Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 1

Volatile income: -3
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Overall weighted support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 1

KIRKLEES ADVENTURE TRUST

The main aim of the Trust is to offer help and support to young people and vulnerable or isolated adults in the Kirklees area, in particular but not exclusively those hard to reach or with special needs so as to assist their physical, mental and spiritual capacities, by promoting and participating in adventurous, volunteering and skilled activities.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

Income has been volatile recently
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		£24	£19	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£14	£76	£-61	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21		£59	£31	£27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20		£48	£53	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19		£42	£35	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18		£41	£23	£19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17		£60	£54	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/16		£64	£20	£44	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/15		£30	£9	£22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/14		£13	£3	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/13		£4	£0	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/12		£4	£1	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/11		£1	£1	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/10	*	£8	£10	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/09		£5	£5	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/08		£56	£5	£51	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/07	*	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 18 years

kirkleesadventuretrust.org

Kirkleesadventuretrust@outlook.com

01484225952

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Disability
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
Recreation

GiG Classification

Community sports activities

How it operates

Makes grants to individuals
Makes grants to organisations
Provides other finance

Where it operates

Kirklees,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups
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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Kirklees Duke of Edinburgh's Award Trust
£5,972	24/10/2020	We would like to install a defibrillator at Little Deer Wood, and teach 108 adults and young people how to use it to save a life.
Sir George Martin Trust - Grant to Kirklees Adventure Trust
£2,500	28/09/2020	Capital costs for Disability Support & Activities
Sport England - Accessible Expeditions
£10,000	27/06/2019 23	Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Accessible Expeditions. This project is a Cycling project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.
National Lottery Community Fund - WACKY
£9,556	30/05/2019 12	The aim of this project is to provide for an activities programme for 13-25yr olds to improve their confidence and resilience, as well as to reduce social isolation.
Sport England - Get Equipped - Bikeabillty
£4,448	25/02/2014	Funding under Sport England's Get Equipped funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Get Equipped - Bikeabillty'. This project is a Cycling project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a disability.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

AYEESHA JAVID Appointed: 2023

DR SALLY CATHERINE SALTER Appointed: 2021

JILL ANDREWS Appointed: 2024

JONJO GEORGE HORNE Appointed: 2024

KATHRYN HILARY CROSS Appointed: 2010

MATTHEW JAMES SAWARD (Chair) Appointed: 2021

STEPHEN MICHAEL DUNN

SALHA FALAOUI Appointed: 2023

TAYA HARRISON Appointed: 2024

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 05/03/2007, number: 1118213

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Filing Record

17 returns made; AR10: 131 days late, AR07: 364 days late,

Main office

Little Deer Wood Outdoor Centre
Shepley Bridge Marina
Huddersfield Road
MIRFIELD
WF14 9HR

Objectives

To deliver public benefit by the provision of education, training and recreational facilities for young people and vulnerable or isolated adults in the Kirklees area in particular (but not exclusively) those hard to reach or with special needs so as to develop their physical, mental and spiritual capacities that they may grow as individuals and members of society and that their conditions of life may be improved by promoting and participating in adventurous, volunteering and skilled activities.

Defined Area of Benefit:

KIRKLEES AND ITS ENVIRONS

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