THE CHALLENGER TRUST

Registered charity 1068226 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The trust enables young people from challenging backgrounds and situations to participate in outdoor activities-based personal development programmes at a multitude of UK locations, both on-site at schools and residential. It also supports young people taking part in personal development expeditions overseas.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROMOTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF A WIDE RANGE OF LIFESKILLS INCLUDING COMMUNICATION, PLANNING AND ORGANISATION, PROBLEM SOLVING AND DECISION MAKING, PREPARATION FOR THE WORKPLACE, UNDERSTANDING MANAGEMENT ISSUES, LEADERSHIP AND TEAM WORKING, INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP REVIEWING, UNDERSTANDING AND AWARENESS OF DEVELOPING WORLD, SELF-CONFIDENCE, A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY, ASSERTIVENESS, RESILIENCE AND SOCIAL SKILLS.

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.

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Registered contact address: Stratford-on-Avon, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves total £8,010, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet current expenditure. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £32,005 for the year, driven by a significant increase in donations and grants to £50,000 from £5,000 in the prior year. The trustees maintain that the financial position is satisfactory despite challenging fundraising conditions.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andy Ireland
• Marcus Isman-Egal
• Roy Blackwell Mr

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CHALLENGE FUND - THE FIGHT AGAINST CANCER IN THE EMERGING WORLD.

• THE CHALLENGE FUND - THE FIGHT AGAINST CANCER IN THE EMERGING WORLD income £290k
• THE CHALLENGING BEHAVIOUR FOUNDATION income £496k
• DISABILITY CHALLENGERS income £3.2m
• MOTIVATION AND LEARNING TRUST income £60k
• TEEN CHALLENGE LONDON income £1.0m
• Challenger Academy Limited income £131k

Side by side with its peers

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