Registered charity (CIO) · Bristol
Empowering Futures
Empowering Futures is a registered charity (number 1182139) based in Bristol, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by M Needs since 2019. Latest income £318k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 5 trustees
- Income £318k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- South Gloucestershire, Bristol City
- Website
- www.empoweringfutures.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2019
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£318k£293k
- 2024£241k£320k
- 2023£237k£172k
Earlier years
- 2022£80k£79k
- 2021£77k£62k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 20%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY BY PROVIDING THERAPEUTIC GARDENING ACTIVITIES WITHIN A COMMUNITY GARDEN.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).
Grants received
11 grants · £96,535 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The Clothworkers' Foundation · £35,000
- Quartet Community Foundation · £29,785 (6 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £19,750 (2 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £10,000
- Masonic Charitable Foundation · £2,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
5 trustees on the board
- M Needs Chair since 2019
- Leanne Airey since 2023
- S Harper since 2019
- Susan Farthing since 2021
- Vivienne Nott since 2023
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- M Needs Chair since 2019
- Leanne Airey since 2023
- S Harper since 2019
- Susan Farthing since 2021
- Vivienne Nott since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1182139
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 20 Feb 2019 as amended on 16 Dec 2020
- Contact on the register
- 07443575787 · admin@empoweringfutures.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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