LONGTOWN OUTDOOR LEARNING TRUST

Registered charity 1180322 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LONGTOWN OUTDOOR LEARNING CENTRE

Our outdoor education courses aim to promote resilience, self-confidence, consideration for others, caring for the environment and the benefits of an active outdoor lifestyle. This comes from enjoying the success achieved through personal endeavour and working together in wild and beautiful landscapes. Our advisory service aims to support well planned, high quality Learning Outside the Classroom.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND IN SUCH WAYS THAT ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES: 1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL COURSES, AND TO PROMOTE LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN EDUCATIONAL, RECREATIONAL OR LEISURE ACTIVITIES. 2. TO RELIEVE THE POVERTY OF YOUNG PEOPLE BY THE PROVISION OF AFFORDABLE OPPORTUNITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN HEALTHY RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES. 3. TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE. 4. TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES, SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.

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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Registered contact address: Herefordshire, County of, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £14,848 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total net assets of £633,088. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £434,374, which is above the trustees' policy target of six months of core operational expenditure. The trustees confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis, citing secured future bookings and adequate cash 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
• Conflicting interests
• 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

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Longtown Outdoor Learning Centre (matched by registered charity number).

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.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~6.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Claire Elizabeth Brown
• Erica June Wallace
• Francesca Helen Dickson
• Guy Lawrence Bourner
• Simon Andrew Lee

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OUTDOOR LEARNING LLANGOLLEN CIO.

• OUTDOOR LEARNING LLANGOLLEN CIO income £206k
• THE LEARNING THROUGH LANDSCAPES TRUST income £1.9m
• LINDLEY EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED income £1.7m
• THE ASSOCIATION OF ADVISERS FOR OUTDOOR LEARNING AND EDUCATIONAL VISITS income £213k
• LOW MILL OUTDOOR EDUCATION CENTRE CIO income £421k
• LETCHWORTH EDUCATIONAL SETTLEMENT income £385k

Side by side with its peers

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