GRENVILLE HOUSE OUTDOOR EDUCATION CENTRE

Registered charity 1126509 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Outdoor Education using both water and land based activities. Sessions aim to encourage independence and personal development, as well as teaching how to work as part of a teamActivities are available to all ages and abilities and as part of our public benefit work we discount sessions/residential visits to those that would otherwise would find it difficult to afford to experience them..

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS (INCLUDING WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING EDUCATION IN NAUTICAL SKILLS ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND HISTORY) TO PROVIDE IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FACILITIES FOR RECREATIONAL AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR THE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES ARE IN NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR SUCH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS; AND TO PROMOTE THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE DIOCESE OF EXETER.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED, IN PRACTICE

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

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Torbay, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated an operating surplus of £53.6k and a net income of £6.5k for the year ended 31 December 2025. The trustees report that reserves were held at £280k, which is lower than the £358k held at the end of 2024, to cover working capital and future maintenance needs. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention giving cause to believe the accounts were not prepared in accordance with applicable standards.

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 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Grenville House Outdoor Education Centre (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~11.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% 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: 0.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (08/04/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Francis Joseph Sobeychair
• ANTHONY BARRINGTON PROWSE · trustee of 2 other charities
• Clive Robson
• GARETH ROBERT BROWN
• John Ridge
• Martin Rogers
• PETER MICHAEL BUSBY
• Paul Matthews
• Peter Johnson
• Sarah Hannah Dempsey
• Sheena Mary Leaf

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LONGTOWN OUTDOOR LEARNING TRUST.

• LONGTOWN OUTDOOR LEARNING TRUST income £776k
• HILL END OUTDOOR EDUCATION CENTRE income £738k
• LOW MILL OUTDOOR EDUCATION CENTRE CIO income £421k
• THE GARDEN CLASSROOM income £831k
• GREENFIELDS EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £1.3m
• HEREFORDSHIRE OUTDOOR TRUST income £40k

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