Finance Score: 4

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 5

Liabilities <10%: +3
Reasonable growth: +1

Mainly male board: -1

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 8

PROJECT CHALLENGE

To advance the education of disaffected young people in West Yorkshire between the ages of 16 and 19, who are unemployed, or lacking in qulaifications, or at risk of persistent anti-social behaviour, or offending, by the provision of programmes of outdoor education other training and challenging activities to improve their personal and social skills

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
This charity has a robust balance sheet
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/07/23		£610	£523	£87	£0	£383	£383	8.8	14	0
31/07/22		£509	£416	£94	£0	£296	£296	8.6	12	0
31/07/21		£396	£280	£116	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/07/20		£256	£307	£-51	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/07/19	*	£349	£320	£29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/07/18	*	£308	£303	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/07/17?		£203	£158	£45	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16		£259	£303	£-44	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15		£297	£286	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14		£280	£323	£-43	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13		£358	£334	£24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12		£345	£315	£31	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11		£290	£280	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/10		£260	£265	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/09		£300	£267	£32	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/08		£234	£246	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/07		£239	£211	£28	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/06		£192	£197	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/05		£192	£197	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04		£182	£193	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 17%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 2%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 8.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 9 months
Quick Ratio: 29.4

Asset Split ?

Established: 27 years

www.projectchallenge.org.uk

mail@projectchallenge.org.uk

01422363644

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training

GiG Classification

Technical, vocational and continuing education

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Bradford City, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds City,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who works here?

14 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Healthy Holidays 2024
£39,784	04/12/2023	Grant to Project Challenge
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Grant to Project Challenge
£5,000	04/10/2023	Grant to Project Challenge
Leeds Community Foundation - Club Orange
£1,000	15/02/2023	Grant to Project Challenge
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Healthy Holiday 2023
£41,996	13/02/2023	Grant to Project Challenge
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Grant to Project Challenge
£3,000	16/12/2022	Grant to Project Challenge
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Grant to Project Challenge
£2,000	30/11/2022	Grant to Project Challenge
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Healthy Holidays
£8,000	12/08/2022	Grant to Project Challenge
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Cafe Box
£3,956	05/07/2022	Grant to Project Challenge
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Healthy Holidays 2022
£35,371	24/03/2022	Grant to Project Challenge
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Healthy Holidays- February Half Term
£5,000	04/02/2022	Grant to Project Challenge
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Grant to Project Challenge
£2,000	09/12/2021	Grant to Project Challenge
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Healthy Holidays- Christmas
£10,876	18/11/2021	Grant to Project Challenge
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Healthy Holidays-October Half Term
£5,000	05/10/2021	Grant to Project Challenge
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Hungry, Happy, Healthy Halifax
£30,440	12/07/2021	Grant to Project Challenge

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 50-77

PAMELA JILL WILSON CBE (Chair)

PETER DAWBER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Company Director

ALLAN NAYLOR Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Chartered Accountant, Other trusteeship: ACTORS WORKSHOP YOUTH THEATRE COMPANY,

CHRISTOPHER EVES Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired

NEIL EARNSHAW Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Company Director

ROGER ANDREW HARVEY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired

ROGER MASTERSON Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Self Employed

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 25/02/1997, number: 1060934
Registered at Companies House on 17/10/1996, number: 03264709

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
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

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR19: 72 days late, AR18: 117 days late,

Main office

Orangebox
1 Blackledge
HALIFAX
HX1 1AF

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF DISADVANTAGED YOUNG PEOPLE IN WEST YORKSHIRE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16 TO 24 WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED OR LACKING IN QUALIFICATIONS OR AT RISK OF PERSISTANT ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR OR OFFENDING BY THE PROVISION OF PROGRAMMES OF OUTDOOR EDUCATION, OTHER TRAINING AND CHALLENGING ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE THEIR PERSONAL AND SOCIAL SKILLS

Defined Area of Benefit:

WEST YORKSHIRE

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