BERKSHIRE OUTDOOR EDUCATION TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 282343 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE RHOS-Y-GWALIAU OUTDOOR EDUCATION TRUST LIMITED

Making grants to schools to pursue outdoor education activities

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF AND TO PROVIDE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE PERSONS FOR WHOM THE FACILITIES ARE INTENDED, FACILITIES FOR THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS FROM WITHIN THE BERKSHIRE EDUCATION AUTHORITY AREA AND ADJACENT COUNTIES WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES SO TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY BY THE PROVISION OF RESIDENTIAL OUTDOOR EDUCATION CENTRES.

Area of benefit: BERKSHIRE EDUCATION AUTHORITY AREA AND ADJACENT COUNTIES

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 Trust holds unrestricted reserves of £500,944, which exceeds its stated policy target range of £300,000 to £500,000. The Trust reports no indebtedness and relies entirely on investment income to fund grants and operational expenses. The trustees confirm that adequate resources are available to continue activities for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALEXANDER STEWART REID
• ANTHONY WILLIS HAMPTON
• Angela Margaret HAY
• BARRY KEITH CARTER
• Grant David STRUDLEY
• MR JON CHISWICK
• PAUL STEPHEN GITTINGS

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

Operates in: Bracknell Forest · Reading · Slough · West Berkshire · Windsor And Maidenhead · Wokingham

Income and spending

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