ROCK UK ADVENTURE CENTRES LIMITED

Registered charity 1107724 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BARNABAS ADVENTURE CENTRES, BARNABAS ADVENTURE CENTRES LIMITED · also registered in Scotland as SC040118 (OSCR)

We are a Christian organisation that is passionate about developing young people, bringing adventure into learning in the outdoors, to transform lives.

Objects

A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND TO CARRY ON SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AS THE COMPANY MAY DETERMINE; B) TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND FACILITIES (INCLUDING WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING THE PROVISION OF INSTRUCTED ADVENTURE (AND OTHER) ACTIVITIES.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Religious Activities · Amateur Sport · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£4.8m

Latest spending

£5.3m

Registered

2005

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an adverse net movement of funds of £457,833 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds decreasing to £4,831,609. The trustees note that the charity failed to achieve one of the five measures in its revised reserves policy at year-end, although they maintain the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis due to strong balance sheet assets and ongoing banking support.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £4.8m)

“As at year-end, 31 August 2025 the Board considered that the Charity failed to achieve one of the five measures of the policy, achieving the other four, though at certain times during the year all of the tests were met.” — page 17

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Griffin Stone Moscrop & Co. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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
Complaints handling
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management 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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

Volunteers: 47
Government income: £43,545 — grants £43,545 (5); under 1% of the £4,812,864 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£80,001–£90,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

Volunteers: 10
Government income: £30,951 — grants £30,951 (3); under 1% of the £4,509,229 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£80,001–£90,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

Volunteers: 10
Government income: £35,692 — grants £35,692 (1); under 1% of the £4,186,543 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£70,001–£80,000: 1)

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

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 04718891

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Rock UK (matched by registered charity number).

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.

WATTS, Brian David — director, appointed 13/10/2025on trustee list
HAGON, Keith Martin — director, appointed 10/02/2025on trustee list
HODGE, Simon Jonathan — director, appointed 17/07/2023on trustee list
CHARLESWORTH, Rachel Paula — director, appointed 03/02/2021on trustee list
FOOT, Nicola Dawn — director, appointed 12/07/2016on trustee list
ELLIS, Huw Alwyn — director, appointed 26/04/2016on trustee list
BELCHER, Alan David — director, appointed 02/07/2015on trustee list
WOODING JONES, Margaret Jane — director, appointed 15/12/2011not on trustee list
MACLEAN, Malcolm — secretary, appointed 31/03/2020

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income

£4.8m

Total spending

£5.3m

Cost of raising funds

£71k

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (72% 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: 1.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (13/06/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

MARGARET WOODING JONESchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Alan David Belcher · trustee of 2 other charities
Brian David Watts · trustee of 3 other charities
Huw Alwyn Ellis · trustee of 1 other charity
Keith Martin Hagon · trustee of 1 other charity
NICOLA DAWN FOOT · trustee of 1 other charity
Rachel Paula Charlesworth · trustee of 2 other charities
Simon Jonathan Hodge · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£4.8m	£5.3m
31/08/2024	£4.5m	£5.1m
31/08/2023	£4.2m	£4.6m
31/08/2022	£4.1m	£4.0m
31/08/2021	£2.5m	£2.5m

Common questions

Is ROCK UK ADVENTURE CENTRES LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an adverse net movement of funds of £457,833 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds decreasing to £4,831,609. The trustees note that the charity failed to achieve one of the five measures in its revised reserves policy at year-end, although they maintain the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis due to strong balance sheet assets and ongoing banking support. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Griffin Stone Moscrop & Co.

Who funds ROCK UK ADVENTURE CENTRES LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ROCK UK ADVENTURE CENTRES LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST, THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED, THE DE BRYE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUST, THE HDH WILLS 1965 CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2021	£255k
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR ENGLAND, WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND	FY2024	Unverified read£50k	Single Institutional Project Grants
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	FY2024	£5k	Youth
THE DE BRYE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£2k
THE NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£2k
THE HDH WILLS 1965 CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£2k	General Fund Grant
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£1k
THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£1k
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR ENGLAND, WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND	FY2025	amount not stated	Single institutional project grants
THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2026	amount not stated	Relief of Poverty

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	26/03/2019	£10k	Community Sports Hall Development Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	29/01/2015	£497k	Summit Centre Transformation (Merthyr Tydfil)

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
SUICIDE & CO	1	£60k
BNA CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION	1	£13k
THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ROCK FOUNDATION UK LIMITED.

ROCK FOUNDATION UK LIMITED income £742k
ROCK COMMUNITY PROJECT income £86k
ROCK OF SALVATION APOSTOLIC CHURCH income £119k
ONE ROCK INTERNATIONAL income £74k
THE RANK FOUNDATION LIMITED income £14.2m
BOWLES ROCKS TRUST LIMITED income £2.0m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ROCK UK ADVENTURE CENTRES LIMITED	£4.8m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
ROCK FOUNDATION UK LIMITED FY2025	£742k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ROCK COMMUNITY PROJECT FY2025	£86k	—	0	above	—	noted
ROCK OF SALVATION APOSTOLIC CHURCH FY2025	£119k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
ONE ROCK INTERNATIONAL FY2025	£74k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE RANK FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025	£14.2m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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