Overall GiG Score: 2 ?
Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 2
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +2

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
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile recently
Established: 17 years

kirkleesadventuretrust.org

Kirkleesadventuretrust@outlook.com

01484225952

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£24£19£5n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/22£14£76£-61n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£59£31£27n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£48£53£-5n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£42£35£8n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18£41£23£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£60£54£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£64£20£44£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£30£9£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£13£3£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£4£0£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£4£1£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£1£1£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10*£8£10£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£5£5£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£56£5£51£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • Recreation
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides other finance
Where it operates
  • Kirklees,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years
Sport England£10,000
National Lottery Community Fund£9,556
Co-Operative Group£5,972
Sir George Martin Trust£2,500
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 ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed

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

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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