect young people with school alumni to inspire and inform them about careers and educational opportunities.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 35-73
  • ATA RAHMAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Communications
  • CAMILLA CAMLEY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Ceo, The Institute For Turnaround
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/04/2010, number: 1135638
  • Registered at Companies House on 23/02/2010, number: 07166643
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
12 returns made; all on time
Main office

Future First
86-90 Paul Street
LONDON
EC2A 4NE

Objectives

TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 26 LIVING ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:(A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPABILITIES AND CAPACITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(B) ADVANCING EDUCATION; AND(C) RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT.NOTHING IN THE ARTICLES SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND/OR SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008

Defined Area of Benefit:

WORLDWIDE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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