Report on the year ended 30/09/23 for Christian Adventure Holidays CIO Registered in England no 1163263 

Address C/O 25 Checkstone Ave, Bessacarr ,Doncaster DN4 7JY. 

Trustees:James West ( Chair Appointed Feb 2023) Christine Handsley ( Secretary) Richard Wilson(Stepping down Feb 2024) Arthur Davis Beverley Clark Henry Arnett John Palmer ( Taking over as Non Trustee Treasurer June 2024) Gavin Turner (Stepping down from non-trustee Treasurer June 2024) 

Christian Adventure Holidays (CAH) has a trustee team which oversees the activities of CAH, which are providing relatively low cost Adventure Holidays for youngsters aged between 12 and 17 years, in a Christian atmosphere and context. These holidays currently run for 4 consecutive weeks in the summer based at Bassenfell Manor Christian Centre. 

All our staff are volunteers. Each holiday is led by a Director who has under their leadership between 25 and 30 volunteers. Each week is separately staffed. The Directors are overseen by a Director of Operations, who reports to the Trustees. 

The Trustees are appointed by the AGM, as per the Constitution, at the suggestion of the Trustees. 

The Adventure activities, Dinghy Sailing, Kayaking and Canoeing, Hill walking and Climbing, and Off Road Biking are regulated by the AALS, part of HSE, and we hold a Licence to operate, issued by AALS. We are inspected every two years. 

During the year 2022/2023 we held 4 weeks of holidays, as we had in previous years been unable to both fill and staff 5 weeks adequately. 

Prior to the holiday weeks, we run a staff Training Week, which enables our voluntary staff to gain nationally recognised qualifications in the Adventure sports that we provide. Some volunteer staff also attend this week to gain or renew experience to maintain their “currency” in their activity skills. 

The public benefit of our operations is first of all the proclamation of the Christian message, and this was achieved. A secondary benefit is that by being exposed to the risks involved in adventure activities in a carefully controlled environment, young people learn how to assess risks and control them, and enjoy them in safety. 



In financial terms, we have no debts, we had an income of £68,797 which was from A number of sources:- Fees paid by parents, gifts from supporting churches, gifts from the Member Leaders of CAH, and gifts from other supporting donors. None of the latter is from canvassing for support from us. 

We awarded bursaries totalling £2,760 to help families who could not afford the full fees for their child or children to have a holiday with us, without these, our income would have been higher by this sum. 

Our expenditure was £80,502 resulting in a decrease in cash assets of £11,705 for the year. 

This combined total reduced our reserves as per the Accounts to £85,161. 

The Trustees feel that we need reserves of this magnitude, as we have some expensive equipment to maintain in a safe state from year to year. We are also planning a phased update our fleet of sailing boats over the next few years. 

Even though the cost of running the holidays is increasing, we decided to maintain the fees for those that could pay the full amount at a lower rate of increase, as families too are experiencing rising costs. 

There are no funds held as Custodian Trustees. 

H V Arnett 



'Christian Adventure Holidays
Receipts and Payments for the Year Ended 30 Septembei 2023
2023
2011 + lTrf
41.596
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Independeni examlners report io the irusiees of Chrisiian Adventure Holidays
(CAH)
I report vn Ihe acc(XJnts ol CAH loi Ihe year ended 30th Sepiember 2023. whKh are sel
Oth pages l and 2.
Respective respcwisibilllies of trustees and
examiner
The chartys tm$iees are reswrf￿Itsle lTrr the preparatir)n of Ihe actnunts The ehanvs
tr￿￿eS consKJer that an auoit Is requ1red tor this year under sethIc￿ 144(2) of ihe Charitses
Act 2011 {Ihe 2011 Acll afmj thai an Independenl examinallon is
needed.
11 Is my responsiblity to.,
Èxamine Ihe accounts undei See￿)n 145 of the 2011 Au,
loll(yw the procedure5 laid d(A•m In Ihe general DireciK)n5 given ty the Chanty
Commission under seclion 14515)(bl of the 2011 Act, and
slate V•knelher particulai maiieis have come to my attent￿￿,
Ba￿S of Independent examlners report
My examtnav'on was cairea oui in a¢￿dance wlth Ihe genwal Directsons glven by Ihe
Charity
Commssion. An examlnallon Includes a revw ol Ihe aCc￿n11n0 records kepi by Ihe charity and
a comparison ol the account5 presenied wih Ihose recoTds, 11 also includes considerats'on of any
unusual rtem5 or d15c105ures In Ihe accourn5, and seeking explanation5 from yw &s
lrusip.es
c￿cernIng ary such mallers. The pr(Kedures undertaken do not provide all the ewdence th
)ukl
be required in an aLKlil afKI consequeThttyt no Opinic￿ is giveft as to V￿￿ther the atcounts preserrt
a 'uue and lair wew, and the repDrt 15 Iimired lo Itw)se mallers set oul Ir) Ihe slaemenl
bekyw.
Indvpendenl examlners
statement
In conneclion with my examinat￿n, no rnaller has cume lo my aiieniion..
(11 wthich gives me reasonal)le cause to beheve Ihal In any Materi￿ resped I
requiiements
10 keep accouniw records In ac￿dance sedion 130 01 the 2011 Act.. and
lo prepare accounis which accord with the accounts'ng records and comFty v4rth Ihe
accounling iequiiernents ol the 2011
have been met:
(2) to which, in my ormnion, aiiontinn should t* dra11￿ in ￿der ￿ enable a prf4)ef undersiandlng
of Ihe accounts to be reached,
Signed.,
Nan*.' Arnlrew H Ev￿n