THE CRYSALYS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1189120 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We help youngsters by1. relieving the needs of children, young people & families who experience social or economic disadvantage, through information, grants or resources 2. promoting the efficiency & effectiveness of charities & voluntary organisations by providing advice, training & support to those working with socially or economically disadvantaged children, young people and families

Objects

1)TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES WHO EXPERIENCE SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, GRANTS OR RESOURCES 2)TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND THE EFFECTIVE USE OF RESOURCES FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, TRAINING AND SUPPORT TO ORGANISATIONS WORKING WITH SOCIALLY OR ECOMOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS OBJECT, CHARITIES ARE ORGANISATIONS WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS ARE INDEPENDENTORGANISATIONS WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES THAT ADD VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, OR A SIGNIFICANT SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY AND WHICH ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THEIR CONSTITUTION TO MAKE A PROFIT FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION. VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DO NOT INCLUDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR OTHER STATUTORY AUTHORITIES

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: West Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£256k
Latest spending
£152k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £104,140 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income rising to £254,701 from grants and donations. The trustees consider the current reserves of £228,724 to be sufficient to sustain operations over the forthcoming year, noting that unrestricted funds stand at £5,578.

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: 5
  • Government income: £25,000 — grants £25,000 (1); 10% of the £256,238 total gross income on the same return

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

  • Volunteers: 6

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

  • Volunteers: 6

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£256k£152k
31/03/2024£167k£84k
31/03/2023£69k£53k
31/03/2022£53k£38k
31/03/2021£15k£8k

Common questions

Is THE CRYSALYS FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £104,140 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income rising to £254,701 from grants and donations. The trustees consider the current reserves of £228,724 to be sufficient to sustain operations over the forthcoming year, noting that unrestricted funds stand at £5,578. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE CRYSALYS FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE CRYSALYS FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE LINDER FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE LINDER FOUNDATIONFY2025£30kGeneral Charitable Causes
THE LINDER FOUNDATIONFY2022£24kGeneral Charitable Causes
THE LINDER FOUNDATIONFY2024£21kGeneral Charitable Causes
THE LINDER FOUNDATIONFY2023£16kGeneral Charitable Causes
THE LINDER FOUNDATIONFY2026£15kGeneral Charitable Causes
THE LINDER FOUNDATIONFY2023£10kGeneral Charitable Causes

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund28/05/2024£20kChildren's Star
The National Lottery Community Fund29/06/2023£195kTrauma Response Northamptonshire
The National Lottery Community Fund10/06/2022£10kTackling Poverty and War Traumas
The National Lottery Community Fund30/11/2021£10kCOVID -19 Tackling Trauma Wales
The National Lottery Community Fund23/04/2021£10kTackling Trauma Together
UK government22/09/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund

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 CHRYSALIS YOUTH AND COMMUNITY PROJECT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE CRYSALYS FOUNDATION£256k—0unclear—no doubt
CHRYSALIS YOUTH AND COMMUNITY PROJECT FY2025£88k—0above—no doubt
MY FOUNDATION FY2025£430k—0unclear—no doubt
FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE FY2025£1.5m—0unclear1.0%no doubt
CHRYSALIS YOUTH EMPOWERMENT NETWORK FY2025£211k—0below—no doubt
CENTURIAN CHARITIES LIMITED FY2025£566k—0unclear—no doubt

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