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FAIR SHOT

Registered charity 1190582 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Fair Shot will bring training and future employment to disabled young adults

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.4m
Latest spending
£1.2m
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that Fair Shot CIO generated total income of £1,409,369 against expenditure of £1,236,393 for the period ending December 2024, resulting in a surplus that increased free reserves to £172,975. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. The charity aims to build its unrestricted reserves to £330,000, representing three months of running costs, by the end of 2025.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

What the charity says about itself (2023-2024)

From its own voluntary annual review / impact report — the charity’s account of its work, distinct from the statutory accounts analysed above.

The report states 45 learners were supported across four cohorts, with the third cohort successfully transitioning to employment.
“We have welcomed four cohorts of young adults with learning disabilities—45 learners in total—into our programme. We have successfully transitioned our third cohort into employment”

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Fair Shot (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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.

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): facebook · instagram · linkedin

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£1.4m
Total spending
£1.2m
Cost of raising funds
£9k
Reserves (reported)
£414k
Employees
33

Reported reserves equal ~4.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (54% 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: 0.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£1.4m£1.2m
31/07/2023£701k£578k
31/07/2022£243k£267k
31/07/2021£212k£4k

Common questions

Is FAIR SHOT financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that Fair Shot CIO generated total income of £1,409,369 against expenditure of £1,236,393 for the period ending December 2024, resulting in a surplus that increased free reserves to £172,975. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. The charity aims to build its unrestricted reserves to £330,000, representing three months of running costs, by the end of 2025. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds FAIR SHOT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FAIR SHOT as a grant recipient include GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION, THE BLOOMFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST, DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUND, Stolkin Foundation, THE MARK LEONARD TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATIONFY2024£200kYouth
THE BLOOMFIELD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£30k
THE BLOOMFIELD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£30k
THE BLOOMFIELD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£30k
THE BLOOMFIELD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£27k
DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUNDFY2025£25kTraining programme for young adults with learning disabilities
Stolkin FoundationFY2025£23kAssistance in development of mental and physical capabilities
THE BLOOMFIELD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2026£20k
THE MARK LEONARD TRUSTFY2023£16kTowards core costs and funding Fairshot to move its café to Covent Garden.
THE GEORGE FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2023£5k
THE GEORGE FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2022£5k

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE REED FOUNDATION2£37k
THE MOHN WESTLAKE FOUNDATION1£1.0m
THE HEALTH FOUNDATION1£496k
THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATION1£382k
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£300k
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION1£150k
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION1£150k
THE DULVERTON TRUST1£145k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FAIRPLAY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FAIR SHOT£1.4m——unclear—no doubt
FAIRPLAY FY2025£2.0m——below—no doubt
FUTURE SKILLS TRAINING FY2025£234k—0above—no doubt
FULL FACT FY2024£2.9m——within—no doubt
PATCHWORK PROJECT FY2025£263k—0unclear—no doubt
As-Siraj Trust FY2025£807k—0unclear—no doubt

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