Chrysalis Youth and Community Project

Analysis

Chrysalis Youth and Community Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Castleford. It was registered in December 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03448225). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Chrysalis Youth and Community Project reported income of £88k and spending of £154k, spending 175% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £62k to £88k (+43%), an average of +9.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2023, when income rose by 192%. Over the whole period it spent 166% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Chrysalis Youth and Community Project sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sutton Bingham Sailing Club (£88k), Communities for All CIO (£88k) and 1st Kesgrave Scout Group (£88k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.