The Manor Hope Bowdler Church Stretton Shropshire SY6 7DD LONG MYND ADVENTURE CAMP Chainnan's report Year ended 31 December 2023 1. Introductlon The Long Mynd Adventure Camp was founded in the 1950's by a Shropshire policeman Bill Williams to offer holidays to boys from Wolverhampton, In 1959 the first camp was run and by 1978 the number of visitors began to grow. In 2017 the charity became iricorporated and has had great suaEss attracting users with the throughpul continuing to exceed 1.000 youngsters a year. 2. Charitable aim The charity exists to provide a facility to enable less fortunate thildren to experien the countryside and all it has to offer. 3. Trustees During the year the following served as Trustees: JBun M York P Webb P Jenkins The Trustees are supported by a number of'Friends of the Camp, to ensure the smooth running of the site. All the volunteers give their time freely. 4. Financial During the year the Camp made a surplus of £55,794 which includes record income from users and a substantial donation given to ensure the Camp's continued existen(%. This enabled the trustees to ensure that the Camp: Remains fully serviceable. Maintsins adequate liquidity to fats the challenges of future years by adding to our reserves. Remains a going con￿rn. Charity Number. 1173783 vhvw. longTnyndadventurecamp.org.uk The Manor Hope Bowdler Church Stretton Shropshire SY6 7DD LONG MYND ADVENTURE CAMP 5. Charitable alms As noted above the Charitable aim of the charity is to provTrde the (xmp facilities for less fortunate children and to offer financial support to achieve this. During the year we spent over £5.000 in this respect and will be increasing this figure in years to come. 6. Achievements in 2023 During the year we have: Maintained the camp to a high standard with only positive comments from Users. Further enhanced our website Comrnen￿d a project to cary out a tnajor refurt)ishment of the girl's and boy's v￿sh block. Review the efficiency of the (xjrrent water SOU￿ (borehole). Continue our fundraÉsing efforts. 7. Next year- 2024 Next year our plans are to- Complete the wash blod( refurbishrnent. Continue to pursue our marketing strategy to safeguard the future of the camp. Set up a fund raising sutFcommittee. Pursue our charitable aim. Implernent water souTrz re￿mMendatIOns. Continue efforts to recruit more volunteers. Peter Jenkins Chairman 10-10-2024 Charity Number. 1173783 www. lOngmyndadventur￿mp.Org.uk CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES 1173783 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a Forthe PBriod 01101r 31112r2023 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted Restri¢te¢l Endowmevrt Total funds Lasi yw A1 Receipts Hrre ofcarnp Donal¥>ns Grft 20,371 4101 1292 1067 COVllk19 Gtsvemrf*ni Bank In[￿est Insuran￿ rÈfvnd 251 265 Sub tOts1(Gr￿ Incon￿ fvARJ 794 5479¢ tab￿). Sub to $4794 33.033 E￿nalY Gas TdeptrvMe InsurdT Activitps (s￿r￿redI 1714 1714 1157 1157 1,010 Manl¢JIen￿ C￿￿1￿ & General Repa*6 Borthde saMp￿Te5 N&¥WebsitÈ Invèsbmt &7J5 4785 47YJ 164 164 W$sts Profess￿1 Fo8S 747 18 747 476 374 Postago & Officè Suptths SBptr Tank Trknnt Sub total 4197 29.197 24013 A4 Asset and 1mEstn￿nt purchase {see table) Sub total 29.197 419T 23.013 Net ofrecwptsl(paym•nts) AS TransfÈrs bolw••n funds A6 Cash fund5 last￿ar end 10,019 59.932 59,912 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period UnTrstriGtsd Re51TiCted fund fund EFbdowm8nt lund$ Categori•$ OÈtail$ B1 Cash funds Total Cash fvnds 96.528 11 Endowment nds Details Detsl Fund to Ythich Cun*nt Details B4Assets retslnod for the charl￿5 i)utfor the sole use ofthe Charity by Paul E. step*￿￿s MRICS Chartered SUNeY(￿, RICS Registered Valuer on 8 Nov 2018 at eslimated ma￿et Vaue. Details B5 Llabllltjes zza• &J￿a￿re Prwrt Name Date of PAULWEBB 24110r2024 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 The Longmynd Adventure Camp On accounts for the year ended 31" D￿mber 2023 Charity no (rf any) 1173783 Set out on pages 1-2 R￿ipts and Payynents Account I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (Ihe Trusf) for the year erKled 3111212023. Responslbilitles and As the charity trustees of the Trust. you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in acC(￿danCe wlth the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 fthe Acr). I report in resped of my examination of the Trust's a￿Unts L2rri8d out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I have followed the appliL3ble Directi(ms given by the Charity ComMi￿10n under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. l (x)nfimi that no material matters have o)me to my attention (other than that disclosed below ") in connection wth the examinati(￿ whith grrfes me cause to believe that in. any material respect: acownting reo)rds were not kept in ac￿dance with seGtion 130 of the Act or Independent examinerfs statement I have no 0)n￿mS and tk8ve across no ott￿r matters in connecti with the examination to whith attention shoukl be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. elete the words in the brackets rfthey do not appty. Signed: 16/1017 Name: Relevant professional quallficatlon{s) or boty (rf any): gsx i ILCCWI lect1￿1&1&￿& Address: C￿¥r￿& fXcTi5a Sc(31 C+(LiOcti Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of con￿rn (see CC32, Independent examination of thatTty accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).. Give here brief detalls ol any items that the oxaminar wishe5 to disclose.