BIRCH HALL ADVENTURES

Registered charity 1160251 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BHA

Birch Hall Adventures provides outdoor education and activities for schools and groups. These include: Sailing, Simulated Caving, Bush Craft, Camping, Archery, Geo-caching, Nature Walks. It also provides access to facilities for other organisations and groups.

Objects

1 TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT;2 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, INCLUDING IN THE AREAS OF OUTDOOR PURSUITS, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, SPORT, MUSIC, ARTS AND CRAFTS, BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY CONSIDER APPROPRIATE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT;3 TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION, SPORT OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR SUCH PERSONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT;

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

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a loss of £15,356 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves to £59,074. The trustees report that the Centre’s assets are sufficient to meet its current obligations and that financial support was secured from the Slavanka Trust to manage cash flow during the period of loss.

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 4 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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Guy Main
• Joanna Lyn Bingham
• Nicholas John Vivian Singleton
• Peter James Kelway Law
• RICHARD JOHN MYERS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rachael Helen Hurst · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BIRCH HILL PRE-SCHOOL.

• BIRCH HILL PRE-SCHOOL income £211k
• BF ADVENTURE income £1.2m
• THE VINEY HILL CHRISTIAN ADVENTURE CENTRE income £763k
• BIRCHANGER BUTTERFLIES PRE-SCHOOL income £143k
• PARSON HOUSE OUTDOOR PURSUITS CENTRE income £121k
• BLACKWELL ADVENTURE income £1.5m

Side by side with its peers

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