HILL END OUTDOOR EDUCATION CENTRE

Registered charity 1173987 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Outdoor education to advance and improve the education and physical and social welfare of children and young people

Objects

3.1 THE CHARITY HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT FOR THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS (‘OBJECTS’):3.1.1 TO PROVIDE FACILITIES AND SERVICES AT THE HILL END OUTDOOR EDUCATION CENTRE TO ADVANCE AND IMPROVE THE EDUCATION AND PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL WELFARE PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES; AND/OR3.1.2 TO PURSUE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONSISTENT WITH THE ABOVE, AS THE TRUSTEES, IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION, SHALL DETERMINE.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an overall operational loss of £7,358 for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily due to the loss of long-term building hire income. However, grants and donations of £104,025 resulted in a total surplus of £97,052, bringing unrestricted reserves to £561,560. The trustees consider there to be 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

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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 10688301 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Hill End Outdoor Education Centre (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• WILLIAMS, Christopher Paul — director, appointed 02/10/2025not on trustee list
• MCCARTHY, Brian — director, appointed 22/11/2019on trustee list
• MUTTON, Trevor — director, appointed 07/12/2018on trustee list
• HUGHES, Isobel Ann — director, appointed 07/12/2018on trustee list
• MUNDAY, Richard Trevor — director, appointed 07/12/2018on trustee list
• MATTHEWS, Alison Louise — director, appointed 14/07/2017on trustee list
• BECKETT, Amanda Jane — director, appointed 07/04/2017on trustee list
• CHRISTIE, Charlotte Eleanor — director, appointed 07/04/2017on trustee list
• BROWN, Nicholas David, Dr — director, appointed 07/04/2017on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~5.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (84% 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: 0.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Charlotte Eleanor Christiechair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ALISON MATTHEWS
• AMANDA JANE BECKETT
• Brian McCarthy
• Chris Williams
• Dr NICHOLAS DAVID BROWN
• Isobel Hughes
• Richard Munday
• Trevor Mutton

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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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 GRENVILLE HOUSE OUTDOOR EDUCATION CENTRE.

• GRENVILLE HOUSE OUTDOOR EDUCATION CENTRE income £534k
• EDUCATING KIDS OUTDOORS LIMITED income £143k
• HILLSIDE EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £213k
• THE ASSOCIATION OF ADVISERS FOR OUTDOOR LEARNING AND EDUCATIONAL VISITS income £213k
• ERMINE EDUCATION TRUST income £3.1m
• IDE HILL PRE-SCHOOL income £112k

Side by side with its peers

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