FIT FOR LIFE YOUTH CIO

Registered charity 1209882 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FIT FOR LIFE YOUTH CIC

Fit For Life Youth operates in North Kensington, London, providing a range of programs to support children, young people, and families. The charity focuses on health, fitness, and sports as tools for personal development and empowerment. Activities include group fitness classes, youth mentoring, holiday clubs, sports programs, mental health support, and after-school clubs. It also runs community g

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(1)TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH:A. THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;B. PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.(2)THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR BOXING AND GYM EXERCISE.(3)TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF NORTH KENSINGTON 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.

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Registered contact address: Kensington and Chelsea, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£433k
Latest spending
£366k
Registered
2024
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a total operating surplus of £67,144 and total funds of £145,923 for the period ended 30 September 2025. However, free unrestricted reserves were approximately £32,877, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of £45,000. The accounts note an unresolved HMRC position regarding outstanding payroll liabilities, though trustees remain satisfied that cash reserves are sufficient to meet going concern requirements.

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.

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 30/11/2025

  • Volunteers: 6
  • Government income: £182,796 — grants £182,796 (6); 42% of the £433,279 total gross income on the same return

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).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Brent · Hammersmith And Fulham · Kensington And Chelsea

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/11/2025£433k£366k

Common questions

Is FIT FOR LIFE YOUTH CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a total operating surplus of £67,144 and total funds of £145,923 for the period ended 30 September 2025. However, free unrestricted reserves were approximately £32,877, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of £45,000. The accounts note an unresolved HMRC position regarding outstanding payroll liabilities, though trustees remain satisfied that cash reserves are sufficient to meet going concern requirements. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds FIT FOR LIFE YOUTH CIO?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FIT FOR LIFE YOUTH CIO as a grant recipient include THE GROVE TRUST, THE KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA FOUNDATION, THE CAMPDEN CHARITIES TRUSTEE, WESTWAY TRUST, Young K&C.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE GROVE TRUSTFY2024£40kextending their holiday programmes and contributing to their residential program
THE KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA FOUNDATIONFY2025£30kVSSF – Small Grants Fund
THE KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA FOUNDATIONFY2024£25kVSSF – Small Grants Fund
THE KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA FOUNDATIONFY2025£25kReducing Education Inequalities portfolio
Young K&CFY2022Unverified read£19kYouth activities (Summer 2021)
THE CAMPDEN CHARITIES TRUSTEEFY2024£15kReferral Related Grant Funding
THE KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA FOUNDATIONFY2022£11kRecover + Reconnect Appeal
WESTWAY TRUSTFY2023£752Grenfell Response
Young K&CFY2024amount not statedGeneral Grant
Young K&CFY2021amount not statedSmall grants

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England20/04/2020£2kCOVID-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 YOUNG LIFE INTERNATIONAL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FIT FOR LIFE YOUTH CIO£433k—0unclear—no doubt
YOUNG LIFE INTERNATIONAL FY2025£3.4m£60,001 - £70,0002below—no doubt
QUALITY STUDIES FY2025£303k—0above—no doubt
FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE FY2025£1.5m—0unclear1.0%no doubt
FAST LONDON FY2025£237k—0below—no doubt
MY LIFE FY2026£444k—0unclear—no doubt

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