OKEHAMPTON SKILLS AND SPORTS TRUST

Registered charity 1169987 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity is progressing with its plans, and has put drawings in for its projects.The objectives are:-1) the advancement of education, training and retraining, by the provision of work space and buildings.2) the provision for recreational facilities in the local area.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE:-1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING AND RETRAINING AMONGST PEOPLE LIVING OR WORKING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND THE CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF WORKSPACE, BUILDINGS AND/OR LAND FOR USE ON FAVOURABLE TERMS;2) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS; AND3) SUCH OTHER GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT TO SUPPORT.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: West Devon, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net income surplus of £140,484 for the year ended 30 September 2025, driven primarily by rental income from its industrial site. Total unrestricted funds increased to £3,505,450, supported by significant tangible fixed assets valued at over £3.4 million. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified by the trustees.

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 2 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 4 were received after the due date: year ending 30/09/2025 (received 21/10/2026, 83 days after the 30/07/2026 due date); year ending 30/09/2024 (received 30/09/2025, 62 days after the 30/07/2025 due date); year ending 30/09/2023 (received 22/09/2025, 419 days after the 30/07/2024 due date); year ending 31/08/2021 (received 20/09/2022, 82 days after the 30/06/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~81.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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 (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• SIMON ESSEXchair
• ANDREW EWEN
• Chris Acton
• Derrick Brett
• RUSSELL METHERELL
• Rob Harman
• Steven Harris

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SKILLS ENTERPRISE LIMITED.

• SKILLS ENTERPRISE LIMITED income £281k
• THE ACCESS TO SPORTS PROJECT income £896k
• WOMEN'S SPORT TRUST income £320k
• SKILLS FOR PEOPLE income £1.4m
• BECKTON SKILLS CENTRE income £229k
• SPORTS HUNTINGDON LIMITED income £60k

Side by side with its peers

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