Project Challenge

Registered charity 1060934 Registered since 1997

Operates: Bradford City, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds City

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

7 trustees on the board

7.5y median 9.5y

average tenure

10y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Allan Naylor since 2016
Christopher Eves since 2016
Neil Earnshaw since 2017
Roger Andrew Harvey since 2020
Roger Masterson since 2016

22.2y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

Allan Naylor since 2016

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 7Arts/culture/heritage/science 1General Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 8Arts and leisure 3Manufacturing 3

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£691k latest income

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

6.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 1.1 in 2021

13 from 12 in 2022

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Actors Workshop Youth Theatre Company 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Blackshaw Nursery Similar size; both Education
The Little Sutton Club and Nursery School Similar size; both Education
Daisy Chain PRE-School Playgroup Similar size; both Education
Trench Tots Neighbourhood Nursery Limited Similar size; both Education
The Warrior Programme Similar size; both Education

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.projectchallenge.org.uk
Email	lorna.butterick@projectchallenge.org.uk
Phone	01422363644
Address	Orangebox, 1 Blackledge, HALIFAX, HX1 1AF

Finances

£691,015 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£395,933	£279,803
2022	£509,392	£415,700
2023	£609,977	£523,145
2024	£626,255	£595,230
2025	£691,015	£726,826

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young People

How

Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

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

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 17 OCTOBER 1996

Trustees (7)

7trustees

72median age

4aged 70+

Pamela Jill Wilson CBEage band 70-74 Chair
Allan Naylorage band 70-74 since 2016
Christopher Evesage band 70-74 since 2016
Colin Hugh Hutchinson since 2026
Neil Earnshawage band 50-54 since 2017
Roger Andrew Harveyage band 75-79 since 2020
Roger Mastersonage band 60-64 since 2016

Linked company (Companies House)

Project Challenge · 03264709 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 17/10/1996

1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

Actors Workshop Youth Theatre Company 1 shared trustee

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