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ACTIVE TRAINING AND EDUCATION

Registered charity 1062448 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ATE

ATE is an educational trust which runs residential holiday camps called 'Superweeks' during the Christmas, Easter and summer school holidays. The children come from all over the UK and beyond. Young adult volunteers are trained by ATE to work with the children on Superweeks. The charity also engages in a limited amount of work with schools including residential courses and staff INSET

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Latest income
£165k
Latest spending
£160k
Registered
1997
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves are in a deficit of £26,493, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining three to six months of expenditure. The independent examiner has noted that the charity's financial position is precarious, relying on a government-backed loan and a waived subordinated loan to continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three and six month’s expenditure (held: £-26k)
“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month’s expenditure.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire · Herefordshire · Monmouthshire · Shropshire · Worcestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£165k£160k
30/09/2024£206k£195k
30/09/2023£185k£194k
30/09/2022£164k£173k
30/09/2021£117k£115k

Common questions

Is ACTIVE TRAINING AND EDUCATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves are in a deficit of £26,493, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining three to six months of expenditure. The independent examiner has noted that the charity's financial position is precarious, relying on a government-backed loan and a waived subordinated loan to continue operations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund27/05/2004£92kG.R.A.T.E Holidays

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE YOUNG BARNET FOUNDATION1£31k
SIR ROBERT GEFFERY'S ALMSHOUSE TRUST1£13k
JOHN LYON'S CHARITY1£5k
THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATION1£2k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£2k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST1£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF MATHEMATICS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ACTIVE TRAINING AND EDUCATION£165k—0unclear—no doubt
ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF MATHEMATICS FY2024£278k—0above—no doubt
THE AXIS EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025£879k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ATHERTON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2023£104k—0unclear—no doubt
EAST LONDON ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY TRAINING FY2025£2.8m——unclear—no doubt
ARIEL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£246k—0unclear—no doubt

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