WEST RUNTON HOLIDAYS

Registered charity 1135213 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

WRH aims to provide volunteer led activity holidays with aims consistent with the trust deed of the charity. The aims can be summarised as "To make Jesus known through running exciting, excellent activity holidays for young people".

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH BY SHARING THE NEW OF JESUS WITH YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY.

Area of benefit: THE UNITED KINGDOM

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

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

Latest income

£174k

Latest spending

£177k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £3,147 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in closing unrestricted and restricted funds of £70,800. The trustees confirm that the preparation of accounts is on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified regarding the charity's ability to continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: appropriate to the charity's needs. This is based on the charity's size and the level of financial commitments held. The directors aim to ensure the charity will be able to continue to fulfil its charitable objectives even if there is a temporary shortfall in income or unexpected expenditure. (reserves figure: £71k)

“The Directors have considered the level of reserves they wish to retain, appropriate to the charity's needs. This is based on the charity's size and the level of financial commitments held. The directors aim to ensure the charity will be able to continue to fulfil its charitable objectives even if there is a temporary shortfall in income or unexpected expenditure.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: No payments were made to Directors or any persons connected with them during this financial period. No material transaction took place between the organisation and a trustee or any person connected with them.

“No payments were made to Directors or any persons connected with them during this financial period. No material transaction took place between the organisation and a trustee or any person connected with them.” — page 14

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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 policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media 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 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 185

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 161

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 155

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

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 07104921

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.

GROVE, Emma Dawn — director, appointed 18/01/2025on trustee list
GROVE, Philip David — director, appointed 18/01/2025on trustee list
THURSZ, Simon Edward — director, appointed 18/01/2025on trustee list
WROE, Christopher Peter — director, appointed 01/12/2018on trustee list
GIBBS, Christopher Stephen — director, appointed 01/12/2018on trustee list
WALKER, Richard Irving, Dr — director, appointed 01/01/2018on trustee list
GOULD, Mark, Rev — director, appointed 01/09/2014on trustee list
GIBBS, Christopher Stephen — secretary, appointed 19/11/2018

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Christopher Peter Wroechair
Christopher Stephen Gibbs · trustee of 4 other charities
Dr Richard Irving Walker · trustee of 2 other charities
Emma Dawn Grove
Philip David Grove
Rev Mark Fearnley Gould
Simon Edward Thursz

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£174k	£177k
31/12/2024	£177k	£183k
31/12/2023	£166k	£166k
31/12/2022	£150k	£144k
31/12/2021	£146k	£96k

Common questions

Is WEST RUNTON HOLIDAYS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £3,147 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in closing unrestricted and restricted funds of £70,800. The trustees confirm that the preparation of accounts is on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified regarding the charity's ability to continue operations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds WEST RUNTON HOLIDAYS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WEST RUNTON HOLIDAYS as a grant recipient include LANCASTER, RIPLEY CHURCH OF ENGLAND EDUCATIONAL TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
LANCASTER, RIPLEY CHURCH OF ENGLAND EDUCATIONAL TRUST	FY2023	£16k
LANCASTER, RIPLEY CHURCH OF ENGLAND EDUCATIONAL TRUST	FY2024	£1k

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
FRANCIS C SCOTT CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£58k
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION	1	£50k
VOLUNTARY ACTION ROTHERHAM	1	£19k
THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATION	1	£10k
THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£8k
THE MILES MORLAND FOUNDATION	1	£5k
THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATION	1	£5k
THE HADFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WEST HERTS CHARITY TRUST LIMITED.

WEST HERTS CHARITY TRUST LIMITED income £272k
WINCANTON RECREATIONAL TRUST income £84k
VAUXHALL CHRISTIAN TRUST income £90k
WINSHAM RECREATIONAL TRUST income £54k
ACTIVATE RAWMARSH income £83k
WHITEHAVEN COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED income £916k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WEST RUNTON HOLIDAYS	£174k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WEST HERTS CHARITY TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£272k	—	above	—	no doubt
WINCANTON RECREATIONAL TRUST FY2025	£84k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
VAUXHALL CHRISTIAN TRUST FY2025	£90k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WINSHAM RECREATIONAL TRUST FY2025	£54k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ACTIVATE RAWMARSH FY2025	£83k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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