Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 5

Strong growth: +2
Deficit latest year: -2
Future income +5
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 15

ACCESS ADVENTURES

Access Adventures is a charity which enables people with physical disabilities to access adaptive sports. We organise residential camps so that people with physical disabilities can experience challenging outdoor activities to improve confidence and push boundaries, we provide support to enable them to be as independent as possible. We believe sport should be accessible and affordable for all.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

Income was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£192	£388	£-196	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22	£199	£94	£106	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21	£139	£101	£38	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20?	£44	£36	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/19	£74	£46	£29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/18	£44	£43	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/17	£56	£30	£26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/08/16	£34	£19	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 9 years

www.accessadventures.co.uk

team@accessadventures.co.uk

07968012464

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability
Recreation

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years

Garfield Weston Foundation	£55,000
Sport England	£37,186
The Clothworkers Foundation	£20,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£18,615

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000	22/08/2023	Access Adventures Core Costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Safety Equipment
£8,615	18/08/2023	The funding will be used to replace aging water and safety equipment such as wetsuits buoyancy aids helmets gloves and ropes. The project aims to ensure equipment is fit for use meets safety standards and enables those living with disabilities to ....more The funding will be used to replace aging water and safety equipment such as wetsuits buoyancy aids helmets gloves and ropes. The project aims to ensure equipment is fit for use meets safety standards and enables those living with disabilities to take part in sports improving overall physical health and wellbeing.
Sport England - Places and Spaces: Renovations Edge Adaptive Sports Centre
£25,000	04/05/2023	The project will assist Access Adventures in financing the project, Places and Spaces: Renovations at Edge Adaptive sports centre. To make modifications and changes to provide accessible facilities and access to the clubhouse.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	04/03/2022	Core Costs - Access Adventures
National Lottery Community Fund - Staff support
£10,000	22/10/2021	The organisation will use the funding to meet the increased demand for its adaptive adventure sports sessions which include pebble sports water-skiing and inflatable rides for people with physical disabilities. The project will enable more disabled ....more The organisation will use the funding to meet the increased demand for its adaptive adventure sports sessions which include pebble sports water-skiing and inflatable rides for people with physical disabilities. The project will enable more disabled people to benefit from the physical mental and social benefits of participating with water sports and other outdoor activities.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	09/10/2020	Access Adventures Core Costs
Sport England - Toyota Parasport Fund
£3,386	02/07/2020 6	Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Toyota Parasport Fund . This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£8,800	02/06/2020 4	Funding under Sport England's COVID-19 Community Emergency Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID-19 CEF. This project lists its main activity as Sailing & Yachting
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Access Adventures
£20,000	27/05/2020	purchase of boat for a charity that works with people with disabilities in Surrey

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

BECKY NEWHAM Appointed: 2021

CHRIS NICOLL Appointed: 2021

DUNCAN WHITE Appointed: 2020

GORDON BLOOR Appointed: 2020

NOEL MILES Appointed: 2024

STEPHANIE KAYE Appointed: 2020

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/08/2015, number: 1162976

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

8 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from BRITISH DISABLED WATER SKI AND WAKEBOARD ASSOCIATION on 29/07/2022

Main office

Edge Adaptive Sports Centre
Heron Lake Road
Staines
TW19 6HW

Objectives

To relieve the needs of people with disabilities by providing outdoor adaptive adventure sports and activity sessions/ camps designed to provide such people with opportunities to participate in sports and activities that promote physical health and fitness and improve their conditions of life

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