CFYDC (CHANCE)

Registered charity 1121341 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

CFYDC (Chance) aims to engage and actively assist in the development of young people 5-18 and adults, so they are able to reach their fullest potential. This will be by providing the facilities, resources and staffing for a range of educational, training and sports activities which enable there aspirations and dreams to be fulfilled; whatever their background and regardless of their history.

Objects

3. THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE:- (A) TO ADVANCE THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE. IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE GAME OF FOOTBALL; AND (B) THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE PLAYING OF FOOTBALL;(C) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF THE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR THE RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE: IN LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE - PARTICULARLY AT: PRINCE PHILIP CENTRE, LEEDS; INNER CITY LEEDS, AND THOMAS DANBY COLLEGE, LEEDS.

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 · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£519k
Latest spending
£512k
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £7,675 for the year ended 31 May 2025, resulting in total free reserves of £58,313. The trustees acknowledge that these actual reserves are lower than their stated policy target of maintaining sufficient funds to cover 3 to 6 months of operating expenditure. The charity continues to operate with a positive net current asset position and no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £58k; policy: three to six months of operating expenditure)
“The trustees acknowledge the actual reserves are lower than the policy target.” — page 5
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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2025

  • Volunteers: 84
  • Government income: £56,461 — contracts £33,383 (2), grants £23,078 (3); 11% of the £519,360 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2024

  • Volunteers: 100
  • Government income: £131,348 — contracts £20,813 (1), grants £110,535 (6); 30% of the £442,836 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2023

  • Volunteers: 120
  • Government income: £77,065 — grants £77,065 (3); 23% of the £340,809 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/05/2023 (received 01/08/2024, 123 days after the 31/03/2024 due date); year ending 31/05/2022 (received 12/05/2023, 42 days after the 31/03/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/05/2025)

Total income
£519k
Total spending
£512k
Reserves (reported)
£58k
Employees
12

Reported reserves equal ~1.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (73% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Leeds City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/05/2025£519k£512k
31/05/2024£443k£464k
31/05/2023£341k£273k
31/05/2022£205k£358k
31/05/2021£365k£358k

Common questions

Is CFYDC (CHANCE) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £7,675 for the year ended 31 May 2025, resulting in total free reserves of £58,313. The trustees acknowledge that these actual reserves are lower than their stated policy target of maintaining sufficient funds to cover 3 to 6 months of operating expenditure. The charity continues to operate with a positive net current asset position and no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government09/07/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund22/08/2013£7kCommunity Tackle It
The National Lottery Community Fund11/11/2010£10kChapeltown Community Banners
The National Lottery Community Fund25/11/2009£50kA Difference in Young People's Lives

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CFYDC (CHANCE)£519k—0below—no doubt
FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE FY2025£1.5m—0unclear1.0%no doubt
CARDIFF CENTRAL SPORTS AND RECREATION LIMITED FY2025£447k—0unclear—no doubt
SEDBERGH YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£158k—0unclear—no doubt
WCA FY2025£499k—0unclear—no doubt
VISION25 FY2025£942k—0below—no doubt

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