MEDINA VALLEY CENTRE LIMITED

Registered charity 236153 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHRISTIAN SAILING CENTRE LIMITED, MEDINA VALLEY CENTRE

Medina Valley Centre is in the process of winding the charity up and distributing their assets in accordance with their Articles of Association

Objects

(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH BY THE CONDUCT OF A RESIDENTIAL TRAINING AND CONFERENCE CENTRE (B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING IN AN ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING BY THE PROVISION OF FIELD STUDIES AND OUTDOOR TRAINING (C) SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS SHALL BE CHARITABLE BY LAW

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £9,374 in 2024, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £208,703. However, the trustees report that the site is mothballed pending a sale or takeover, and the charity relies on low-interest loans from supporters to meet day-to-day expenses.

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.

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.

• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 00809637

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.

• GANLY, Richard Clive — director, appointed 26/01/2019on trustee list
• WHITLEY, Helen Joan — director, appointed 09/03/2012on trustee list
• WELLS, John — director, appointed 20/04/2007not on trustee list
• HOLBIRD, Derek John, Reverend — director, appointed 17/10/2003on trustee list
• WELLS, John — secretary, appointed 07/06/2013

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• MR J WELLSchair · trustee of 3 other charities
• HELEN JOAN WHITLEY
• RICHARD CLIVE GANLY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Derek John Holbird

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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