EMPIRE FIGHTING CHANCE
Registered charity 1156690 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Empire Fighting Chance (EFC) helps young people who are failing at school, in danger of drifting into a life of unemployment or even crime, and helps them turn their lives around. We run intensive mentoring and personal development programmes alongside a physcial activity. EFC perform remedial work on numeracy and literacy,preparation for employment courses,sports and mentoring qualifications
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that free reserves were approximately £472,000, representing about four months of operating expenditure. The charity holds unrestricted funds of £1,994,137, with £1,494,360 designated for future expenditure programmes and fixed assets. The trustees report that they have adequate unrestricted and restricted reserves to service future needs and have identified no material uncertainties regarding going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Related-party transaction: Bristol Boxing, a company in which the COO, Mr Jamie Sanigar has an interest rented part of the building. The rent charged amounted to £12,000 and was on an arms length basis.
“Bristol Boxing, a company in which the COO, Mr Jamie Sanigar has an interest rented part of the building. The rent charged amounted to £12,000 and was on an arms length basis.” — page 24
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Sloggetts Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
What the charity says about itself (2025)
From its own voluntary annual review / impact report — the charity’s account of its work, distinct from the statutory accounts analysed above.
The report covers the year 2025, as indicated by the title 'Our story of 2025' and content references to events in 2025.
“Across our five core outcomes, young people’s success rates increased by an average 13% compared to 2024.”
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Empire Fighting Chance (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Jamie Sanigar — Chief Executive Officer (source)
- Martin Bisp — Executive Director for Global Partnerships and Impact (source)
- Michael Fuller — Director of Growth (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- 3SIXTY Real Estate — “We are immensely thankful for the ongoing support of the following and companies: 3SIXTY Real Estate” (source page)
- Basil Brown Charitable Trust — “We are immensely thankful for the ongoing support of the following trusts and foundations: Basil Brown Charitable Trust” (source page)
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/10/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£134k
Reported reserves equal ~8.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (93% 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: 5.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Dr SIMON NEWITTchair
- Abdifitah Abdulkadir Awale
- Alexander Campbell
- Amy Woodrow
- Katharine Alexandra Wilkinson
- Michael Leaman
- Nathan John Peacey · trustee of 2 other charities
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Blaenau Gwent · Bristol City · Cardiff · Merthyr Tydfil · Somerset · South Gloucestershire · Torfaen · Vale Of Glamorgan · Wiltshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is EMPIRE FIGHTING CHANCE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves were approximately £472,000, representing about four months of operating expenditure. The charity holds unrestricted funds of £1,994,137, with £1,494,360 designated for future expenditure programmes and fixed assets. The trustees report that they have adequate unrestricted and restricted reserves to service future needs and have identified no material uncertainties regarding going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sloggetts Limited.
Who funds EMPIRE FIGHTING CHANCE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name EMPIRE FIGHTING CHANCE as a grant recipient include THE STONE FAMILY FOUNDATION, IMPETUS - THE PRIVATE EQUITY FOUNDATION, THE YOUTH ENDOWMENT FUND CHARITABLE TRUST, THE PRUDENCE TRUST, THE NISBET TRUST.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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