Snow Camp

Registered charity 1101030 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SNOW-CAMP, SWITCH180, Stop.Breathe.Think · also registered in Scotland as SC043344 (OSCR)

Snow Camp turn young lives around with the power of snowsports, to break down barriers, broaden horizons and address the biggest social issues facing underserved young people today. Our Vision is for snowsports to be available to all and for young people to achieve their full potential through positive opportunities. Since 2003, we have been working across the UK in the most deprived areas.

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net income over expenditure of £230,629, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £1,129,555. The trustees report that these reserves satisfy their policy of holding 9-12 months of expenditure, ensuring the charity can meet ongoing liabilities and delivery commitments. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by West & Berry Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04929970

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Snow Camp (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Lara Kinnear — Managing Director (source)
• Dan Keeley — Community & Events Director (source)
• Rachel Cruz — Development Director (source)
• Matt Conroy — National Programme Director (source)
• Julia Smith — Operations Director (source)
• Ian Brown — Chair of Trustees (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Anand and Sethi Family Charity Trust — “Anand and Sethi Family Charity Trust” (source page)
• Dandia Charitable Trust — “Dandia Charitable Trust” (source page)
• Ernest Kleinwort Charitable Trust — “Ernest Kleinwort Charitable Trust” (source page)
• Leicestershire and Rutland Community Foundation — “Leicestershire and Rutland Community Foundation” (source page)
• Speedomick Foundation — “Speedomick Foundation” (source page)
• The Carpenters' Company — “The Carpenters' Company” (source page)
• The Hedley Foundation — “The Hedley Foundation” (source page)
• The Ironmongers' Company — “The Ironmongers' Company” (source page)
• The Leathersellers' Company — “The Leathersellers' Company” (source page)
• The Mercers Charitable Foundation — “The Mercers Charitable Foundation” (source page)
• The Reso Charitable Foundation — “The Reso Charitable Foundation” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• COTTON, James Ross — director, appointed 29/01/2026on trustee list
• MACDONALD, Sarah Jane — director, appointed 13/11/2025on trustee list
• PALMER-TOMKINSON, James Alexander — director, appointed 13/11/2025on trustee list
• BARROW, Antony Andrew — director, appointed 22/09/2020on trustee list
• BROWN, David Ian — director, appointed 16/08/2017on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~11.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (89% 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: 13.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Ian Brownchair
• Antony Andrew Barrow
• James Alexander Palmer-Tomkinson · trustee of 1 other charity
• James Ross Cotton
• Sarah Jane MacDonald

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

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

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SNOW SPORTS FOUNDATION.

• THE SNOW SPORTS FOUNDATION income £223k
• WINTER SPORTS FOUNDATION income £1.5m
• BASECAMP ADVENTURE TRUST income £241k
• FOREST SCHOOL CAMPS income £471k
• THE UPHILL SKI CLUB OF GREAT BRITAIN income £834k
• SPORTS FUN 4 ALL income £251k

Side by side with its peers

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