BURY DEFENCE ACADEMY CIO

Registered charity 1196825 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

A grassroots martial arts and boxing club, setup to nurture young people through combat sport. We offer a range of discounted activities that aim to improve the health and well-being of local people, promote community cohesion and divert young people away from crime and improve their life prospects.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(1) THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF BURY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR BOXING AND MIXED MARTIAL ARTS.(2) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF BURY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.

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

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£184k

Latest spending

£140k

Registered

2021

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's income is derived from various sources, with grant funding comprising 55% of total income. The trustees report that the organisation is expanding its activities and building multiple income streams to reduce reliance on grants. No financial figures for reserves, costs, or staff emoluments are disclosed in the provided text.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grants (55% of income)

“The majority of the organisation’s income is from grant funding (55%)” — page 2

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 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 handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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 31/07/2025

Volunteers: 8
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2024

Volunteers: 8
Government income: £3,350 — grants £3,350 (20); 1% of the £247,038 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2023

Volunteers: 12
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Bury Defence Academy (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Iftikhar Ahmedchair
AHMED BILAL
AKRAM BAIG
MOHAMMED JUNAID ARIF
MOHAMMED RABBI

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

Operates in: Bury

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£184k	£140k
31/07/2024	£247k	£137k
31/07/2023	£112k	£90k
31/07/2022	£61k	£51k

Common questions

Is BURY DEFENCE ACADEMY CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's income is derived from various sources, with grant funding comprising 55% of total income. The trustees report that the organisation is expanding its activities and building multiple income streams to reduce reliance on grants. No financial figures for reserves, costs, or staff emoluments are disclosed in the provided text.

Who funds BURY DEFENCE ACADEMY CIO?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BURY DEFENCE ACADEMY CIO as a grant recipient include THE GLOBAL FUND FOR CHILDREN UK TRUST, THE PETER KERSHAW TRUST, BOLTON COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES, THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN SOCIETY CHARITABLE TRUST, SKELTON BOUNTY.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE GLOBAL FUND FOR CHILDREN UK TRUST	FY2024	£65k
THE PETER KERSHAW TRUST	FY2025	£30k	Memorial bursary
BOLTON COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES	FY2024	£21k
BOLTON COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES	FY2023	£21k
THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN SOCIETY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£3k
SKELTON BOUNTY	FY2025	£1k
SKELTON BOUNTY	FY2026	£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Sport England	09/11/2023	£11k	Healthy BAME Women
The National Lottery Community Fund	04/08/2023	£10k	MH Gloves Up Knives Down
UK government	26/05/2022	£10k	ALB-Sport England-Jubilee Fund - Youth Club Expansion
Sport England	26/05/2022	£10k	Jubilee Fund - Youth Club Expansion
Sport England	29/01/2021	£9k	COVID19 Return to Play
Sport England	12/11/2020	£22k	Covid-19 Return to play
Sport England	29/05/2020	£3k	COVID-19 CEF

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£3k
LORD MAYOR OF MANCHESTER'S CHARITY APPEAL TRUST	1	£4k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£3k
THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MOSS SIDE FIRE STATION BOXING CLUB CIO.

MOSS SIDE FIRE STATION BOXING CLUB CIO income £65k
10 COUNT BOXING GYM CIO income £1.0m
THE BURSARY FOUNDATION CIO income £157k
CITY BOXING ABC income £38k
DE HOOD BOXING CENTRE & COMMUNITY HUB CIO income £56k
BRAINTREE RECREATION CIO income £104k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BURY DEFENCE ACADEMY CIO	£184k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
MOSS SIDE FIRE STATION BOXING CLUB CIO FY2025	£65k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
10 COUNT BOXING GYM CIO FY2025	£1.0m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BURSARY FOUNDATION CIO FY2025	£157k	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
CITY BOXING ABC FY2025	£38k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
DE HOOD BOXING CENTRE & COMMUNITY HUB CIO FY2024	£56k	—	0	within	—	no doubt

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