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DEVELOPMENT THROUGH CHALLENGE

Registered charity 299332 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Develop Through Challenge, MILE END CLIMBING WALL, NORTH LONDON RESCUE COMMANDO

The CharityÔÇÖs objects are:(a)the provision of public recreational facilities in the interest of social welfare and improving conditions of life for the benefit of the public;(b)the promotion of community participation in healthy recreation and sport;(c)the advancement of education of the public with a non-exclusiive focus on training to promote safety and prevent loss of life.

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.4m
Latest spending
£1.3m
Registered
1988
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a net income of £18,869 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £965,277. The trustees consider the financial position to be healthy and confirm 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

Highest-paid employee band: up to £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“No employee earned more than £70,000 during the year.” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: sufficient general reserves to allow DTC to maintain the climbing wall, premises and core staff and remain open while sustaining a significant temporary drop in customers and revenue (held: £965k)
“It is the policy of DTC to maintain, where possible, sufficient general reserves to allow DTC to maintain the climbing wall, premises and core staff and remain open while sustaining a significant temporary drop in customers and revenue.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Goldwins Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Development through Challenge (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£1.4m
Total spending
£1.3m
Cost of raising funds
£8k
Reserves (reported)
£713k
Employees
35

Reported reserves equal ~6.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (81% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£1.4m£1.3m
31/12/2024£1.2m£1.2m
31/12/2023£1.1m£1.2m
31/12/2022£979k£1.0m
31/12/2021£1.3m£845k

Common questions

Is DEVELOPMENT THROUGH CHALLENGE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a net income of £18,869 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £965,277. The trustees consider the financial position to be healthy and confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Goldwins Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of DEVELOPMENT THROUGH CHALLENGE earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the up to £70,000 band.

Who funds DEVELOPMENT THROUGH CHALLENGE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DEVELOPMENT THROUGH CHALLENGE as a grant recipient include CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST, THE HORNERS CHARITY FUND.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3k
THE HORNERS CHARITY FUNDFY2025£623Grants from General Funds

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE FOOTBALL FOUNDATION1£550k
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR CALDERDALE1£57k
THE HARGREAVES FOUNDATION1£20k
THE ALLEN LANE FOUNDATION1£5k
TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION1£5k
THE HADFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST1£3k
THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUST1£1k
CBRE UK CHARITABLE TRUST1£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with READING FC COMMUNITY TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DEVELOPMENT THROUGH CHALLENGE£1.4mup to £70,0000unclear—no doubt
READING FC COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025£2.4m——above—no doubt
MILTON KEYNES DONS FOOTBALL CLUB SPORTS & EDUCATION TRUST FY2025£3.9m—0below—no doubt
THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE (COMMUNITY) LIMITED FY2025£15.7m——unclear—no doubt
WEST MARSH DEVELOPMENT TRUST ASSOCIATION LTD FY2025£327k—0unclear—no doubt
RYCROFT LEISURE FY2025£340k—0unclear—no doubt

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