THE ACTIVITY DEN

Registered charity 1122076 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide a range of different activities for children and young people with the aim of improving their lives.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£103k
Latest spending
£85k
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased from £51,602 to £69,827, driven by a net income of £18,225. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £27,462, providing a buffer against its total expenditure of £84,865. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 and no material matters required attention.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Durham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£103k£85k
31/07/2024£111k£96k
31/07/2023£63k£69k
31/07/2022£49k£67k
31/07/2021£45k£30k

Common questions

Is THE ACTIVITY DEN financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased from £51,602 to £69,827, driven by a net income of £18,225. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £27,462, providing a buffer against its total expenditure of £84,865. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 and no material matters required attention. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE ACTIVITY DEN?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE ACTIVITY DEN as a grant recipient include The Greatham Foundation Ltd, THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
The Greatham Foundation LtdFY2023£100k
THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£20k
THE BALLINGER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£20k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Community Foundation North East08/05/2025£8kGrant to The Activity Den
Community Foundation North East27/03/2025£6kGrant to The Activity Den
Community Foundation North East23/03/2023£7kGrant to The Activity Den
Community Foundation North East25/08/2022£4kGrant to The Activity Den
UK government28/02/2020£3kUK Youth Fund YAF
UK government28/02/2020£1kUK Youth Fund YAF
The National Lottery Community Fund03/01/2020£10kDevelopment Worker

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PETER ASHLEY ACTIVITY CENTRES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE ACTIVITY DEN£103k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PETER ASHLEY ACTIVITY CENTRES FY2025£1.4m—0within—no doubt
DONCASTER DANUM SCOUTS FY2025£129k—0unclear—no doubt
CHILDREN HEARD AND SEEN FY2025£579k——unclear—no doubt
THE EIGHTEEN FUND FY2025£236k—0unclear—no doubt
CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS FOUNDATION FY2024£214k—0below—no doubt

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