2024-09-30-accounts

THE SUMMER CAMPS TRUST

President: Baroness Estelle Morris PC Chair: Ian Lewis FRSA Co-ordinator: Chris Green MBE

Kildare, Manby Road, MALVERN, WR14 3BD (01684-577033) E-mail: [e-mail].

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Reg Charity No: 1162580
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The Summer Camps Trust - Annual Report 2023-2024.

1. The year 2023 – 24 was a difficult one for the Trust, in that recruitment for the leader training course in April and for the two TryOut Camps in August was poor, and both these sessions ended up showing financial deficits. Fortunately fundraising during the year was good, so the overall loss on the year was manageable. It is however worrying that recruitment for residential sessions has not got back to anywhere near its pre-Covid level. This problem is not only affecting the Trust, but other providers of similar sessions.

2. The leader training week and both the TryOut Camps were held at Longtown Outdoor Education Centre on the Herefordshire – Wales border. The centre worked very well, and the training week was outstandingly successful. The first of the August camps also went extremely well. The second, which only comprised 15 children, was a less easy session, with an unusual number of challenging children; however an excellent staff team worked very hard to mitigate the problems and make it a successful week in the end.

3. We were pleased to welcome a number of visitors to the training week and the camps, among them representatives from UK Youth and The Woodcraft Folk, also the civil servant in the Department for Education who is in charge of the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programmes. UK Youth and The Woodcraft Folk signed up during the year as new subscribing members of the Trust (as did Black2Nature and Volley Ball Development Camps). The HAF Programme are interested in collaborating with the Trust to set up pilot residential sessions with a couple of LEAs as part of their HAF provision.

4. Porthpean Outdoor Centre in Cornwall decided to set up some summer camps in summer 2024, and enlisted the help of the Trust. We provided some training, and a director and three leaders to go and help on the ground. Their first year’s sessions were not well booked but highly successful, and Porthpean is set to continue with offering residential camps in 2025. They have also signed up as a subscribing member of the Trust.

5. The Trust continues its main objective of lobbying for government and / or other official support for a proper national system of well-run residential summer camps in the UK. In particular we have concentrated on the incoming Labour ministers, both since the election and before while they were shadow ministers. The work done in this regard during 2023-24 has led to some promising conversations in the 2024-25 year.

6. Keith Hagon, the CEO of the Christian Residential Network, who has been a helpful Trustee of the Trust since its inception, resigned during the year. Dave Crane, his

very able successor, has taken over the Trustee role. Tricia Rawlingson-Plant also stood down as the Trustee representing the “commercial sector”. Her successor is Kate Cravero, who has worked in the French “colonies de vacances” system, and is now director of operations at Mill On The Brue.Finally, Hannah Peart stood sown as the Trustee representing current volunteer staff, and she has been replaced by Scott Taylor.

1. Trustees met three times during the year, on January 11[th] , May 10[th] and September 11[th] . The May meeting was face to face in London. The other two meetings were via Zoom.

2. The Trust was sad that Lord David Ramsbotham, who had been our President since the start, died in the autumn of 2023 following a fall. Tributes were paid to all the help he had given the Trust over the years. We are delighted that our new President is Baroness Estelle Morris, Secretary of State for Education the Labour government of 2005 - 2010.

The Summer Camps Trust Sheet i Registered Charity no. 1162580 Annual accounts for the 12 months to September 30th 2024 Section A . Statement of Financial actsvities 12 mths to 30109120Z4 12 mths to 3010912023 INCOME RECEIVED Subscrlptfons from members Donatlons rry out Camps Volunteèr leadèr tralnlni 8ook sal•s other 1.400.(KI 5,907.42 18.77436 1,150.LKI 10.637.23 23,782.15 2.495.85 105.14 273.27 208.13 585 26,875.41 38,443.64 EXPENDIWRE CentTrl Admlnlstration Salary and on ¢95tS Insuranc•s Advertisln8 cost Includlng w•b$lts Book costs Tryout tamps Volunte•r l••d•r trnlnlng 1,473.59 5,908.IXI 950.79 3,906.0) 609.63 2,408.00 34.( 24,156.48 7.664.31 270.00 66.00 23,843.28 32.170.50 39,729.21 Net Income/lExpendlture} -5.295.09 -1.285.57 Total funds brou8ht forward Total funds carrièd forward 814.04 4.481.05 2,099.61 814.04 Sertlon B . Balance sheet 3010912024 3010912023 Stock Trade DÈbtors C05h at Bank 6.460.00 6.526.C 2J(Kl.52 L828.82 L28&10 Total Cufrent A%stts 7.74&10 10,655.34 Trade credltors and accruals Oeposits held Loan -3.886.87 -L559.02 0.00 -8.282.28 4.282.28 Net Assets 4.48L05 814.04

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of Summer Camps Trust On aGcounts forthe year ended 3010912024 Charity no (if any) 1162580 Set out on pages Sheet 1 I report lo the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity {Ih¢ Tru5f) for the year ended Responsibllltles and basis of report As the charit￿S twstees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordanr2 with the requirements of the Charities Ad 2011 rthe Act.). I report in respect of my examination of th8 Trust's accounts carried out undef section 145 ofthe 2011 Act and in C*2rrying out my examination. I have followed all the applicable Directs'ons given by the Charity Commission under section 145{5){bl of the Act. Independent examlner's statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no materi81 matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below ') which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. the 8Ctounting records were not k&pt in accordance with sectlon 130 of the Charities Act: or the accounts did not a¢xord with the accounting records.. or the accounts did not comply wrth the applicable requirements conceming the fom and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement thal the accounts give a 'true and fairf view which is not a matter Considered as part of an independent examination. I have no con￿M$ and have come across no other matters in ¢onnection with the examingtion to which gttontion should bc drawn in thia report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounls to be reached. . Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Signed: Date: Name: John Blakiston Relevant professional qualification(sl or body (rf any): ACMA (Member in practise) Address: Rose Cottage , Spring Grove Bams, Bewdley Bypass Bewdley, Worcs IER Oct 2018

DY12 1LG Section B Disclosu Only complete rf the examiner needs to highlight material matters of conTrrn (see CC12. Jndependent examinatson of charity accounts.. directions and guidanr* for examiners). Give here brief details of any items thatthe examiner wishes to disclose. None IER Oct 2018