DEVON CHRISTIAN YOUTH CAMPS TRUST

Registered charity 1095815 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DCYC

Provision of camps and houseparties to facilitate the preaching of the Christian gospel and to teach and encourage young people how to live in accordance with the teachings of the Bible

Objects

FOR AND AMONG SUCH RELIGIOUS OR OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTS OR PURPOSES OF CHRISTIAN YOUTH CAMPS AND WORK THAT IS FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION AND FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE MAINLY DEVON (TOUCHES BORDERING COUNTIES ALSO)

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total funds decreased from £109,743 to £106,918 due to a net expenditure of £2,825 against incoming resources of £82,815. The trustees report that the charity maintains a reserves policy of a minimum of £30,000 in the bank, a target which is comfortably exceeded by the unrestricted funds of £97,029. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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
• 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

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (25/09/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ben Richardschair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alison Jean Harris · trustee of 1 other charity
• Andy Christopher Pidsley
• Bekki Radford
• Glenda Chadwick-Down
• Hannah Richards · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jayne Keller
• PAUL STEPHEN MORRISH · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sarah Stanbury
• Shaun Stanbury

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

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