CAMP XL

Registered charity 1112693 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Camp XL hosts residential activity camps for ages 11-18, many at its activity centre, Gaines Manor. Though a Christian organisation, it explicitly opens its programmes to those of all faiths and none, encouraging young people to think critically and reach their own considered opinions on matters of faith; to resist the urge to conform, understand alternate views, and value freedom of conscience.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £21,708, increasing total funds to £1,624,822. The trustees confirm the charity has sufficient financial resources to continue for the foreseeable future, with unrestricted reserves of £1,589,113 against long-term liabilities of £127,020.

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/10/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~5.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (90% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/02/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (17/01/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Caroline Dow · trustee of 1 other charity
• HELEN MCNEELY
• JEREMY MARK SMITH · trustee of 1 other charity
• PHILIP IAN SPENCER PEDDAR · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev JOHN MARTIN · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• JEREMY MARK SMITH — trustee here and at THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST ANDREW, WIMBLEDON

Known funders

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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 CHRISTIAN CAMPING INTERNATIONAL (UK) LIMITED.

• CHRISTIAN CAMPING INTERNATIONAL (UK) LIMITED income £178k
• XLP income £2.5m
• BELCHAMPS SCOUT CENTRE income £192k
• The Apostolic Faith Mission UK Ltd income £1.3m
• THE CHURCH LADS' AND CHURCH GIRLS' BRIGADE income £250k
• Snow Camp income £1.4m

Side by side with its peers

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