PARSON HOUSE OUTDOOR PURSUITS CENTRE

Registered charity 517419 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KNOWSLEY YOUTH TRUST, PARSON HOUSE OUTDOOR PURSUIT CENTRE

30 bedroomed outdoor residential centre, facilities: games room, dining room, tv room, drying rooms, all bedrooms have their own private bathroom facilities.AALA licensed.Activities include: canoeing, caving, abseiling, climbing, orenteering, hill walking, bouldering, weaselling,problem solving, obstacle course.self catering or catered for, multi activity daily to week courses.

Objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF YOUNG PEOPLE (WITH PREFERENCE BEING GIVEN TO THOSE FROM THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF KNOWSLEY)INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CENTRE OR CENTRES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE FOR THE PURPOSE OF HELPING AND EDUCATING SUCH PERSONS THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES SO THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED.

Area of benefit: KNOWSLEY MBC

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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Registered contact address: Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net income surplus of £159,615 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by a £155,000 gain on the revaluation of its freehold property. Total unrestricted reserves stood at £917,763, providing a strong financial position, although the charity noted that Princes Trust courses ended due to a lack of funding in South Yorkshire.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 05/03/2024, 34 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The J. G. Graves Charitable Trust — “The J. G. Graves Charitable Trust” (source page)
• Church Burgesses Trust — “Church Burgesses Trust” (source page)
• Help a Hallam Child – Hallam FM — “Help a Hallam Child – Hallam FM” (source page)
• Cash for kids (Hallam FM) — “Cash for kids (Hallam FM)” (source page)
• Focus DIY – Waterthorpe Sheffield — “Focus DIY – Waterthorpe Sheffield” (source page)
• West Riding Masonic Charities ltd — “West Riding Masonic Charities ltd” (source page)
• The Freshgate Trust Foundation — “The Freshgate Trust Foundation” (source page)
• Charles & Elsie Sykes Trust — “Charles & Elsie Sykes Trust” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• Paul Davieschair
• COLIN FLYNN
• Catherine Davies
• Julian Shelton

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

Operates in: Derbyshire · Sheffield City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LEISURE FOCUS TRUST.

• LEISURE FOCUS TRUST income £1.2m
• PARSON DROVE AMENITIES 95 MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE income £43k
• HOUSE PROJECT CENTRE income £160k
• GRENVILLE HOUSE OUTDOOR EDUCATION CENTRE income £534k
• P.R.O.P. - PEOPLES RELIEF OF PRESSURE income £46k
• PEOPLE IN ACTION income £11.4m

Side by side with its peers

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