## **Summary of Accounts 2022-2023** 

Accounts for Year Ended 31 August 2023 

||**Income totals(£)**|**Expenditure totals(£)**|
|---|---|---|
|Membershipfees|550.00|0.00|
|Ten Tors|1176.00|1157.76|
|Activities|3616.55|3553.75|
|Fundraising|1053.10|93.27|
|Donations|4176.50|0|
|Training|0|0|
|Equipment|0|1975.27|
|DBS checks|0|0|
|Miscellaneous|0|0|
|**TOTAL**|**10572.15**|**6780.05**|
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|**Net surplus(deficit) foryear**|**3792.10**||
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|**Bank balance brought forward**|**2864.41**||
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|**Bank balance carried forward**|**6656.51**||






## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From  1 September 2022 Period start date To 31[st] August 2023 Period end date** 

## **Charity name: Sea Moor Explore** 

## **Charity registration number: 1175484** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|The object of the CIO is to advance in life<br>and help young people through: (a) the<br>provision of recreational and leisure time<br>activities provided in the interest of social<br>welfare, designed to improve their conditions<br>of life; (b) providing support and activities<br>which develop their skills, capacities and<br>capabilities to enable them to participate in<br>society as mature and responsible<br>individuals.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|The Charity offered a programme on a<br>regular basis, including coasteering,<br>abseiling, archery, horse riding, and sailing.<br>The Charity also offered Outdoor First Aid<br>training to members and their parents.<br>The Charity entered three teams of young<br>people for the annual Ten Tors Challenge,<br>over three distances: 35 miles, 45 miles and<br>55 miles. This was a major undertaking<br>involving extensive training, many hours of<br>volunteering, and the purchase of some<br>equipment for the longer term. Both teams<br>successfully completed their challenge in<br>April 2023.|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees have had regards to the<br>guidance issued by the Charity Commission<br>on public benefit|



## **Additional information** 

SORP reference The charity employs no one and is 



||Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|completely reliant on volunteers to arrange<br>and oversee the activities. The activities we<br>do undertake are made possible because of<br>the time given by volunteers, by adults and<br>minors.  As in the previous period, the Ten<br>Tors training was led by qualified walking<br>leaders, supported by adults and young<br>people willing to support by way of<br>transporting, check-pointing and training.<br>Any of the Charity’s individual activities are<br>organised by volunteer members of the<br>committee.|
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## **Achievements and Performance** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|The Charity is open to all young people in<br>school year 7 and above, and there is<br>normally a wide range of ages involved in<br>the activities. These young people are<br>benefitting from the opportunity to take part<br>in activities that would not easily be available<br>to young people in a remote part of the rural<br>area in which the Charity is based.<br>The dozens of young people who have taken<br>advantage of the chance to take part in the<br>activities have been exposed to new<br>experiences and opportunities, developing<br>self-confidence and new skills, and taking<br>part in activities which enable them to<br>develop and grow as individuals.|





## **Financial Review** 

|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|This accounting period is from 1 September<br>2022 to 31 August 2023<br>**Total income: £10,572.15**<br>**Total expenditure: £6780.05**<br>**Bank balance brought forward as at**<br>**31/08/2022: £2864.41**<br>**Bank balance carried forward as at 31/08/23**<br>**was £6656.51**<br>**Net surplus (deficit) for the year: £3792.10**<br>The Charity received a number of generous<br>donations and carried out some fundraising<br>so had a surplus. We had a particularly large<br>donation from NFU, to support local activities<br>for young people. Some of this was used to<br>invest in equipment for Ten Tors and other<br>group activities as needed, and to fund the<br>purchase of a large mess tent. It is our<br>intention to offer some free or subsidised<br>activities in future to ensure they are<br>accessible to as many people as possible.<br>The bank balance was in a healthy position<br>at the end of the financial period with<br>sufficient funds available to support our core<br>activities and to provide funds for some<br>equipment in the future.|
|---|---|---|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|None|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|The Charity has no long-term liabilities or<br>employees|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|None|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|None|



## **Additional information** 

|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47|The Charity has received donations from<br>corporate sources, from grants from local<br>and national organisations, and from<br>individuals. In addition in July 2023 the<br>Charity undertook a sponsored walk/cycle,<br>raising about £1,000 to go towards kit for<br>Ten Tors, and subsidising activities as<br>needed. Any expenses incurred by running<br>activities are usually paid for by the<br>members on an‘at cost’basis.|
|---|---|---|
|||The Charity relies upon volunteers to run<br>and manage activities, and there is a risk|





||A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|that as the core volunteers move on, they<br>will not be replaced. The Charity needs to<br>consider actively how it will continue to<br>recruit quality volunteers to assist with the<br>running of the activities. There has been<br>some turnover of volunteers in this period,<br>with some stepping down, and new<br>volunteers becoming involved. The links with<br>the local secondary school are not as strong<br>as they have been previously, so the Charity<br>is considering and implementing other ways<br>to attract members from a wider area.|
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## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document|Para 1.25|Articles of Association|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?|Para 1.25|The Charity is a CIO|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees are appointed to fill vacancies by<br>the board of trustees of the Charity|



## **Additional information** 

||The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51|The Charity has links with the local<br>secondary school, from which most<br>members have come. The Charity is trying to<br>widen the area from which members are<br>recruited.|
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## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Sea Moor Explore|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1175484|
|Charity’s principal address|East Barn, Nomansland, Tiverton EX16 8NT|
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**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|<br> <br>|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Jane Simmonds|Treasurer|||
||Susan Fraser-<br>Smith||||
||TraceyLangrill||||



– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

**Director name None** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**||
|---|---|---|
|**N/A**|||
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Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others
Description of the assets
None
held in this capacity
Name and objects of Ihe
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity's objects
NIA
Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity's own assets
NIA
Declarations
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above.
Signed on behalf of the charlty's trustees
Signaturels)
Full name(s)
Position (eg Secretary,
Chair, etc)
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Date
2014.