2023-12-31-accounts - Adventure Aid

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date 01 01 2023 31 12 2023

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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Adventure Aid Other names charity is known by Adventure Aid UK Registered charity number (if any) 1143306

Charity's principal address 15 Silchester Close Bournemouth Dorset Postcode BH2 6PY

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
AshleyPlaten-Mills	Chairman	Since 2011-	A Platen-Mills
Austin Arnold	Trustee	October 2015-
Helen Jordan	Trustee	October 2015 -
Paul Miller	Trustee / TripLeader	February2019 -
Carole Winterbourne	Treasurer	December 2022 -
Clodagh Mackie	Trustee / TripLeader	August 2023 -

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name	Dates acted if not for whole year
None

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted

Constitution

association

(eg. trust, association, company)

Appointed by Founding Trustee Trustee selection methods

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

We work with disadvantaged women & small children related charities across Asia and Africa. We have a safeguarding policy in place and vet all our partners.

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

Adventure Aid raises funds through people joining organised trips to visit our projects. This is our primarily revenue stream to support our projects however since 2023 we are now raising funds also through grant applications.

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The charity solely works overseas and supports disadvantaged women and children through education and welfare projects.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

We only provide grants to partner charities once we have visited the project and agreed the project.

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

During 2023 the charity a trip to India in November which raised funds for our India partners and 3 x tailoring projects in Andhra Pradesh. We have started to make grant applications to fund our tailoring projects for young woman / single mothers in India working with UK donators. We hope to develop further trips to Nepal and Tanzania for 2024 however take up is still very slow.

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Section E Financial review

All money is used to support the primary aim of the charity. we do not Brief statement of the carry reserves.

charity’s policy on reserves

Details of any funds materially none in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

The charity’s principal funds come from people joining our organised You may choose to include trips. Any grants money received goes direct to the project supported. additional information, where relevant about:

the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s)

Full name(s) Ashley Platen-Mills Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chairman etc) Date 09/08/2024

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Adventure Aid 1143306 Receipts and payments accountspts and payments accountsts and payments accountspayments accountsayments accountsyments accountsments accounts

Receipts and payments accountspts and payments accountsts and payments accountspayments accountsayments accountsyments accountsments accounts CC16a For the period 1st January 31st December To from 2023 2023

Section A Receipts and payments	Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts Donations 46,047 46,047 Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ *Sub total*(Gross income for AR)		to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - Restricted funds	to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - Endowment funds	Total funds to the nearest £ 46,047 - - - - - - - 46,047	Last year to the nearest £
Donations	46,047	-	-	46,047	10,358
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*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	46,047	-	-	46,047	10,358
- - Sub total - Total receipts 46,047 A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).		- - - -	- - - -	- - - 46,047

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		-	-	46,047	10,358

A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
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*Sub total*	-	-	-	-	-

**Total receipts **	46,047	-	-	46,047	10,358

A3 Payments Tripcosts 14,615 Donations to agreed charities 19,250 Accommodation - Insurance - Website 228 Bank Charges / Accountants 417 Equipment - Other - Covid Refunds Sub total 34,510	A3 Payments Tripcosts 14,615 Donations to agreed charities 19,250 Accommodation - Insurance - Website 228 Bank Charges / Accountants 417 Equipment - Other - Covid Refunds Sub total 34,510	- - - - - - - - - -	- - - - - - - - - -	14,615 19,250 - 228 417 - - - 34,510
Tripcosts	14,615	-	-	14,615	1,213
Donations to agreed charities	19,250	-	-	19,250	10,142
Accommodation	-	-	-
Insurance	-	-	-	-
Website	228	-	-	228	216
Bank Charges / Accountants	417	-	-	417	151
Equipment	-	-	-	-
Other	-	-	-	-
Covid Refunds		-	-	-	800
**Sub total **	34,510	-	-	34,510	12,522

A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
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**Sub total **	-	-	-	-	-

**Total payments **	34,510	-	-	34,510	12,522

**Net of receipts/(payments) **	11,537	-	-	11,537	2,072
A5 Transfers between funds	-	-	-	-	-
A6 Cash funds last year end	13,247	-	-	13,247	17,483
**Cash funds this year end **	24,784	-	-	24,784	15,411

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Categories B1 Cash funds	Details Bank balance	to nearest £ 24,784 Unrestricted funds	to nearest £ - Restricted funds	to nearest £ Endowment funds
	Bank balance	24,784	-	-

B2 Other monetary assets

B3 Investment assets

B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use

B5 Liabilities

Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees

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*Total cash funds*	24,784		-	-
(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))	OK		OK	OK
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Details	to nearest £		to nearest £	to nearest £
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Details	Fund to which asset belongs		Cost (optional)	Current value (optional)
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Details	liability relates		(optional)	(optional)

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Signature	Print	Name		Date of approval
	AshleyPlaten-Mills			8/5/2024

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A: Independent examiner's report Repoil to the trustees/, diTeclor5/membe15 of On accounts for the yeai ended: 2tsL3 Charity no: 1142306 Company no . | Set out on pège5 Respective The Iruglees (who are èlso the directors ol the compèny lor the purposes ol ie5ponsibilities of company lawl ale responsible loi Ihe piepaiaiion ol the ac(oufit5. The charity's trustees and examinev trustees ion5idef that an audit is not iequiied loi Ihis year under se(Iion 144 01 the Chaiilies Acl 2011 (the (haiities Acll and thal an Independent examination Is needed. IThe Ihaiily s g1055 inioffle exceeded 1250.000 and l am qvalilied lo unde,'lake the examina150n by being a qualihed membei ol In8med bod5'11- Oelele I I Il not applicable. 11 is my re5ponsibilily l(Tr_ exatnine the aicounis under section 145 ol the (haiilie5 Act, to follow the pioceduie5 laid down in the geneial Diie(tions given by Ihe Charily Commission lundei section 14ilS1(bl ol the ChaiitEs Act, and 10 State whethef pariicular matle(s have come to my attention. Basis 01 independent My examinarion wès Cafried out In accoidance with general Diieclions examiner's statement given by the Chaiily CorTbmission. An examination Includes a ieview ol the accouniing ie(oids kept by ihe Iharily ènd a (omparison ol the accounts piesenled wilh Ih05e iecoids. 11 also iniludes (onsideiolion ol any unusual Items 01 disclosures in the ai(wnls. and geeking explanations Iiom the Iiuslees concerning any such fflalleis. Ihe proceduies undeilaken do fiol provide all the evidence that would be requiied In an audit, and consequently no opinion Is given as lo wheiher the ac(ounls present a 'lrue and laif. view and the repoii is limiied lo those maiieis sel out In ihe sialemenl below_ ChariiabSe cornpany a(CWn le[nes-pwth1 examitV'S tepyt Il t)e(embv 2016

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