## **Summary of Accounts 2023-2024** Accounts for Year Ended 31 August 2024 ||**Income totals(£)**|**Expenditure totals(£)**| |---|---|---| |Membershipfees|600|0| |Ten Tors|2797|2245| |Activities|3384|3601| |Fundraising|0|0| |Donations|316|0| |Training|0|275| |Equipment|0|2891| |DBS checks|0|143| |Gift aid|88|0| |Insurance|0|204| |||| |**TOTAL**|**7185**|**9359**| |||| |**Net surplus(deficit) foryear**|**(2174)**|| |||| |**Bank balance brought forward**|**6657**|| |||| |**Bank balance carried forward**|**4483**|| ## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 1 September 2023 Period start date To 31st August 2024 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Sea Moor Explore** ## **Charity registration number: 1175484** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The object of the CIO is to advance in life
and help young people through: (a) the
provision of recreational and leisure time
activities provided in the interest of social
welfare, designed to improve their conditions
of life; (b) providing support and activities
which develop their skills, capacities and
capabilities to enable them to participate in
society as mature and responsible
individuals.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|The Charity offered a programme on a
regular basis, includingwindsurfing/
paddleboarding, foraging, caving/canoeing,
climbing, horse riding, wake park, surfing,
and kayaking. The Charity also offered the
Abbots Way walk and a 3-day hiking trip to
the Brecon Beacons.
The Charity entered three teams of young
people for the annual Ten Tors Challenge,
over three distances: 35 miles, 45 miles and
55 miles. This was a major undertaking
involving extensive training, many hours of
volunteering, and the purchase of some
equipment for the longer term. The three
teams successfully completed their
challenge in May 2024.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees have had regards to the
guidance issued by the Charity Commission
on public benefit| ## **Additional information** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|The charity employs no one and is
completely reliant on volunteers to arrange
and oversee the activities. The activities we
do undertake are made possible because of
the time given by volunteers, by adults and
minors. As in the previous period, the Ten
Tors training was led by qualified walking
leaders, supported by adults and young
people willing to support by way of
transporting, check-pointing and training.
Any of the Charity’s individual activities are
organised by volunteer members of the
committee.| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|The Charity is open to all young people in
school year 7 and above, and there is
normally a wide range of ages involved in
the activities. These young people are
benefitting from the opportunity to take part
in activities that would not easily be available
to young people in a remote part of the rural
area in which the Charity is based.
The dozens of young people who have taken
advantage of the chance to take part in the
activities have been exposed to new
experiences and opportunities, developing
self-confidence and new skills, and taking
part in activities which enable them to
develop and grow as individuals.| ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|This accounting period is from 1 September
2023 to 31 August 2024
**Total income: £7185.41**
**Total expenditure: £9358.65**
**Bank balance brought forward as at**
**31/08/2023: £6656.51**
**Bank balance carried forward as at 31/08/24**
**was £4483.27**
**Net surplus (deficit) for the year: (£2173.24)**
The Charity received a number of generous
donations in the previous period (2022 to
2023) and used this to fund new equipment
in this period. This equipment was for the
Ten Tors training that we continue to
provide, and included storm shelters, mess
tent, tables and cooking equipment for the
Ten Tors weekend base camp.
For the Ten Tors income, £150 was paid in
August 2024 for Ten Tors training in
2024/25.
The excess of expenditure over income for
the Activities is partly explained by the fact
that we paid a deposit in August 2024 for an
activity that was due to take place in
September 2024, in the next financial period.
We spent more money on training this year
to update safeguarding and first aid
qualifications, and renewed DBS checks for
our volunteers.
The bank balance was in a healthy position
at the end of the financial period with
sufficient funds available to support our core
activities and to provide funds for some
equipment in the future.| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|N/A| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|None| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|The Charity has no long-term liabilities or
employees| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|None| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|None| **Additional information** |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Membership fees go towards paying our
annual insurance and funding DBS checks
and training for our volunteers. Any
expenses incurred by running activities are
usually paid for by the members on an ‘at
cost’basis.| |---|---|---| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|The Charity relies upon volunteers to run
and manage activities, and there is a risk
that as the core volunteers move on, they
will not be replaced. The Charity needs to
consider actively how it will continue to
recruit quality volunteers to assist with the
running of the activities. The links with the
local secondary school are not as strong as
they have been previously, so the Charity is
considering and implementing other ways to
attract members from a wider area. We have
found that fewer members have enrolled for
activities (apart from Ten Tors) and have
tried to vary activities to meet demand.| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document|Para 1.25|Articles of Association| |How is the charity
constituted?|Para 1.25|The Charity is a CIO| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees are appointed to fill vacancies by
the board of trustees of the Charity| ## **Additional information** ||The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|The Charity has links with the local
secondary school, from which many
members have come. The Charity has
widened the area from which members are
recruited, principally to provide opportunities
for young people to join Ten Tors training,
and they have also participated in our other
activities.| |---|---|---|---| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Sea Moor Explore| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1175484| Charity’s principal address East Barn, Nomansland, Tiverton EX16 8NT **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |

|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Jane Simmonds|Treasurer||| ||Susan Fraser-
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**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others Description of the assets None held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charty'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 charity's trustees Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chalr, etc) Ji MrYDbtD£ r£eAcu& J£LI£'i Date IfiK P1A Y 2015