Christian Adventure Holidays Receipts and Payments for the Year Ended 30 September 2024
Balances Brought Forward 1st October 2023
| Cash Assets at Bank (Kingdom Bank Deposit) | £38,467 |
|---|---|
| Cash Assets at Bank (Lloyds Bank Current) | £25,380 |
| Cash Assets at Bank (Lloyds Bank Restricted) | £20,706 |
| Cash Assets at Bank (HSBC Bank Client Booking) | £100 |
| Cash Assets at Bank (HSBC Bank Client Deposit) | £508 |
| Total Cash Assets (2022/23) | £85,161 |
| Balances Carried Forward 30th September 2024 | |
| Cash Assets at Bank (Kingdom Bank Deposit) | £39,101 |
| Cash Assets at Bank (Lloyds Bank Current) | £30,289 |
| Cash Assets at Bank (Lloyds Bank Restricted) | £0 |
| Cash Assets at Bank (HSBC Bank Client Booking) | £95 |
| Cash Assets at Bank (HSBC Bank Client Deposit) | £480 |
| Total Cash Assets (2023 / 24) | £69,965 |
| Net Inflow / Outflow | £15,196 - |
(All figures rounded)
Note: The Trustees confirm, in accordance with the Charitable Incorporated Organisations (General) Regulations 2012, that at year end the CIO did not have any outstanding guarantees to third parties nor any debts secured on assets of the CIO
___________ Signed: H V Arnett – Member of Board of Trustees
Report on the year ended 30/09/24 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) Arthur Davis Beverley Clark Henry Arnett (Retiring in Spring 2026) John Palmer (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 2023/2024 we held 4 weeks of holidays, as we had in previous years having 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 £91,530 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 £980 ( part fees of several children) 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 £106,726 resulting in a decrease in cash assets of £15,196 for the year.
This included the capital purchase of 2 new sailing dinghies totalling £19,060 and the sale of 3 older sailing dinghies totalling £1000.
This combined total reduced our reserves as per the Accounts to £69,965.
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
Independent Examinerfs report to the Trustees of CHRISTIAN ADVENTURE HOLIDAYS. CHARITY No: 1163263. I report on the accountsfor the year ended 3d september, 2024 which are set our in the attoched. Basls of the report.. My examinotion was corried out in occordonce with the general directions given by the Charity Commission. An examinotion includes a review of the occounting records retained by the charity ond o comparison of the occount5 presented with those records. It a150 includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosure5 in the accounrs ond seeking explonationsfrom you os Trustees concerning ony such motters. The procedures undertaken do not provide oll the evidence that would be required in on audit ond consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a true andfair view and the report is limited to those matter5 set out in the next stotement .- Independent Examlnerfs Stotement.. No matter has come to my attention in connection with the Examination.. {oJ To keep accounting records in accordance with sectionl of the 2011 Act (b) To prepore accounts which occord with occounting records & comply with the accounting requirement5 of the 2011 Act, which in my opinion attention should be drown in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reL7ched. Signed.. Date.. Il" May. 2025 Dudley A Naslund - Independent Examiner 20 Storboard View South Woodham Ferrers.CM3 5GR