Y BARTNERIAETH AWYR AGORED THE OUTDOOR PARTNERSHIP

Registered charity 1149280 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PAA/TOP

Enhancing people's lives through outdoor activities. Our vision means ENHANCING people's physical and mental health and wellbeing, economic return, including employment, the social value through OUTDOOR ACTIVITY such as grassroots participation in activities such as walking, cycling, adventure sport including climbing, canoeing, paddle boarding, sailing, windsurfing, mountain biking, etc.

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Latest income
£1.2m
Latest spending
£1.1m
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds rose by £92,434 to £939,635, while restricted funds decreased slightly by £2,315 to £260,711, resulting in total net assets of £1,200,346. The trustees report that current reserves support 10 months of contingency against a policy target of up to 12 months of running costs. The independent auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was: 2025 1” — page 24
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: 12 months (maximum) running costs (held: £940k)
“The charity aims to keep reserves equivalent to 12 months (maximum) running costs, to be able to maintain the operations of the charity, in the event of any funding shortfall. The current reserve supports 10 months of contingency for the Charity which currently sits in the unrestricted funds.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Williams Denton Cyf. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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.

Official officers record.

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

Total income
£1.2m
Total spending
£1.1m
Reserves (reported)
£940k
Employees
17

Reported reserves equal ~10.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Coventry City · Cumbria · North Yorkshire · Northern Ireland · Plymouth City · Scotland · Throughout Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.2m£1.1m
31/03/2024£1.0m£1.1m
31/03/2023£1.4m£1.2m
31/03/2022£1.2m£1.0m
31/03/2021£778k£534k

Common questions

Is Y BARTNERIAETH AWYR AGORED THE OUTDOOR PARTNERSHIP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds rose by £92,434 to £939,635, while restricted funds decreased slightly by £2,315 to £260,711, resulting in total net assets of £1,200,346. The trustees report that current reserves support 10 months of contingency against a policy target of up to 12 months of running costs. The independent auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Williams Denton Cyf.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England29/05/2024£250k2024 Pilot Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund01/12/2023£500kOpening Doors to the Outdoors Wales
The National Lottery Community Fund19/06/2019£2.9mThe Outdoor Partnership
The National Lottery Community Fund12/10/2018£50kThe Outdoor Partnership
The National Lottery Community Fund27/09/2018£500kOpening Doors to the Outdoors (Wales)
The National Lottery Community Fund12/11/2016£2kThe Outdoor Festival
The National Lottery Community Fund17/09/2015£480kOpening doors to the outdoors (for under-represented groups)
The National Lottery Community Fund23/05/2012£420kPathways to Employment Outdoors

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 GOD-UNLIMITED OUTDOOR THERAPY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Y BARTNERIAETH AWYR AGORED THE OUTDOOR PARTNERSHIP£1.2m—1unclear—no doubt
GOD-UNLIMITED OUTDOOR THERAPY FY2025£441k—0unclear—no doubt
ADVENTURE THERAPY FY2025£186kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
LIVING SPORT CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND PETERBOROUGH SPORTS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED FY2025£2.4m——below—no doubt
Active Partnerships FY2025£3.5m——above—no doubt
SPORTINSPIRED LTD FY2025£1.4munclear0above—no doubt

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