CHAYAH DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

Registered charity 1181113 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHAYAH DEVELOPMENT PROJECT CIO

To advance, relieve needs of and help young people up to the age of 30 living in Nottingham and the surrounding areas. by providing advice, assistance & services designed to:(a) develop skills, capabilities to enable them to participate in society as mature and responsible individuals.(b) advance education(c) Relieve Unemployment(d) Provide Recreational activities to improve social welfare

Objects

TO ADVANCE IN LIFE, RELIEVE NEEDS OF AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 30 LIVING IN NOTTINGHAM AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY ACTING AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND PROVIDING ADVICE, ASSISTANCE AND SERVICES DESIGNED TO:(A) DEVELOP SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.(B) ADVANCE EDUCATION;(C) RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT;(D) PROVIDE RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£171k
Latest spending
£146k
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource of £7,410 for the year ended 31 October 2024, reversing a previous net outgoing. However, the unrestricted funds remain in a deficit position of £62,339, and the trustees note that the wider funding environment remains competitive with limited grant availability.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 3 months of annual expenditure (held: £-62k)
“unrestricted funds not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets [the free reserves] held by the charity should be 3 months of annual expenditure.” — page 8
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Nottingham City · Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/10/2025£171k£146k
31/10/2024£162k£155k
31/10/2023£118k£124k
31/10/2022£191k£173k
31/10/2021£190k£191k

Common questions

Is CHAYAH DEVELOPMENT PROJECT financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource of £7,410 for the year ended 31 October 2024, reversing a previous net outgoing. However, the unrestricted funds remain in a deficit position of £62,339, and the trustees note that the wider funding environment remains competitive with limited grant availability. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CHAYAH DEVELOPMENT PROJECT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CHAYAH DEVELOPMENT PROJECT as a grant recipient include Advance Nottingham, THE TRUE COLOURS TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
Advance NottinghamFY2025£11k
THE TRUE COLOURS TRUSTFY2022£10kActivities and support for disabled children and young people and their families.
Advance NottinghamFY2024£6k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund24/10/2025£19kRooted Together: Connecting Generations
The National Lottery Community Fund07/07/2023£10kProject 5000
The National Lottery Community Fund03/03/2022£50kBoyz2Men - Gentlemens Club
The National Lottery Community Fund28/10/2021£10kChayah COVID 19 Recovery Project
UK government14/12/2020£718DCMS VSCE CMC Covid Funding
UK government03/12/2020£29kDCMS VSCE CMC Covid Funding
UK government17/07/2020£95kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund17/10/2019£27kChayah Development Project (Development Grant)

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 CHABAD LUBAVITCH OF NOTTINGHAM.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHAYAH DEVELOPMENT PROJECT£171k—0unclear—no doubt
CHABAD LUBAVITCH OF NOTTINGHAM FY2025£217k—0below—no doubt
NW5 COMMUNITY PLAY PROJECT FY2025£208k—0unclear—no doubt
MOHEBBAN AL - MAHDI YOUTH FOUNDATION FY2025£430k—0unclear—no doubt
NOTTINGHAM CHILDREN YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES PROJECT LTD FY2025£159k—0unclear—no doubt
CHAI NETWORK FY2025£246k—0below—noted

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