COLDHARBOUR MEADOWS

Registered charity 1098444 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE SELCC EQUIPMENT

Coldhabour Meadows provides a camp site and associated facilities and equipment for groups to run Christian camps during each spring and summer.

Objects

(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN EVANGELICAL FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATEMENT OF FAITH BY:-(I) TEACHING MINISTRY BIBLE STUDY PRAYER AND WORSHIP(II) THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHARACTER AND MATURITY(III) THE ORGANISATION SUPERVISION AND PROVISION OF HOLIDAY CAMPS HOUSE PARTIES SPORT GAMES AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES(B) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR SPORTS GAMES AND RECREATION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

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.

Causes: Religious Activities · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Tunbridge Wells, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£27k
Latest spending
£79k
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £6,837 and restricted reserves of £23,792 at the end of the period. The trustees report that reserves are reviewed monthly to ensure they cover expenditure and are held for site improvements. They explicitly state there are no uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2025

  • Volunteers: 1

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2024

  • Volunteers: 6

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2023

  • Volunteers: 1

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/10/2025£27k£79k
31/10/2024£72k£27k
31/10/2023£24k£28k
31/10/2022£26k£31k
31/10/2021£26k£25k

Common questions

Is COLDHARBOUR MEADOWS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £6,837 and restricted reserves of £23,792 at the end of the period. The trustees report that reserves are reviewed monthly to ensure they cover expenditure and are held for site improvements. They explicitly state there are no uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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 JORDAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£42k
THE DEO GLORIA TRUST1£7k
THE CIRSIUM TRUST1£5k
THE AUSTIN BAILEY FOUNDATION1£500

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COLD BARN FARM.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
COLDHARBOUR MEADOWS£27k—0unclear—no doubt
COLD BARN FARM FY2025£111k—0unclear—no doubt
ST MADOC CHRISTIAN YOUTH CAMP FY2025£217k—0unclear—no doubt
KING GEORGE'S FIELD, HAUGHLEY FY2026£33k—0unclear—no doubt
HANTS AND DORSET CHRISTIAN YOUTH CAMPS FY2025£105k—0unclear—no doubt
MICKLEOVER COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2026£117k——unclear—no doubt

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