CHALLENGE ADVENTURE CHARITIES

Registered charity 1057920 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Cycling events in support of charitable causes.

Objects

TO MAKE PAYMENTS TO CHARITABLE BODIES, ASSOCIATIONS AND ORGANISATIONS AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£159k

Latest spending

£162k

Registered

1996

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £10,847 for the year ended 31 March 2024, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £26,766. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Participant sponsorship

“Participant sponsorship is the amount raised by individual participators in respect of sponsorship donations.” — page 9

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: a level that mitigates reliance on corporate sponsorship (held: £27k)

“The trustees have examined the requirement to maintain free reserves and concluded that it is appropriate to build reserves and concluded that it is appropriate to build reserves up to a level that mitigates reliance on corporate sponsorship.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Risk management
Volunteer management

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 03211438 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Challenge Adventure Charities (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

MASON-ELLIOTT, Thomas Edward — director, appointed 17/02/2023on trustee list
MASON-ELLIOTT, Stuart Graham — director, appointed 12/06/1996on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

STUART GRAHAM MASON-ELLIOTTchair
Thomas Mason-Elliott

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: France · Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£159k	£162k
31/03/2024	£144k	£155k
31/03/2023	£241k	£238k
31/03/2022	£0	£514
31/03/2021	£0	£940

Common questions

Is CHALLENGE ADVENTURE CHARITIES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £10,847 for the year ended 31 March 2024, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £26,766. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
PRISM THE GIFT FUND	1	£100k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS, FULHAM	1	£15k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TASTE FOR ADVENTURE.

TASTE FOR ADVENTURE income £198k
BLACK UNITY BIKE RIDE income £107k
LONDON CYCLING CAMPAIGN income £1.4m
ADVENTURE SUNDERLAND LTD income £666k
ADORE CHURCH income £260k
EUROPEAN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CHALLENGE ADVENTURE CHARITIES	£159k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
TASTE FOR ADVENTURE FY2024	£198k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BLACK UNITY BIKE RIDE FY2025	£107k	—	0	below	—	noted
LONDON CYCLING CAMPAIGN FY2025	£1.4m	£80,001 - £90,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
ADVENTURE SUNDERLAND LTD FY2025	£666k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
ADORE CHURCH FY2025	£260k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.