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FOREST SCHOOL CAMPS

Registered charity 306006 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as F S C, FSC

Providing supervised camping activities for young people of an educational nature.

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Latest income
£471k
Latest spending
£455k
Registered
1968
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that free/unrestricted reserves are negative at £(10,330), although designated reserves for the Haddenham stores development project stand at £1,557,368. The charity reports a net movement in funds of £27,199 and maintains a policy to hold unrestricted reserves equivalent to approximately one year of support costs, which currently stand at £139,670.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Camp Fees (75% of income)
“Camp Fees – This typically the largest part of our income (around 75%)” — page 7
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £140k)
“These currently stand at £139,670. (i.e. expenditure excluding the direct costs of running camps).”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Forest School Camps (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 (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/10/2023)

Total income
£535k
Total spending
£364k
Cost of raising funds
£562
Reserves (reported)
£1.5m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~49.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/10/2025£471k£455k
31/10/2024£441k£414k
31/10/2023£535k£364k
31/10/2022£349k£389k
31/10/2021£387k£201k

Common questions

Is FOREST SCHOOL CAMPS financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that free/unrestricted reserves are negative at £(10,330), although designated reserves for the Haddenham stores development project stand at £1,557,368. The charity reports a net movement in funds of £27,199 and maintains a policy to hold unrestricted reserves equivalent to approximately one year of support costs, which currently stand at £139,670. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds FOREST SCHOOL CAMPS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FOREST SCHOOL CAMPS as a grant recipient include THE CYRIL AND EVE JUMBO CHARITABLE TRUST, THE NORTHWICK TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE CYRIL AND EVE JUMBO CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£15k
THE NORTHWICK TRUSTFY2023£10k
THE NORTHWICK TRUSTFY2022£5k

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUST1£599k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NUNEATON DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FOREST SCHOOL CAMPS£471k—0below—no doubt
NUNEATON DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£162k—0above—no doubt
WALESBY FOREST FY2024£1.5m£60,001 - £70,0001above—no doubt
BRAMBLETYE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£6.3m——above—no doubt
FENLAND SCOUTS ASSOCIATION FY2025£246k—0above—no doubt
BELCHAMPS SCOUT CENTRE FY2024£192k—0below—no doubt

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