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.

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.

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

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

Operates in: Bury

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
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.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England09/11/2023£11kHealthy BAME Women
The National Lottery Community Fund04/08/2023£10kMH Gloves Up Knives Down
UK government26/05/2022£10kALB-Sport England-Jubilee Fund - Youth Club Expansion
Sport England26/05/2022£10kJubilee Fund - Youth Club Expansion
Sport England29/01/2021£9kCOVID19 Return to Play
Sport England12/11/2020£22kCovid-19 Return to play
Sport England29/05/2020£3kCOVID-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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BATES FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BURY DEFENCE ACADEMY CIO£184k—0unclear—no doubt
THE BATES FOUNDATION FY2025£137k——unclear—no doubt
PRIORY PARK AMATEUR BOXING CLUB FY2025£162k—0unclear—no doubt
BUILDING FOUNDATIONS FY2025£108k—0unclear—no doubt
SPARK(BURNTWOOD) CIO FY2025£164k—0unclear—no doubt
ACTIVE LUTON FY2025£15.7m——unclear—no doubt

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