ADVENTURES OFFSHORE

Registered charity 1035015 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SCOUTS OFFSHORE

Our goal is to provide, through the medium of sail training, opportunities for young people and vulnerable adults to discover their sense of adventure, in the process developing transferable skills that will aid their educational, personal, and social development.

Objects

TO TEACH YOUNG PEOPLE OFFSHORE SAILING AS A MEDIUM, TO BECOME RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS, AND ABILITY TO WORK IN A TEAM SITUATION.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £4,932 for the year, driven by a significant increase in cruise fees and reduced maintenance costs compared to the prior year. The trustees report that free cash reserves of £141,265 exceed the policy lower limit of £88,173, providing sufficient resources to meet commitments and mitigate operational risks. The organization operates without long-term liabilities and maintains a strong balance sheet with cash reserves of £129,023.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• ADRIAN SLIM
• Andrew James Black
• Carol Margaret Ramsden
• Mark Gowers
• Nigel Mark Rendle · trustee of 1 other charity
• Paula-Anne Deighton
• Robert Groves
• Stephen Edwards

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

Operates in: Throughout England

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 OCEAN YOUTH TRUST SOUTH.

• OCEAN YOUTH TRUST SOUTH income £852k
• THE AHOY CENTRE income £549k
• BF ADVENTURE income £1.2m
• SAILSHIP TRAINING AND LEARNING FOR LIFE income £343k
• ADVENTURE SUNDERLAND LTD income £666k
• ABS TRAINING LTD income £207k

Side by side with its peers

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