Docusign Envelope ID: BF4BFD36-C0B8-4C16-83D4-F2177DDB5142
**Adventure Ashram**
**Charity No. 1122629 Company No. 05952642**
**Trustees' Report and Unaudited Accounts**
**31 October 2024**
Docusign Envelope ID: BF4BFD36-C0B8-4C16-83D4-F2177DDB5142 **Adventure Ashram**
## **Contents**
||Pages||
|---|---|---|
|Trustees' Annual Report|2 to 4||
|Independent Examiner's Report||5|
|Statement of Financial Activities||6|
|Summary Income and Expenditure Account||7|
|Balance Sheet||8|
|Statement of Cash flows||9|
|Notes to the Accounts|10 to|15|
|Detailed Statement of Financial Activities|16 to|17|
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Docusign Envelope ID: BF4BFD36-C0B8-4C16-83D4-F2177DDB5142
**Adventure Ashram**
**Trustees Annual Report**
The trustees, who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 October 2024.
## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS**
## **Company No. 05952642**
## **Charity No. 1122629**
## **Registered Office**
86-90 Paul Street London EC2A 4NE
## **Directors and Trustees**
The Directors of the charitable company are its Trustees for the purposes of charity law. The following Directors and Trustees served during the year:
E. Anderson (Resigned on 13 December 2023) K.M. Baldacchino
R. Clark M. Edwards C. Jarvis U. Naidoo M.E. Ring F. Taki C. Taylor
## **Company Secretary**
S.E.A. Morton
## **Key Management Personnel**
Chair C. Taylor S.E.A Morton(Resigned on 09 February Secretary 2024)
## **Accountants**
Solutions Accountancy & Bookkeeping Ltd 1 The Mews Little Brunswick Street Huddersfield HD1 5JL
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Docusign Envelope ID: BF4BFD36-C0B8-4C16-83D4-F2177DDB5142 **Adventure Ashram**
**Trustees Annual Report**
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
Adventure Ashram’s organisational aim remains to help some of the poorest people living on or around the route’s adventurers supporting the charity travel. The organisation’s mission is to empower and support communities through education, healthcare and refuge from human trafficking.
The trustees have paid due regard to guidance on public benefit issued by the Charity Commission in deciding what activities the charity should undertake.
Charities Supported:
Grace Charitable Trust: Facilitating access to education for children in the remote Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu, India.
Odanadi Seva Trust: Support for women and children affected by human trafficking, Mysore, Karnataka, India
Help without Frontiers: Support for refugees existing on the Thai/Myanmar border, the charity is in Thailand.
STAFFING
Siobhan McCarthy Morton resigned as CEO in February 2024. The charity took the opportunity to restructure its staffing arrangements, and the role of CEO was replaced by a Charity Coordinator role. Karina Middleton was appointed Charity Coordinator on 8th April 2024. This meant the strategic work previously undertaken by the CEO fell to the Trustees. Several sub-committees were formed; Finance, Governance, Program, and Fundraising to help fulfil this role. A part-time bookkeeper is employed in a freelance capacity, approximately 12 hours per month.
## **ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE**
Refer to detailed Trustees Annual Report on page 18 to 21.
## **FINANCIAL REVIEW**
The 2023/24 financial year concluded with a surplus of £17,572. Although income declined, generating £74,140 compared to £95,144 in the previous financial year, our organisational expenditures of £56,568 were lower than in the previous year.
Adventure Ashram continues to maintain organisational reserves with the intention of having a minimum of three months of operational funds as free reserves. On October 31st, 2024, the charity held £8,514. This amount falls just short of the requirement of £2,900 per month (or £8,715 quarterly). Adventure Ashram aims to further replenish the reserves during the upcoming financial year.
Adventure Ashram enters the new financial year extremely cautiously. The charity sector continues to grapple with persistent challenges, including the lingering effects of the pandemic, financial difficulties, and the ongoing global issues that impact donors’ capacity to contribute. We have taken this into account in the projections we have made and projects we have planned for the new financial year. The Trustees feel reassured for the organisation’s financial stability and future.
## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT**
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Docusign Envelope ID: BF4BFD36-C0B8-4C16-83D4-F2177DDB5142 **Adventure Ashram**
## **Trustees Annual Report**
The company is registered as a charitable company limited by guarantee and is governed by its Memorandum and Articles of Association dated 2 October 2006. In the event of the company being wound up, each member is required to contribute an amount not exceeding £10. The company is constituted under a trust deed and is a registered charity number 1122629. The management of the company is the responsibility of the Trustees who are elected and co-opted under the terms of the Articles of Association.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. The Trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The above report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime as set out in Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 and in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102).
Signed on behalf of the board
C. Taylor Trustee 29 July 2025
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Docusign Envelope ID: BF4BFD36-C0B8-4C16-83D4-F2177DDB5142 **Adventure Ashram Independent Examiners Report**
## **Independent Examiner's Report to the trustees of Adventure Ashram**
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the financial statements of Adventure Ashram for the year ended 31 October 2024.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity's trustees of the company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act.
Having satisfied myself that the financial statements of the Charity are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity's financial statements as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act'). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
I have completed my examination. I can confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:
- accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 386 of the 2006 Act ; or
- the financial statements do not accord with those records; or
- the financial statements do not comply with the accounting requirements under section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the financial statements give a 'true and fair' view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
- the financial statements have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the financial statements to be reached.
Vicky Newham CPAA Solutions Accountancy & Bookkeeping Ltd 1 The Mews
Little Brunswick Street Huddersfield
HD1 5JL 29 July 2025
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Docusign Envelope ID: BF4BFD36-C0B8-4C16-83D4-F2177DDB5142 **Adventure Ashram**
## **Statement of Financial Activities**
## **for the year ended 31 October 2024**
|**Notes**
**Income and endowments**
**from:**
Charitable activities
4
Other
5
**Total**
**Expenditure on:**
Charitable activities
6
Other
7
**Total**
Net gains on investments
**Net income**
8
Transfers between funds
**Net income before other**
**gains/(losses)**
**Other gains and losses**
**Net movement in funds**
**Reconciliation of funds:**
Total funds brought forward
**Total funds carried forward**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**2024**
**£**
34,275
5,410|**Restricted**
**funds**
**2024**
**£**
34,455
-|**Total funds**
**2024**
**£**
68,730
5,410|**Total funds**
**2023**
**£**
88,822
6,322|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||39,685
8,404
23,124|34,455
25,040
-|74,140
33,444
23,124|95,144
56,549
36,862|
||31,528
-|25,040
-|56,568
-|93,411
-|
||8,157
-|9,415
-|17,572
-|1,733
-|
||8,157|9,415|17,572|1,733|
||8,157
18,944|9,415
20,473|17,572
39,417|1,733
37,684|
||27,101|29,888|56,989|39,417|
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Docusign Envelope ID: BF4BFD36-C0B8-4C16-83D4-F2177DDB5142 **Adventure Ashram**
**Summary Income and Expenditure Account**
## **for the year ended 31 October 2024**
|Income
**Gross income for the year**
Expenditure
**Total expenditure for the year**
Net income before tax for the year
**Net income for the year**|**2024**
**£**
74,140
74,140
56,568
56,568
17,572
17,572|**2023**
**£**
95,144|
|---|---|---|
|||95,144|
|||93,411|
|||93,411|
|||1,733|
|||1,733|
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Docusign Envelope ID: BF4BFD36-C0B8-4C16-83D4-F2177DDB5142 **Adventure Ashram**
**Balance Sheet**
## **at 31 October 2024**
|**at 31 October 2024**||||
|---|---|---|---|
|**Company No.**
**05952642**|**Notes**|**2024**|**2023**|
|||**£**|**£**|
|**Current assets**||||
|Cash at bank and in hand||57,185|39,613|
|||57,185|39,613|
|**Creditors:**Amount falling due within one year|10|(196)|(196)|
|**Net current assets**||56,989|39,417|
|**Total assets less current liabilities**||56,989|39,417|
|**Net assets excluding pension asset or liability**||56,989|39,417|
|**Total net assets**||56,989|39,417|
|**The funds of the charity**||||
|**Restricted funds**|11|||
|Restricted income funds||29,888|20,473|
|||29,888|20,473|
|**Unrestricted funds**|11|||
|General funds||18,592|15,530|
|Designated funds||8,510|3,414|
|||27,101|18,944|
|**Reserves**|11|||
|**Total funds**||56,989|39,417|
These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
For the year ended 31 October 2024 the company was entitled to exemption under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
Approved by the board on 29 July 2025
And signed on its behalf by:
C. Taylor Trustee 29 July 2025
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Docusign Envelope ID: BF4BFD36-C0B8-4C16-83D4-F2177DDB5142 **Adventure Ashram**
## **Statement of Cash flows**
## **for the year ended 31 October 2024**
|**Cash flows from operating activities**
**Net income per Statement of Financial Activities**
**Adjustments for:**
Dividends, interest and rents from investments
Other gains/losses
Increase in trade and other payables
**Net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities**
**Cash flows from investing activities**
Dividends, interest and rents from investments
**Net cash from investing activities**
**Net cash from financing activities**
**Net increase in cash and cash equivalents**
**Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year**
**Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year**
**Components of cash and cash equivalents**
Cash and bank balances|**2024**
**£**
17,572
(5,410)
-
-
12,162
5,410
5,410
-
17,572
39,613
57,185
57,185
57,185|**2023**
**£**
1,733
(6,322)
-
196|
|---|---|---|
|||(4,393)
6,322|
|||6,322|
||||
|||-|
||||
|||1,929|
|||37,684|
|||39,613|
||||
|||39,613|
||||
|||39,613|
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Docusign Envelope ID: BF4BFD36-C0B8-4C16-83D4-F2177DDB5142 **Adventure Ashram**
**Notes to the Accounts**
## **for the year ended 31 October 2024**
- 1 **Accounting policies**
## **Basis of preparation**
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.
## **Change in basis of accounting or to previous accounts**
There has been no change to the accounting policies (valuation rules and method of accounting) since last year and no changes have been made to accounts for previous years.
## **Fund accounting**
Unrestricted funds These are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objects of the charity.
Designated funds These are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for particular purposes. Restricted funds These are available for use subject to restrictions imposed by the donor or through terms of an appeal.
## **Income**
Recognition of Income is included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SoFA) when the charity income becomes entitled to, and virtually certain to receive, the income and the amount of the income can be measured with sufficient reliability.
- Income with related Where income has related expenditure the income and related expenditure is expenditure reported gross in the SoFA.
Donations and Voluntary income received by way of grants, donations and gifts is included in the legacies the SoFA when receivable and only when the Charity has unconditional entitlement to the income.
Volunteer help The value of any volunteer help received is not included in the accounts. Investment income This is included in the accounts when receivable.
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Docusign Envelope ID: BF4BFD36-C0B8-4C16-83D4-F2177DDB5142 **Adventure Ashram**
**Notes to the Accounts**
## **Expenditure**
- Recognition of Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis. Expenditure includes any VAT which expenditure cannot be fully recovered, and is reported as part of the expenditure to which it relates.
- Expenditure on These comprise the costs associated with attracting voluntary income, fundraising raising funds trading costs and investment management costs. Expenditure on These comprise the costs incurred by the Charity in the delivery of its activities and charitable activities services in the furtherance of its objects, including the making of grants and governance costs.
Grants payable All grant expenditure is accounted for on an actual paid basis plus an accrual for grants that have been approved by the trustees at the end of the year but not yet paid.
- Governance costs These include those costs associated with meeting the constitutional and statutory requirements of the Charity, including any audit/independent examination fees, costs linked to the strategic management of the Charity, together with a share of other administration costs.
- Other expenditure These are support costs not allocated to a particular activity.
## **Taxation**
The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.
## **Trade and other creditors**
Short term creditors are measured at the transaction price. Other creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.
## **Pension costs**
The charity operates a defined contribution plan for its employees. A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which the company pays fixed contributions into a separate entity. Once the contributions have been paid the company has no further payments obligations. The contributions are recognised as expenses when they fall due. Amounts not paid are shown in accruals in the balance sheet. The assets of the plan are held separately from the company in independently administered funds.
## 2 **Company status**
The company is a private company limited by guarantee and consequently does not have share capital.
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Docusign Envelope ID: BF4BFD36-C0B8-4C16-83D4-F2177DDB5142 **Adventure Ashram**
## **Notes to the Accounts**
- 3 **Statement of Financial Activities - prior year**
|3
**Statement of Financial Activities - prior year**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Income and endowments from:**
Charitable activities
Other
**Total**
**Expenditure on:**
Charitable activities
Other
**Total**
**Net income**
Transfers between funds
**Net income before other**
**gains/(losses)**
**Other gains and losses:**
**Net movement in funds**
**Reconciliation of funds:**
Total funds brought forward
**Total funds carried forward**
4
**Income from charitable activities**
Donations, Grants and Other
Income
5
**Other income**
Other Incoming Resources
Bank Interest Received|**Unrestricted**
**£**
34,275
34,275|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**2023**
**£**
49,151
6,322
55,473
14,985
36,862
51,847
3,626
(1,507)
2,119
2,119
16,825
18,944
**Restricted**
**£**
34,455
34,455
**Unrestricted**
**£**
4,639
771
5,410|**Restricted**
**funds**
**2023**
**£**
39,671
-
39,671
41,564
-
41,564
(1,893)
1,507
(386)
(386)
20,859
20,473
**Total**
**2024**
**£**
68,730
68,730
**Total**
**2024**
**£**
4,639
771
5,410|**Total funds**
**2023**
**£**
88,822
6,322|
|||||95,144
56,549
36,862|
|||||93,411|
|||||1,733
-|
|||||1,733|
|||||1,733
37,684|
|||||39,417|
|||||**Total**
**2023**
**£**
88,822|
|||||88,822|
|||||**Total**
**2023**
**£**
5,761
561|
|||||6,322|
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Docusign Envelope ID: BF4BFD36-C0B8-4C16-83D4-F2177DDB5142
**Adventure Ashram**
## **Notes to the Accounts**
## 6 **Expenditure on charitable activities**
|_Expenditure on charitable_
_activities_
Donations, Grants and Other
Income
_Governance costs_
7
**Other expenditure**
Employee costs
Premises costs
General administrative costs
Legal and professional costs
8
**Net income before transfers**
This is stated after charging:
Independent Examiner's fee
9
**Staff costs**
Salaries and wages
Pension costs
No employee received emoluments in excess
10 **Creditors:**
amounts falling due within one year
Other taxes and social security
Other creditors|**Unrestricted**
**£**
8,404
8,404
of £60,000.|**Restricted**
**£**
25,040
25,040
**Unrestricted**
**£**
17,975
300
3,107
1,742
23,124
**2024**
**£**
1,200
**2024**
17,190
785
17,975
**2024**
**£**
33
163
196|**Total**
**2024**
**£**
33,444
33,444
**Total**
**2024**
**£**
17,975
300
3,107
1,742
23,124|**Total**
**2023**
**£**
56,549|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||56,549|
|||||**Total**
**2023**
**£**
31,875
298
2,960
1,729|
|||||36,862|
|||||**2023**
**£**
1,200
**2023**
30,849
1,026|
|||||31,875|
|||||**2023**
**£**
33
163|
|||||196|
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Docusign Envelope ID: BF4BFD36-C0B8-4C16-83D4-F2177DDB5142 **Adventure Ashram**
## **Notes to the Accounts**
## 11 **Movement in funds**
|**At 1**
**November**
**2023**
**Restricted funds:**
**Restricted income funds:**
Grace Charitable Trust
-
Odanadi
20,473
Ted Jervis
-
_Total_
20,473
**Unrestricted funds:**
**General funds**
15,530
**Designated funds:**
Volunteering
983
YST sponsorship
661
Thailand on Road
1,770
UK Rally 2024
-
_Total_
3,414
**Total funds**
39,417
Purposes and restrictions in relation to the funds:
Restricted funds:
Grace Charitable Trust
Odanadi
Ted Jervis
Designated funds:
Volunteering
YST sponsorship
Thailand on Road
UK Rally 2024|**Incoming**
**resources**
**(including**
**other**
**gains/losses**
**)**
**£**
15,577
18,584
294
34,455
26,386
-
2,000
-
11,300
13,300
74,140|**Resources**
**expended**
**£**
(12,206)
(12,834)
-
(25,040)
(23,324)
(983)
(661)
(1,770)
(4,790)
(8,204)
(56,568)|**At 31**
**October**
**2024**
**£**
3,371
26,223
294|
|---|---|---|---|
||||29,888|
||||18,592
-
2,000
-
6,510|
||||8,510|
|||||
||||56,989|
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
## 12 **Analysis of net assets between funds**
|**Analysis of net assets between funds**||||
|---|---|---|---|
|Net current assets|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
44,489
44,489|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
12,500
12,500|**Total**
**£**
56,989|
||||56,989|
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Docusign Envelope ID: BF4BFD36-C0B8-4C16-83D4-F2177DDB5142 **Adventure Ashram**
## **Notes to the Accounts**
## 13 **Reconciliation of net debt**
|13 **Reconciliation of net debt**||||
|---|---|---|---|
|Cash and cash equivalents
Net debt|**At 1**
**November**
**2023**
**£**|**Cash flows**
**£**|**At 31**
**October**
**2024**
**£**|
||39,613|17,572|57,185|
||39,613
39,613|17,572
17,572|57,185|
||||57,185|
|||||
|14 **Commitments**
**_Operating lease commitments_**
Annual commitments under non-cancellable operating leases
**2024**
**Land and**
**buildings**
**£**
Operating leases with expiry date:
**_Pension commitments_**
The pension cost charge to the company
amounted to:
15 **Related party disclosures**
**_Controlling party_**|are as follows:
**2024**
**Other**
**£**
**2024**
**£**
785|**2023**
**Land and**
**buildings**
**£**|**2023**
**Other**
**£**
**2023**
**£**
1,026|
|||||
The company is limited by guarantee and has no share capital; thus no single party controls the company.
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Docusign Envelope ID: BF4BFD36-C0B8-4C16-83D4-F2177DDB5142 **Adventure Ashram**
## **Detailed Statement of Financial Activities**
## **for the year ended 31 October 2024**
|**Income and endowments from:**
Charitable activities
Donations, Grants and Other
Income
Other
Other Incoming Resources
Bank Interest Received
**Total income and endowments**
**Expenditure on:**
Charitable activities
Donations, Grants and Other
Income
**Total of expenditure on charitable**
**activities**
Employee costs
Salaries/wages
Pension costs
Premises costs
Rent
General administrative costs,
including depreciation and
amortisation
Bank charges
General insurances
Software, IT support and related
costs
Stationery and printing
Telephone, fax and broadband
Legal and professional costs
Accountancy and bookkeeping
Other legal and professional
costs|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**2024**
**£**
34,275
34,275
4,639
771
5,410
39,685
8,404
8,404
8,404
17,190
785
17,975
300
300
1,221
817
864
111
94
3,107
1,200
542
1,742|**Restricted**
**funds**
**2024**
**£**
34,455
34,455
-
-
-
34,455
25,040
25,040
25,040
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|**Total funds**
**2024**
**£**
68,730
68,730
4,639
771
5,410
74,140
33,444
33,444
33,444
17,190
785
17,975
300
300
1,221
817
864
111
94
3,107
1,200
542
1,742|**Total funds**
**2023**
**£**
88,822|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||88,822|
|||||5,761
561|
|||||6,322|
|||||95,144
56,549|
|||||56,549|
|||||56,549
30,849
1,026|
|||||31,875|
|||||298|
|||||298|
|||||1,264
777
796
30
93|
|||||2,960|
|||||1,200
529|
|||||1,729|
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Docusign Envelope ID: BF4BFD36-C0B8-4C16-83D4-F2177DDB5142
## **Adventure Ashram**
## **Detailed Statement of Financial Activities**
|**Adventure Ashram**
**Detailed Statement of Financial Activities**
Envelope ID: BF4BFD36-C0B8-4C16-83D4-F2177DDB5142|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Total of expenditure of other costs**
**Total expenditure**
Net gains on investments
**Net income**
**Net income before other**
**gains/(losses)**
Other Gains
**Net movement in funds**
**Reconciliation of funds:**
Total funds brought forward
**Total funds carried forward**|23,124
31,528
-
8,157
8,157
-
8,157
18,944
27,101|-
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Docusign Envelope ID: BF4BFD36-C0B8-4C16-83D4-F2177DDB5142
## **Adventure Ashram**
**Trustees Annual Report for the Year Ended 31 October 2024(Detailed)**
## **KEY ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS**
## **CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES**
The 2023/2024 financial year continued to be difficult for many small charities and their beneficiaries across the globe, and Adventure Ashram was no exception. Adventure Ashram has continued to face challenges raising its income because of the ongoing external factors following the pandemic and global issues.
A great deal of commitment and passion goes into delivering Adventure Ashram’s offerings and programmes over the course of a year. The projects and campaigns are delivered by a small part time staff team and a small number of volunteers.
**During this financial year Adventure Ashram was able to provide support to our partner charities in India to help with the following:**
## **GRACE CHARITABLE TRUST**
## **Total Grants given £12.2K**
- Providing educational opportunities for 250 children living in the Mudumalai region of South India. This included funding uniforms and books, transport to and from school using four buses, tuition centre running costs and tuition centre teacher salaries.
- Arts & crafts and sports equipment for children at six tuition centres.
- Refurbishment and repairs at rural tuition centres.
- The organisation started the process of renewing their FCRA licence which allows them to use foreign money for charitable purposes.
## **ODANADI SEVA TRUST**
## **Total Grants given £25K**
- Support the running costs of two refuges, a home for women and children which can house up to 100 people plus, a second home for boys, which can house up to 30 people. This includes paying towards the running costs, such as salaries of house staff, clothing and uniforms, education costs and wellbeing activities, including yoga, karate and other activities.
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Docusign Envelope ID: BF4BFD36-C0B8-4C16-83D4-F2177DDB5142
## **Adventure Ashram**
**Trustees Annual Report for the Year Ended 31 October 2024(Detailed continued)**
## **FINANCIAL YEAR 2023/24 ACHIEVEMENTS**
Despite the ongoing difficult global and national circumstances, Adventure Ashram delivered some successful fundraisers in 2023/2024:
**Festive Fundraiser December 2023:** We ran a festive fundraiser with the Big Give Appeal which raised £3,720 towards Odanadi’s employment programmes.
**Yoga Stops Traffick:** The 6th global Yoga Stops Traffick campaign managed by Adventure Ashram took place on Sat 31st March 2024. Sunrise classes with 54 or 108 sun salutations were held by local studios and individuals from the UK, Norway, and other countries raising funds to support the Odanadi safe houses and survivors of human trafficking in India.
**The UK Car & Motorbike Rally:** Our flagship annual fundraising event was held in Snowdonia in May 2023. This Rally celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Adventure Ashram UK Rally. Several supporters sponsored the event, and funds were raised through a percentage of ticket sales, raffle tickets, auction prizes and event sponsorship. We give a special thanks to the Mason family who donated for the third year £1500 in memory of their son Paul. This donation was split between the Odanadi Seva Trust and Grace Charitable Trust. A total of £6,510 was raised and we thank all the supporters who came and joined us for a day of adventurous riding and significant fundraising.
**Challenge events:** Several fundraising challenges took place during the year, including the London to Brighton Cycle Ride, Swim Serpentine, and a charity Sky dive.
- Two students undertook a SkyDive challenge, raising £392
- Two participants took part in the Swim Serpentine Challenge and between them raised £2,215. Thanks to Kai Lendrum- £516 and James Ellery – £1699.
- Brian Walker participated in the London to Brighton Cycle September 2024 and raised £ **2,051**
## **Camp Bestval July 2024**
## **Total raised: £570.40 – for Yoga Stops Traffick**
This was a new event for us to attend. Organisers invited us free of charge and Karina attended and recruited 3 volunteers. We sold yoga mats, bolsters, t-shirts and items from our partner Secret Projects – saris, cushions, etc
## **World Day Against Trafcking in Persons**
Jade Yoga Promotion
## **Total raised - £400**
This partnership had previously indicated they would no longer support us but our Charity Coordinator worked with them to bring them back on board.
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Docusign Envelope ID: BF4BFD36-C0B8-4C16-83D4-F2177DDB5142
## **Adventure Ashram**
## **Trustees Annual Report for the Year Ended 31 October 2024(Detailed continued)**
## **Om & Bass Festival:**
## **Total raised - £3,755**
We were invited back to host a stall at the Om & Bass festival in Sep 2024; this was a great opportunity to meet with many likeminded yoga enthusiasts and businesses, and we give a big thanks to the Om & Bass team for their ongoing support for Yoga Stops Traffick. We raised just £3,755, an increase of £1,755 on the previous year! Thanks to everyone who volunteered all weekend at the event.
**Direct Debits** : We are incredibly fortunate to have dedicated supporters who provide regular donations for Grace Charitable Trust and the Odanadi Seva Trust through direct debits. We give a huge thank you to everyone who has continued to support Adventure Ashram with direct debits and regular donations – these donations really are a lifeline for our partners in India who receive these funds directly.
Adventure Ashram is fortunate to have the support of some major donors and key supporters, and we would like to thank those individuals who have supported the charity with significant donations during this financial year.
## **VOLUNTEERING**
We were excited to welcome new volunteers to Adventure Ashram; thank you to everyone who offered their time to support the charity this year.
## **LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE**
After making appropriate enquires, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.
Adventure Ashram continues to follow up the progress of and impact on supported projects with regular visits by trustees and staff teams.
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