# SPORTING CHALLENGE

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1140207
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Feb. 3, 2011
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1140207


## Contact

- **Address:** 17 Bramble Way, Burscough, ORMSKIRK
- **Postcode:** L40 5BP
- **Phone:** 01704897177
- **Email:** info@sporting-challenge.org.uk
- **Website:** http://www.sporting-challenge.org.uk/



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF OPPORTUNITIES AND FACILITIES IN THEINTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PHYSICAL RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIMEOCCUPATION FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OFTHEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIALCIRCUMSTANCES, IN PARTICULAR PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES WHO ARERESIDENT IN THE WEST LANCASHIRE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, WITH THE OBJECTOF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

**Activities:** Sporting Challenge is a family led charity started in 2008 operating in the borough of West Lancashire supporting  people aged 18 or over with learning disabilities, where all members of the Board of Trustees are parents and carers themselves. Our activities include: aerobics, ten pin bowling, boccia & kurling, and other fitness activities.

**Area of benefit:** WEST LANCASHIRE




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Disability, Amateur Sport
- **Who:** Children/young People, People With Disabilities



## Areas of operation

- Lancashire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £35777 | £52539 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £85056 | £51198 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £42662 | £56370 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £33252 | £17702 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £32551 | £9921 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Alasdair Donald Watson** (Chair) — appointed Sept. 20, 2016
- Christine Elizabeth Taylor — appointed June 22, 2020
- Kathryn Amelia Brady — appointed July 4, 2019
- Marie Claire Monk — appointed June 22, 2020
- Mildred Watson — appointed May 2, 2018