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Be Your Best Foundation

69 /100

Clarity score

Needs improvement

Historical financial rating & register information

69/100 Clarity Score · 3 stars · Charity Commission filings · How we score

Register checked 4 October 2026 · latest accounts 2017

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Is Be Your Best Foundation a good charity?

Be Your Best Foundation scores 69/100 (3 stars, Needs improvement) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, calculated from its UK regulator filings. Its latest accounts year is 2017 (£871k total income, 98% cause spend, latest year). This reflects financial transparency and stewardship on paper — not the real-world impact of its programmes. See the full breakdown.

Income

£871k

Accounts 2017-07-31

Spending

£887k

Accounts 2017-07-31

Charitable activities

98%

latest year · share of spending

Accounts filing

Missing

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What does Be Your Best Foundation do?

The production of the Rock Challenge, an anti drug and crime prevention scheme for 8-18 year olds.

Activities reported by the charity on the official register · extract . This is separate from the accounts data used for its rating.

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How much does Be Your Best Foundation raise and spend?

Accounts period 2016-08-01 to 2017-07-31 · Source: Charity Commission filings

Be Your Best Foundation revenue and expenses for 2017
Category Amount % of spend
Total income £871k —
Total expenditure £887k —
Charitable activities Not disclosed —
Fundraising £0 0%
Reported governance £0 0%

Governance can already be allocated within other expenditure categories. It is not a separate measure of all administration costs; do not add these rows without checking the accounts notes.

What changed in Be Your Best Foundation’s latest accounts?

Reported totals for 2017 compared with 2016. Changes can reflect the accounting period, restricted grants or restructuring as well as the charity’s work.

Income change
−1.3%
£883k → £871k
Spending change
+2.6%
£865k → £887k
Charitable activities share
Not disclosed
Both years need a disclosed spending split.

These are annual figures. The Clarity Score may use averages across several disclosed years. Source: official accounts.

Where does the money go?

Latest accounts (2017) · £887k spent. Not disclosed in this filing — the Charity Commission return omits the charitable-activities split.

From the annual return

What does Be Your Best Foundation pay its staff, and where does its money come from?

Answers Be Your Best Foundation gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 July 2017, plus its register entry. These are the charity's own disclosures, not part of the Clarity Score.

Where does Be Your Best Foundation's money come from?

Be Your Best Foundation reported £871k total income for the year ending 31 July 2017. The largest sources were charitable activities £815k (94%), trading and fundraising events £35k (4%), donations and legacies £21k (2%).

  • Charitable activities (fees and contracts) £815k · 94%
  • Trading and fundraising events £35k · 4%
  • Donations and legacies £21k · 2%

Cash at year end: £125k · unrestricted funds: £160k · restricted funds: £0. Restricted funds can only be spent on purposes set by the donor.

Does Be Your Best Foundation receive government funding?

The annual return does not answer this question for Be Your Best Foundation. Check the accounts for grants and contracts from public bodies.

In its annual return for the year ending 31 July 2017, Be Your Best Foundation says it raises funds from the public and has commercial participators (businesses that promote sales as benefiting the charity).

Be Your Best Foundation reports a trading subsidiary — a company it owns that trades (for example shops or merchandise) and passes profits to the charity.

Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?

The register records Be Your Best Foundation as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration. Work out your Gift Aid

Registration details

Registered as a charity
Company number
03553440 (Companies House)
Where it says it operates
Throughout England and Wales

Source: Charity Commission register and annual return data, Open Government Licence v3.0. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.

How have Be Your Best Foundation's finances changed over five years?

Income rose 5% from £828k in 2013 to £871k in 2017; spending was £887k in 2017.

£0 £500k £1.0m £1.5m £2.0m 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Income 2013: £828k Spending 2013: £818k Cause spend 2013: £797k Income 2014: £839k Spending 2014: £828k Cause spend 2014: £807k Income 2015: £815k Spending 2015: £853k Cause spend 2015: £838k Income 2016: £883k Spending 2016: £865k Income 2017: £871k Spending 2017: £887k
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  • Cause spend
Be Your Best Foundation income and spending by accounts year
Year Income Spending Charitable activities
2017 £871k £887k Not disclosed
2016 £883k £865k Not disclosed
2015 £815k £853k £838k
2014 £839k £828k £807k
2013 £828k £818k £797k

Cause spend is plotted only when the filing discloses a split · Source: Charity Commission filings

How does Be Your Best Foundation compare?

The share of each group scoring at or below Be Your Best Foundation, including tied scores. A group matched on cause, income band and accounts year appears when at least ten records qualify. Broader groups below may mix reporting periods and operating models. Groups include this charity; percentiles measure our financial rating, not impact.

Income band (£500k–£1m) 24thpercentile

Scores at or above 24% of 2,127 charities in its income band · 69/100 vs 78 peer average.

Arts & culture charities 37thpercentile

Scores at or above 37% of 617 charities in this cause · 69/100 vs 73 peer average.

How does Be Your Best Foundation compare, and where else can you look?

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Where Be Your Best Foundation sits

The causes this charity is classified under, and other charities working nearby.

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Evidence and interpretation

What the evidence says about Be Your Best Foundation

In 2017, reported income was £870,808 and expenditure was £887,396. Expenditure exceeded income by £16,588. This annual balance is not the charity’s available cash or unrestricted reserves.

More financial context

Income fell 1.3% compared with 2016. Read the accounts notes for restricted grants, legacies and one-off receipts before treating the movement as a trend.

Calculated from our dated accounts dataset, refreshed 2026-09-06. This is not an audit or a manual review of every filing. Original register and accounts · How calculations work.

Find the right support

Who it supports and how to access its work

Reported beneficiaries: Children/young People; The General Public/mankind.

How it works: Provides Human Resources; Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space; Provides Services.

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Explore source-checked support routes

Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. Register contact and activity details · Website listed for this charity

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Results and impact evidence

We have not added a source-checked programme outcome for this charity. That is a gap in this profile, not evidence that the charity has no impact. Its annual report may contain results that have not been assessed here.

Reported grants to institutions: £0 (2017-07-31). This is spending reported in the annual return, not a measure of beneficiary outcomes or an open grant opportunity. It may already be included in charitable expenditure. Check the source accounts.

What these results can tell you

Counts of services delivered describe activity. They do not by themselves establish lasting change, what would have happened without the programme, or cost-effectiveness. Results with different definitions, populations or years should not be ranked against each other.

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What is Be Your Best Foundation's Beacon report?

Detailed accountability and finance metrics from UK regulator filings — structured for transparency in our four-beacon report.

Accountability & Transparency

Baseline trust from filing discipline, board oversight, and declared governance policies.

45/100

Accountability & Transparency metrics for Be Your Best Foundation
Metric Score Value
Filing history (5 years)

No recorded lateness in available history = 15 pts · one late filing = 5 pts · two or more or unknown status = 0 pts. Missing data is not proof of late filing.

 0% 0/15 pts
Trustee oversight

Three or more trustees on the register = 15 pts, scaled down for fewer (governance red flag below three).

 100% 7 trustees · 15/15 pts
Declared policies

Safeguarding (4) · conflict of interest (3) · volunteer management (3) — from Charity Commission annual return.

 30% 3/10 pts

Financial Health

Stability and solvency — reserves, revenue trend, and debt from Charity Commission accounts.

70/100

Financial Health metrics for Be Your Best Foundation
Metric Score Value
Reserves (months of expenditure)

3–24 months = full marks, tapering on both sides · 0 months or 4+ years = 0 pts. Reserves are not necessarily cash; needs vary by operating model.

 67% 2 months · 10/15 pts
Income stability / growth

+20% or more over the window = 10 pts · flat = 5 pts · −20% or worse = 0 pts, scaled between.

 70% 7/10 pts · 3-year average
Liabilities to assets

0% liabilities-to-assets = 5 pts, scaling down to 0 pts at 60%+ debt.

 80% 18% · 4/5 pts

Financial Efficiency

How efficiently funds reach the cause — program spend and fundraising cost ratios.

100/100

Financial Efficiency metrics for Be Your Best Foundation
Metric Score Value
Program expense ratio

90%+ on charitable activities = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 50% or below.

 100% 98% · 10/10 pts (3-year average)
Fundraising efficiency

≤10p to raise £1 = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 40p or above (fundraising cost ÷ income).

 100% 0p per £1 income · 10/10 pts (2-year average, disclosed years)

Community Support

Grassroots backing from Charity Commission workforce data — volunteers vs paid staff.

100/100

Community Support metrics for Be Your Best Foundation
Metric Score Value
Volunteer-to-staff ratio

Volunteers at 2x staff or more = full marks · no volunteers = 0 pts, scaled between.

 100% 120 volunteers / 2 staff · 10/10 pts

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What trust indicators does Be Your Best Foundation have?

Pulled from the Charity Commission register — filing behaviour, board size, and workforce where reported.

  • Accounts filed on time

    Filing status: missing

  • Trustee board size (3–12)

    7 trustees on the Charity Commission register

  • Workforce on register

    2 employees · 120 volunteers (60:1 volunteer-to-staff)

Fundraising Regulator

Status not yet checked

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Official register

Reg 1077291

Full trustee list, accounts, and regulatory history on the Charity Commission.

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Trustees & officers

  • Jan Clarke
  • Paul Godfrey
  • Ian Readhead
  • Glynis Wright since 2015
  • Amanda Fearn since 2017
  • John Nott since 2018
  • Rebecca McGregor since 2018

How reliable is Be Your Best Foundation's data?

Source
Charity Commission (England & Wales)
Accounts year
2017
Filing date
—
Data refreshed

Low confidence — key filing data unavailable

Scores reflect the accounts in our dated data extract. The live register may contain newer filings. Clarity Score measures how clearly the charity accounts for money in those filings — not programme impact.

Check the current register entry · Report a data correction

Financial source extract: 2026-09-06. Organisation identifier: 3952220. Method version: 1.1. View method changes.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator and Charity Commission for Northern Ireland. Open Government Licence v3.0 .

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What should you check before donating to Be Your Best Foundation?

  1. 1. Match the name and charity number

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  2. 2. Read the accounts in context

    Our latest accounts data covers 2017. Compare the accounts period, spending and reserves. An administration cost ratio alone cannot tell you how effective a charity is.

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  3. 3. Look for evidence of results

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How we score charities +

The Clarity Score is a 100-point rating from UK regulator filings (Charity Commission for England and Wales, OSCR and CCNI). Four pillars — Accountability & Transparency (40), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10) — each scored on a continuous scale, not pass/fail cutoffs. A statutory inquiry sets the score to 0 automatically.

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Accountability & Transparency

Scored from filings

40 points — filing history (15), trustee oversight (15, scaling up to a board of three or more), declared policies (10).

Financial Health

Scored from filings

30 points — reserves (15, full marks 3–24 months, tapering on both sides), income stability (10), liabilities to assets (5, scaling down as debt rises).

Financial Efficiency

Scored from filings

20 points — program expense ratio and fundraising cost, each on a graduated scale (not a single cutoff). Kept at 20% of the total: financial-ratio scoring alone is not a reliable effectiveness signal (see "why not just an overhead ratio?" below).

Community Support

Scored from filings

10 points — volunteer-to-staff ratio from Charity Commission workforce data, scaling continuously up to a 2:1 ratio.

Overall score

Sum of all pillar points. Display stars use the same bands as the labels: 90–100 → 5★ Exceptional; 75–89 → 4★ Good; 60–74 → 3★ Needs improvement; 1–59 → 2★ Poor; 0 → not rated.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about Be Your Best Foundation's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.

Is Be Your Best Foundation a good charity? +

Be Your Best Foundation scores 69 out of 100 (3 stars — Needs improvement) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 98% of its spending goes to charitable activities (latest year) and its accounts are missing. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.

Is Be Your Best Foundation a legitimate charity? +

The register data used for this profile lists Be Your Best Foundation as a registered charity (charity number 1077291). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1077291&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.

What is Be Your Best Foundation's charity number? +

Be Your Best Foundation's charity number is 1077291. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.

What is Be Your Best Foundation's charity rating? +

Be Your Best Foundation scores 69 out of 100 on CharityCompare (3 stars — Needs improvement). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.

Does Be Your Best Foundation have reviews and complaints? +

CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Be Your Best Foundation. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (one red flag on this profile: poor filing history). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.

How much of my donation reaches Be Your Best Foundation? +

Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 98% of Be Your Best Foundation's total spending went to charitable activities. That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.

What are Be Your Best Foundation's overheads? +

Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 0% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 0% of expenditure (2016–2017, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Be Your Best Foundation. The register does not show individual salaries; senior pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report and accounts.

How much income does Be Your Best Foundation receive? +

Be Your Best Foundation reported £871k total income in its 2017 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: stable.

Are Be Your Best Foundation's accounts up to date? +

Filing status: missing. CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.

Where is Be Your Best Foundation based? +

Be Your Best Foundation's registered contact address is in Portsmouth (PO1 2AB). It tells the regulator it operates in England and Wales, with a focus on arts & culture.

Where does Be Your Best Foundation's money come from? +

Be Your Best Foundation reported £871k total income for the year ending 31 July 2017. The largest sources were charitable activities £815k (94%), trading and fundraising events £35k (4%), donations and legacies £21k (2%).

Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Be Your Best Foundation? +

The register records Be Your Best Foundation as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.

When was Be Your Best Foundation registered as a charity? +

Be Your Best Foundation was entered on the register on 6 September 1999. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 03553440).

How does CharityCompare score Be Your Best Foundation? +

We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Be Your Best Foundation's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.

How often is this page updated? +

This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and Be Your Best Foundation's most recent accounts cover 2017. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.