WALESBY FOREST

Registered charity 1147348 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote the development of young people, allowing them to achieve their full physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potential as individuals, as responsible citizens and Trustees of their local, national and international communities.To provide one of the best and safest activities centre for scouting, guiding, schools, other organised groups and other participants.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made an unplanned deficit of £57,014 in 2024 due to challenging economic conditions, poor weather, and significantly higher electricity costs. While unrestricted reserves fell to £825,585, the trustees consider the liquid assets equivalent to five months of fixed costs to be satisfactory, though they acknowledge that cash reserves currently fall short of the formal £135,000 target. The charity is focused on recovering reserves and establishing new major events to underpin future sustainability.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Mabe Allen LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Top pay band moved from £70,001 - £80,000 (FY2023) to £60,001 - £70,000 (FY2024).

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Walesby Forest (matched by registered charity number).

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~5.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (91% 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: 7.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALISTAIR BOWchair
• ALASTAIR LUFF
• ANDREW LUCZKO
• DAVID W HUXLEY
• David Anthony Hoskins · trustee of 3 other charities
• David Wilkinson
• Deborah Louise Ankrett
• Graham Edward Jones

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

Operates in: Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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