THE VENTURE TRUST

Registered charity 285891 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as VENTURE TRUST · also registered in Scotland as SC038932 (OSCR)

Venture Trust helps people, who, because of their life experiences, are marginalised, disadvantaged, chaotic or vulnerable, to recognise what they need to change, then gives them the confidence, motivation and lifeskills they need to make those changes. At the heart of its work, Venture Trust gives people time, space, challenge and intensive personal development support in wilderness settings.

Objects

(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF PROGRAMMES OF PERSONAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT TO PEOPLE, AGED OVER 16 YEARS, BY THE PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY AND OUTDOOR-BASED EDUCATION, ADVENTURE ACTIVITIES AND LEARNING THEREBY ASSISTING IN DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO OVERCOME DISADVANTAGE AND IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE (B) TO SUPPORT THE PREVENTION OF OFFENDING AND REHABILITATION OF INDIVIDUALS ADDRESSING THE UNDERLYING CAUSES OF OFFENDING AND ENABLE THEM TO BECOME RESPONSIBLE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY SO THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED (C) TO ASSIST PEOPLE, AGED OVER 16 YEARS, TO BENEFIT FROM FURTHER TRAINING OR EDUCATION, WORK EXPERIENCE OR TO ENTER EMPLOYMENT (D) TO ASSIST AND ENCOURAGE PEOPLE, AGED 16 AND ABOVE, WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, TO DEVELOP AN ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS. (E) TO PROMOTE AND CONDUCT RESEARCH INTO PERSONAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND WILDERNESS/OUTDOOR-BASED DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES, AND TO IDENTIFY THE DEVELOPMENTAL NEEDS OF PEOPLE AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS AFFECTING PEOPLE AND TO PUBLISH RESULTS AND INSIGHTS (F) TO PROMOTE OR BENEFIT SUCH ONE OR MORE PURPOSES OR INSTITUTIONS AS SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME BE CHARITABLE BY ENGLISH LAW?

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Stirling, Scotland (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £77,967 for the year, resulting in a decline in total reserves to £53,796. The Trustees consider the charity to be a going concern, citing a sufficient income pipeline and implemented cost management measures to meet its objectives.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by CT Audit Limited. Discloses 6 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
• 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
• 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01673720

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.

• MCMILLAN, Neil — director, appointed 30/10/2024on trustee list
• LEITCH, Nicholas — director, appointed 30/10/2024on trustee list
• PLENDERLEITH, Leigh-Ann — director, appointed 30/10/2024on trustee list
• SILLERS, Barry — director, appointed 30/10/2024on trustee list
• DAVID, Rachel Marguerite — director, appointed 30/10/2024on trustee list
• STEPHEN, William George — director, appointed 23/10/2023on trustee list
• MCGREGOR, Hugh Robert — director, appointed 15/03/2019on trustee list

Official officers record.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~0.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (80% 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: 4.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Barry Sillerschair
• Hugh Robert McGregor
• Leigh-Ann Plenderleith
• Neil McMillan
• Nicholas Leitch
• Rachel Marguerite David
• William Stephen

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

Operates in: Scotland

Income and spending

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Known funders

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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 VENTURE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.

• VENTURE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £755k
• VENTURE ARTS income £1.4m
• The Venture Community Hub Ltd income £726k
• YOUTH ADVENTURE TRUST income £1.2m
• THE VENTURE (WREXHAM) LIMITED income £670k
• VOLUNTEERING MATTERS income £5.7m

Side by side with its peers

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