CHAMPIONS FUN LEARNING CENTRE

Registered charity 1144522 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CFLC

Champions Fun Learning Centre is a one-to-one-support centre for children ages 6 - 16. We support children with difficulties and disabilities to excel in Maths, English and Science from Mondays - Fridays starting at 4pm - 7pm and Saturdays from 10am - 4pm.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE ASSOCIATION ARE ESTABLISHED FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AGED 5-16 YEARS OLD, IN PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY OF THOSE FROM ETHNIC MINORITY GROUPS.

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: Bristol, City of, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£174k
Latest spending
£173k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds no free reserves and total net assets are £820. The trustees report a reasonable expectation that the charity will continue to operate and meet liabilities, noting that expenditure was kept below income levels through careful financial controls. However, the filing highlights a dependency on grants and identifies the need for a sustainable income source and reserve building as a principal risk.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £820)
“Champions Fun Learning Centre does not currently hold any free reserves. However, the management committee is looking into appropriate fundraising ventures and other trading activities in order to build up a reserve.” — page 11
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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 05/04/2026

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2025

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

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

Operates in: Bristol City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2026£174k£173k
05/04/2025£165k£165k
05/04/2024£165k£145k
05/04/2023£148k£144k
05/04/2022£147k£142k

Common questions

Is CHAMPIONS FUN LEARNING CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds no free reserves and total net assets are £820. The trustees report a reasonable expectation that the charity will continue to operate and meet liabilities, noting that expenditure was kept below income levels through careful financial controls. However, the filing highlights a dependency on grants and identifies the need for a sustainable income source and reserve building as a principal risk. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CHAMPIONS FUN LEARNING CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CHAMPIONS FUN LEARNING CENTRE as a grant recipient include BARCHESTER HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
BARCHESTER HEALTHCARE FOUNDATIONFY2024£1kEquipment and refreshments for this new project for elderly members.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund06/08/2026£15kRefugees Employment Education and Enterprise Training (R.E.E.E.T)
The National Lottery Community Fund25/09/2025£10kElderly Chair & Yoga Excercising
The National Lottery Community Fund30/01/2024£10kSenior Citizen CLASS
The National Lottery Community Fund26/01/2024£19kElderly Chair & Yoga Exercising
The National Lottery Community Fund02/12/2022£10kSenior Citizen CLASS
The National Lottery Community Fund02/07/2021£10kForum for Employment Enterprise Training (F.E.E.T)
UK government14/07/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund17/01/2020£10kYes We Can
The National Lottery Community Fund05/10/2018£10kForum for Employment and Enterprise Training (F.E.E.T)
The National Lottery Community Fund06/01/2016£10kCultivating High Achieving Mentality Pupils (CHAMP)
The National Lottery Community Fund23/07/2014£10kChampions Fun Learning Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund14/03/2013£10kForum for Employment and Enterprise Training (F.E.E.T)

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 Number Champions.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHAMPIONS FUN LEARNING CENTRE£174k—0below—no doubt
Number Champions FY2026£132k—0above—no doubt
THE CLAREMONT FAN COURT FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025£26.7m——below—no doubt
DISABILITY CHALLENGERS FY2025£3.2m—0unclear—no doubt
SUNSHINE CHILDREN'S CENTRE FY2025£784k—0unclear—no doubt
SALTWOOD PLAY & LEARNING CENTRE FY2025£249k—0above—no doubt

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