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.

Objects

TO PROVIDE PHYSICAL MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL EDUCATION AND CHARACTER TRAINING FOR BOYS AND GIRLS UNDER THE AGE OF 25 YEARS THROUGH A THREEFOLD SCHEME OF ACTIVITY NAMELY 1) ADVENTURE TO PROVIDE OPPOTUNITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT DISCOVERY AND KNOWLEDGE AND FOR THE LEARNING OF THE PRACTICE IN YOUTHFUL SKILLS EXPLORATION GAMES AND SPORTS 2) SERVICE TO ENCOURAGE YOUNG PEOPLE TO BE CONCERNED FOR THE NEEDS OF OTHERS AND TO PROVIDE THEM WITH TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR GIVING SERVICE 3) CHALLENGE TO ENCOURAGE TRAIN AND CHALLENGE THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ABILITIES OF SUCH YOUNG PEOPLE IN A WIDE VARIETY OF INTERESTS BY PREPARING THEM FOR GOOD CITIZENSHIP AND TO ASSIST SUCH YOUNG PEOPLE TO FIND A CODE OF MORAL CONDUCT BY WHICH TO IVE

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE WILTSHIRE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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

Registered contact address: Swindon, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £78,494 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £257,753 to £179,259. The trustees note that free reserves have reduced to £107,000, which is less than three months of expenditure, and have identified rebuilding reserves to six months as a key strategic objective. Despite the deficit, the auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis is appropriate and no material uncertainties exist regarding the charity's ability to continue operations.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02777296
• Trading subsidiary: YOUTH ADVENTURE TRADING LTD Companies House 10138393

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

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• DOWDESWELL, Ben — director, appointed 09/10/2025on trustee list
• BAILEY, Thomas Edward — director, appointed 09/10/2025on trustee list
• HOLDEN, Lucy Patricia — director, appointed 04/10/2023on trustee list
• WOOD, Gabriella Alice — director, appointed 23/02/2021on trustee list
• MCGLADDERY, Suzanne Elizabeth — director, appointed 03/09/2015on trustee list
• DIAMOND, Craig Peter — director, appointed 25/09/2014on trustee list
• COLEMAN, Peter Brian — director, appointed 25/09/2013on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (79% 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: 27.2% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.3%) (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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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ADVENTURE PLUS.

• ADVENTURE PLUS income £894k
• YOUTH EXPERIENCE IN SPORT income £133k
• TASTE FOR ADVENTURE income £198k
• GIVE YOUTH A BREAK income £310k
• ADVENTURE SUNDERLAND LTD income £666k
• TANYARD YOUTH PROJECT LIMITED income £206k

Side by side with its peers

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