Extra Mile Challenges

Analysis

Extra Mile Challenges is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in October 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04787529). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Extra Mile Challenges reported income of £168k and spending of £157k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £12k to £168k (+1361%), an average of +96% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 489%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Extra Mile Challenges sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Dooa Foundation (£167k), The Kanta Foundation (£168k) and Ford Family Foundation (£167k).