THE COBNOR ACTIVITIES CENTRE TRUST

Registered charity 1057222 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To help & educate young people in West Sussex and neighbouring counties, to reach their full potential through the provision of outdoor and residential experiences. The charity provides high quality educational, developmental and training programmes, including training in safety and environmental studies (e.g. sustainability) and in use of the environment.

Objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE TO HELP AND EDUCATE YOUNG PEOPLE IN WEST SUSSEX AND NEIGHBOURING COUNTIES TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL THROUGH THE PROVISION OF OUTDOOR AND RESIDENTIAL EXPERIENCES. THE COMPANY MAY, AT THE COBNOR ACTIVITIES CENTRE, CHIDHAM OR ELSEWHERE, PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF HIGH QUALITY EDUCATIONAL, DEVELOPMENTAL AND TRAINING PROGRAMMES, INCLUDING TRAINING IN SAFETY, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES (E.G. SUSTAINABILITY) AND IN THE USE OF THE ENVIRONMENT (WHICH OBJECTS ARE HEREINAFTER TOGETHER CALLED 'THE OBJECT')

Area of benefit: WEST SUSSEX

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 · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net income surplus of £45,888 for the year ended 31 October 2025, a significant turnaround from the previous year's deficit. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £1,237,055, though the trustees acknowledged that maintaining the policy target of three to six months of liquid funds remains a challenge.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Cobnor Activities Centre Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Fat Face Foundation — “For the 3rd year in a row, we were delighted to be supported by the Fat Face Foundation to deliver our young” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/10/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~17.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (84% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (30/09/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alice Rosemary Joyce Evans
• Craig Parker
• DUNCAN PATERSON
• Debbie Elizabeth Saskia Jupe
• ELIZABETH SIOBHAN RUSHALL
• Giles Graham
• Jeremy Nicholas Drummond
• MARTIN STUART BLACKWELL · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mark William Rodney Bowden
• Peter Binning
• Philip Tyler
• Richard Neil Hunt
• Samantha Copus
• Tom Salt

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

Operates in: West Sussex

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 THE WOODLAND CENTRE TRUST.

• THE WOODLAND CENTRE TRUST income £396k
• WEST BERKSHIRE TRAINING CONSORTIUM income £1.4m
• COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE income £654k
• IN2VENTURE income £75k
• WEST KIRBY EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £11.9m
• THE WEST SUSSEX COUNTRYSIDE STUDIES TRUST income £204k

Side by side with its peers

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