Off The Ropes (OTR)

Registered charity 1180290 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as IN YOUR CORNER (IYC)

Off The Ropes aims to improve the physical health of children and adults under mental health services or at risk of being referred to primary or secondary health services in London and Kent. Qualified boxing and health professionals engage with individuals and focus on improving and managing participants mental health symptoms using a fully integrated approach

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS, PARTICULARLY THOSE UNDER MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES OR AT RISK OF BEING REFERRED TO PRIMARY OR SECONDARY HEALTH SERVICES BY A) THE PROVISION OF STRUCTURED, NON-CONTACT BOXING PROGRAMMES DESIGNED TO ASSIST WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF SELF-CONFIDENCE, AND INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS. B) IMPROVING THE HEALTH (INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTH) AND FITNESS OF PARTICIPANTS AND ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO MAKE HEALTHY LIFE CHOICES

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted cash reserves of £339,782 at year-end, with £101,706 designated for future fixed costs. Per the trustees' report, total payments exceeded receipts due to significant investment in new premises and equipment, resulting in a net cash outflow of £70,136 for the year.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Off The Ropes (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• PAUL JACKSONchair
• DEREK KENNETH TRACY FRCPSYCH
• Damon Beesley

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

Operates in: Bexley · Bromley · Greenwich · Kent

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OFF THE RECORD (BRISTOL).

• OFF THE RECORD (BRISTOL) income £3.5m
• OFF THE RECORD (SOUTH EAST HAMPSHIRE) income £526k
• OFF THE STREETS income £270k
• BOXING FUTURES LTD income £567k
• OFF THE FENCE TRUST LIMITED income £595k
• Kettering Town F.C. Community Trust income £157k

Side by side with its peers

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