Challenger Academy Limited

Registered charity 1206944 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as VCCP ACADEMY

Using the unique tools of the creative industries, The Challenger Academy equips underrepresented youth with the confidence and capability needed to thrive in a future career. Through training programmes and work experience focused on developing key employability and digital skills for the modern workforce, our aim is to ensure that location or circumstances are never a barrier to opportunity.

Objects

TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 24 LIVING IN STOKE-ON-TRENT AND STAFFORDSHIRE, AND LOOKING TO EXPAND TO OTHER AREAS OF SOCIAL DEPRIVATION, BY PROVIDING VOCATIONAL TRAINING, WORK EXPERIENCE, EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS, AND MENTORSHIP AS A MEANS OF:(A) ADVANCING EDUCATION TO PROMOTE, SUSTAIN AND INCREASE INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE CREATIVE SECTOR.(B) IMPROVING EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, AND CREATING LOCAL JOBS, WHICH POSITIVELY IMPACTS THE COMMUNITY AND WIDER ECONOMY.(C) INCREASING REPRESENTATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE FROM LOWER SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS IN THE ADVERTISING AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES.

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported total income of £131,253 against total expenditure of £105,582, resulting in a net surplus of £25,671 for the period. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased to £9,800 and restricted reserves stood at £20,828, bringing total funds to £30,628. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Challenger Academy (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• Marketing Skills Trust — “We are pleased to announce that Marketing Skills Trust is a new sponsor of TCA!” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Adrian Coleman
• Charles Vallance
• Daniel Waterman
• John Yarham
• Kenny Dada
• Mark Gregory · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FUTURE SKILLS TRAINING.

• FUTURE SKILLS TRAINING income £234k
• CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRUST FOR YOUTH income £1.9m
• Young Leaders Academy income £194k
• YOUTHSAYERS CIO income £102k
• CODE YOUR FUTURE income £1.2m
• TRAINING 2000 LIMITED income £6.4m

Side by side with its peers

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