Our history
Futurebuilders was one of the recommendations in the Treasury’s Cross Cutting Review into the role of the voluntary and community sector in public service delivery (Sept. 2002).
2003 - 2007
In the autumn of 2003 the Government ran an open, competitive tendering process, managed by the Treasury, to find an organisation to run the Futurebuilders Fund.
This was won in December 2003 by a consortium made up of Charity Bank, Unity Trust Bank, National Council for Voluntary Organisations and Northern Rock Foundation.
The consortium then set up a non-profit company, Futurebuilders England Ltd, to manage the fund.
2008 -
In 2007, the Cabinet Office opened the tender to manage the contract of the second phase of the Futurebuilders fund (2008-11).
Since 1 April 2008, the Futurebuilders England fund has been under the management of the Adventure Capital Fund (ACF). To find out how investee information is shared between the two organisations, please read the Information Sharing Policy.