CHICHESTER BOYS CLUB CIO

Registered charity 1168297 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Social and games activities with young people . Supportive activities with the elderly.

Objects

The object of the Club is to promote the mental, physical and spiritual well-being of children, young people and adults, especially of those of disadvantaged, socially isolated backgrounds or with disabilities, resident in Chichester and the surrounding district.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Chichester, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£84k
Latest spending
£119k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves stood at £98,630 at the year end, which is above the stated policy target of three months of unrestricted expenditure. The charity reported a net deficit for the year, with total payments exceeding total receipts, largely due to increased staff costs.

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.

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 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 15
  • Government income: £6,000 — grants £6,000 (2); 7% of the £83,842 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Government income: £5,600 — grants £5,600 (1); 4% of the £159,673 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Government income: £9,953 — grants £9,953 (2); 10% of the £103,102 total gross income on the same return

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£84k£119k
31/03/2024£160k£112k
31/03/2023£103k£62k
31/03/2022£107k£54k
31/03/2021£42k£48k

Common questions

Is CHICHESTER BOYS CLUB CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves stood at £98,630 at the year end, which is above the stated policy target of three months of unrestricted expenditure. The charity reported a net deficit for the year, with total payments exceeding total receipts, largely due to increased staff costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CHICHESTER BOYS CLUB CIO?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CHICHESTER BOYS CLUB CIO as a grant recipient include THE F GLENISTER WOODGER TRUST CIO, FRIARSGATE TRUST, THE BASSIL SHIPPAM AND ALSFORD TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE F GLENISTER WOODGER TRUST CIOFY2022£78k
THE F GLENISTER WOODGER TRUST CIOFY2023£78k
FRIARSGATE TRUSTFY2023£5kEducation
THE BASSIL SHIPPAM AND ALSFORD TRUSTFY2025£5k2 of 3
FRIARSGATE TRUSTFY2023£5kEducation
FRIARSGATE TRUSTFY2023£5kCare and Welfare
FRIARSGATE TRUSTFY2023£5kEducation
THE BASSIL SHIPPAM AND ALSFORD TRUSTFY2024£1k26.07.23 Chichester Boys Club
THE BASSIL SHIPPAM AND ALSFORD TRUSTFY2022£500General

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund24/09/2026£20kAssistance with Running costs
The National Lottery Community Fund18/02/2022£10kChichester Boys’ Club Youth Club Sessions
UK government27/07/2020£5kVSCE CMC Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund22/09/2005£4kExtend archery club

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 PINCHBECK KIDS CLUB.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHICHESTER BOYS CLUB CIO£84k—0above—no doubt
PINCHBECK KIDS CLUB FY2026£122k——unclear—no doubt
CLUB 66 BOYS CLUB FY2025£639k—0unclear—no doubt
TANTERTON CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP FY2025£50k—0above—no doubt
CHISLEHURST YFC LIMITED FY2025£215k—0unclear—no doubt
CONTAINS ART CIO FY2025£330kUnder £60,0000above—no doubt

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