YOUTH ADVENTURE TRUST

Registered charity 1019493 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MITCHEMP TRUST

Inspire vulnerable young people to:reach their full potential.learn valuable life skillsbuild confidence and self esteemmake a measurable difference to their livesthrough a programme of outdoor activities and challenging experiences.

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £40,107 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in a decrease in total net assets to £257,753. The trustees note that free reserves stood at £127,000, which is below their stated policy target of six months of expenditure, and they have adopted a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Godfrey Wilson Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — YOUTH ADVENTURE TRUST (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~1.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (88% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 36.4% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (22/02/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (26/10/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Peter Colemanchair
• Ben Dowdeswell
• Craig Diamond
• Gabriella Alice Wood
• Lucy Holden
• Suzanne McGladdery
• Thomas Edward Bailey

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Somerset · Swindon · Wiltshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with YOUTH FIRST CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION.

• YOUTH FIRST CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION income £1.7m
• THE YOUTH SPORT UK CHARITABLE TRUST income £428k
• FRONTIER YOUTH TRUST income £124k
• THE OUTWARD BOUND TRUST income £17.3m
• LONDON YOUTH SPORTS TRUST LIMITED income £199k
• YOUTH 2000 CHARITABLE TRUST income £239k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.