MARRICK PRIORY TRUST LTD

Registered charity 1139240 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MARRICK PRIORY OUTDOOR EDUCATION AND RESIDENTIAL CENTRE

The primary aim of the Charity is to maintain and manage Marrick Priory as a Christian residential community centre for outdoor education and training, religious worship, study and recreation.

Objects

THE OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING;FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE MARRICK PRIORY AS A CHRISTIAN (RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY) CENTRE FOR OUTDOOR EDUCATION, RELIGIOUS WORSHIP, STUDY AND RECREATION IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING PEOPLE'S CONDITIONS OF LIFE

Area of benefit: MARRICK PRIORY

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Religious Activities · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year in a sustainable financial position with a net income of £51,153. However, the trustees report that visitor numbers are falling, with bed nights decreasing by 10%, and note that the current level of free reserves is below the policy target. The trustees are conscious of the need to raise additional funds to support ongoing work.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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
• Volunteer management

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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 01/03/2024, 30 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (93% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Catherine Trewby
• Christopher Williams
• Geoffrey Park
• Helen Margaret Stephenson
• Nicholas Millen
• Nicola Jane Dobson
• Nigel John Milverton
• Stephen Rathbone
• TRACEY LAMBERT · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PRIORS PARK COMMUNITY CHURCH.

• PRIORS PARK COMMUNITY CHURCH income £146k
• MARTOCK CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP income £165k
• CARISBROOKE PRIORY TRUST COMPANY LIMITED income £243k
• THE TRINITY PARISH income £128k
• PRIORY PROJECT income £620k
• DAYSPRING CHURCH TRUST income £55k

Side by side with its peers

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