Creating Better Futures

Analysis

Creating Better Futures is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Berkshire. It was registered in September 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07856205). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Creating Better Futures reported income of £34k and spending of £48k, spending 141% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £138k to £34k (-76%), an average of -30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Creating Better Futures sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Aid Limited (£34k), The Great Commission Trust (£34k) and Our Ummah Trust (£34k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.