YORKSHIRE CAMPS

Registered charity 1150933 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Yorkshire Camps is committed to "Sharing Jesus Christ with young people". We run holiday camps for under 18 year olds where young people can:1) Enjoy an action packed holiday2) Explore the Christian message3) Enlarge their faith

Objects

1. TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO PARTICULARLY (THOUGH NOT EXCLUSIVELY) BY MEANS OF ESTABLISHING AND OPERATING ONE OR MORE CENTRES FOR CHRISTIAN BASED ACTIVITY HOLIDAYS AND COURSES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND OTHERS WHERE THE COMMUNICATION OF THE CHRISTIAN GOSPEL WILL BE A CENTRAL FEATURE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE AS THE DIRECTORS OF THE CHARITY MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.2. TO PROMOTE AND FULFILL SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY IN SUCH AREAS AS THE CHARITY MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE OPERATING.

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

Causes: Religious Activities · Recreation · 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 generated a net income of £22,578 for the year, with total income of £450,834 against expenditure of £428,256. The trustees report that free reserves at the year-end were £50,000, which meets their stated policy target for appropriate free reserves.

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
• 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

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £403k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~1.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (80% 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: 1.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDY PEACEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Anita Jane Ellershaw
• DANIEL JAMES THAW
• David Roger Lovelock · trustee of 1 other charity
• JOHN MICHAEL GREEN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Judith Backley Gurney
• ROGER DAVID CARSWELL · trustee of 2 other charities
• Sarah Kay Jarvis

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

Operates in: Herefordshire · North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• ROGER DAVID CARSWELL — trustee here and at THE DEO GLORIA TRUST

Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with YORK CHRISTIAN YOUTH HOLIDAYS.

• YORK CHRISTIAN YOUTH HOLIDAYS income £40k
• KIRKLEES SUMMER PLAYSCHEME CAMP income £62k
• HANTS AND DORSET CHRISTIAN YOUTH CAMPS income £105k
• THE KINGFISHER CHRISTIAN CAMP TRUST income £99k
• INSPIRE YORKSHIRE income £27k
• DEVON CHRISTIAN YOUTH CAMPS TRUST income £84k

Side by side with its peers

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