ADVANTAGE! BARROW RAIDERS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1194545 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Advantage! aims to improve the physical and mental wellbeing of young people and adults in Barrow-in-Furness and the South Lakes areas, through the medium of rugby league, multi-sports, wellbeing activities and healthy lifestyle initiatives. Advantage! aim to support people who suffer disadvantages and now deliver a programme of sport and wellbeing activities to over 800 people per week.

Objects

3.1. THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY OF BARROW-IN-FURNESS AND SOUTH LAKES AREAS, BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES, COACHING AND PLAYING OF RUGBY LEAGUE AND OTHER ASSOCIATED SPORTS AND ACTIVITIES.3.2. TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR SPORT, RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF SUCH PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED FOR SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON ON THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;AND3.3. TO PROMOTE OTHER SUCH PURPOSES RECOGNISED AS CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.

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 · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westmorland and Furness, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted cash funds increased to £85,185 by the end of the period, contributing to total unrestricted reserves of £188,691. The charity's stated aspiration is to hold a reserve of £40,000, a target which is exceeded by the current unrestricted cash position. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the accounting records or the accuracy of the accounts.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• BAE Systems — “Thanks to the initial and sustained support from BAE Systems, Cumbria Community Foundation and Sir John Fisher Foundation, plus many more pa…” (source page)
• Cumbria Community Foundation — “Thanks to the initial and sustained support from BAE Systems, Cumbria Community Foundation and Sir John Fisher Foundation, plus many more pa…” (source page)
• Sir John Fisher Foundation — “Thanks to the initial and sustained support from BAE Systems, Cumbria Community Foundation and Sir John Fisher Foundation, plus many more pa…” (source page)

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (07/01/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Karen Elizabeth Scarrchair
• Kerry-Lyn Kelly
• Nina Bleasdale
• Paul Littlewood

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BARNES RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB.

• BARNES RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB income £399k
• THE BATH RUGBY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £947k
• RECREATION AND EASY ACCESS FOR DISABLED YOUTH income £53k
• ENVIRO ABILITY income £223k
• OPPORTUNITY SPORTS FOUNDATION income £221k
• ALL ABOARD YOUTH ROWING income £288k

Side by side with its peers

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