MOUNT BATTEN CENTRE CHARITY TRUST

Registered charity 1159633 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MOUNT BATTEN CENTRE

Promoting the advancement of education and amateur sports in the United Kingdom for the general public, local sports clubs and educational providers, through recreational activities providing enhancement through the local, natural environment.

Objects

(I) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND AMATEUR SPORTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC, LOCAL SPORTS CLUBS AND EDUCATIONAL PROVIDERS, THROUGH RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES PROVIDING ENHANCEMENT THROUGH THE LOCAL, NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. (II) TO SUSTAIN AND INCREASE INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING WITH REGARDS TO BOTH WATER SPORT AND LAND BASED ACTIVITIES, AND MARINE BASED LEARNING, WHILST PROMOTING HEALTH BY INVOLVING PHYSICAL OR MENTAL SKILL OR EXERTION BY PROVIDING THEM WITH THE EQUIPMENT, GUIDANCE AND FACILITIES TO PARTAKE IN WATER SPORTS.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £286,167, an increase from the previous year's £250,761. The trustees note that while they aim to grow reserves to create a stable platform, the specific reserves policy is currently under review. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~3.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (60% 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: 42.7% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Richard Charles Barrington Stevenschair
• ADRIAN KEMP MBE · trustee of 2 other charities
• Maria Manning
• Stephen John Curnow
• Sue Dann
• Timothy Geary
• Tudor Evans · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Plymouth City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BARNET TABLE TENNIS CLUB (BTTC).

• BARNET TABLE TENNIS CLUB (BTTC) income £133k
• EASTBOURNE SAFFRONS SPORTS CLUB TRUST LIMITED income £229k
• BARTON ACORN YOUTH, COMMUNITY AND SPORTS CENTRE income £232k
• BATEMOOR AND JORDANTHORPE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £173k
• NORTON SPORTS CHARITY income £1.2m
• SEVERN CENTRE TRUST LTD income £289k

Side by side with its peers

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