Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 3

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -3 times
Strong growth: +2
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Dynamic board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +0

Overall GiG Score: 4

THE ADVENTURE DOLPHIN (PANGBOURNE) CHARITY

The Charity organises and promotes a programme of outdoor and adventurous activities in Pangbourne and the surrounding area.This programme is for individuals who have need of such facilities by reason of their youth, age , infirmity or disablement, financial hardship or social and economic circumstances or for the public at large in the interests of social welfare.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years, despite a decline more recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Accounts have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

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		£69	£67	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/03/22		£53	£52	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	55
05/04/21	*	£37	£21	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	55
05/04/20	*	£75	£69	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	65
05/04/19	*	£81	£47	£35	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	65
05/04/18	*	£28	£19	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/17		£18	£20	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/16		£27	£19	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
05/04/15		£32	£27	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 10 years

www.adventuredolphin.co.uk

info@adventuredolphin.co.uk

01183217206

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Education/Training
Recreation
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Poverty relief

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

West Berkshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
50 volunteers

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Adventure Dolphin
£2,373	21/10/2023	An Adventure Dolphin defibrillator could help our members and visitors. Cardiac arrest can happen to anyone, but a defibrillator applied in 2-3 minutes increases the chances of survival to 70%.
Sport England - COVID-19 CEF
£5,500	25/06/2020 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 Sport participation and capacity ....more 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 Sport participation and capacity building

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 9/10 persons

CHRIS WHITEHEAD Appointed: 2020

ANTHONY FITZGERALD Appointed: 2017

ALAN BROWN Appointed: 2015

ANDREW PINCOCK Appointed: 2023

ANNE ELIZABETH HUDDART MRS Appointed: 2021

CHRISTINE CAMPBELL Appointed: 2022

DR BRIAN DAVIES Appointed: 2021

KEVIN CLEMENT DENNIS (Chair) Appointed: 2015

MALCOLM SANDHAM Appointed: 2023

PETER MACIVER Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 08/05/2014, number: 1156978

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

9 returns made; AR21: 128 days late, AR20: 26 days late, AR19: 36 days late, AR18: 194 days late,

Main office

Adventure Dolphin Centre
Dolphin House
Whitchurch Road
Pangbourne
READING
RG8 7DA

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE AS FOLLOWS:I) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF WEST BERKSHIRE IN PARTICULAR PANGBOURNE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA (THE AREA OF BENEFIT) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION (IN PARTICULAR WATER AND LAND BASED ACTIVITIES) FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE , INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITION OF LIFE: ANDII) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND TO PROMOTE THEIR MENTAL, SPIRITUAL, MORAL AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR FULL CAPABILITIES, GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS WELL-ROUNDED INDIVIDUALS AND ENABLE THEM TO BECOME RESPONSIBLE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.

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