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CHALLENGE ADVENTURE CHARITIES

Registered charity 1057920 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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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.

Corporate structure

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.

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: France · Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION1£200k
REARDON SMITH NAUTICAL TRUST1£130k
PRISM THE GIFT FUND1£100k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS, FULHAM1£15k
WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTION1£10k
MARGARET DAVIES CHARITY1£5k
THE ASSOCIATION OF SAIL TRAINING ORGANISATIONS1£3k
JOSEPH LEVY FOUNDATION1£3k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHALLENGE ADVENTURE CHARITIES£159k—0unclear—no doubt
TASTE FOR ADVENTURE FY2024£213k—0unclear—no doubt
LONDON CYCLING CAMPAIGN FY2025£1.4m£80,001 - £90,0001unclear—no doubt
ADVENTURE SUNDERLAND LTD FY2025£666k——above—no doubt
ADORE CHURCH FY2025£260k—0unclear—no doubt
EUROPEAN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT FY2025£1.1m£90,001 - £100,000—above—no doubt

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