BENDRIGG TRUST

Registered charity 508450 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Bendrigg Trust runs high quality courses for disabled and disadvantaged people who come to Bendrigg from all parts of the UK for a day, weekend or a week.We aim to promote inclusion, encourage independence and build self-confidence through the use of residential experience and the safe provision of adventurous activities delivered by dedicated, qualified staff.

Objects

(1) TO HELP AND EDUCATE YOUNG PERSONS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, ENTAL SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES. (2) TO EDUCATE AND RELIEVE DISTRESS AMONG PERSONS WHO ARE SUFFERING OR WHO HAVE SUFFERED A LEGAL RESTRICTION ON THEIR LIBERTY IN ANY PENAL OR CORRECTIONAL ESTABLISHMENT OR THROUGH ANY MEANS WHATEVER AND THE FA OF SUCH PERSONS. (3) TO RELIEVE AND PREVENT SUFFERING CAUSED BY MENTAL OR PHYSICAL ILL HEALTH. (4) THE RELIEF OF INFIRMITY, OLD AGE OR DISTRESS BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL*

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 · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westmorland and Furness, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred an unrestricted deficit of £72,210 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in total reserves of £3,875,855. Per the Treasurer's report, free reserves of £489,014 are below the stated policy target of £600,000 (approximately four months of unrestricted operating costs). The Trustees and auditors confirm that the going concern assumption is valid, noting that while deficits are expected in the short term, cashflow and reserves remain resilient.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by MHA. 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media 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 — Bendrigg Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 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 ~3.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (56% 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: 9.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (24/02/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (14/07/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (15/02/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (19/02/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Brian McDonoughchair
• Adrian Walter
• Anne Fleck
• Claire Connor
• DAVID KIM PARRY
• JOHN HOLMES · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kay Foster
• PETER JAMES BATES
• Rachael Hodgson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Richard Huxley
• Stuart Woodall
• TIMOTHY LOWE

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

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