## **The Outdoor Collaborative**
Trustees' Annual Report
The Outdoor Collaborative
2 Higher Pastures
## Saddleworth
OL4 4AQ
Tel: +44 (0)7376246940
Info@outdoorcollaborative.org
Charity registration number: **1178645**
## **Trustees' Annual Report for The Outdoor Collaborative**
## **Year Ended April 2026**
## **1. Reference and Administrative Details**
Charity Name: The Outdoor Collaborative
Registration Number: 1178645
Principal Address: 15 Quick View, Mossley, OL5 9DU
Trustees:
- Adam Ward (Chair)
- Emma Kenyon
- Nimrah Tariq
## **2. Structure, Governance, and Management**
Constitution: The Outdoor Collaborative is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), constituted on **01/07/2018**
Governance: The charity is managed by a Board of Trustees, who are responsible for its strategic direction and oversight.
Recruitment and Appointment of Trustees: Trustees are appointed in line with the processes outlined in the charity's constitution, ensuring a range of skills, experience, and perspectives to support the charity's objectives.
## **3. Objectives and Activities**
Charitable Objectives: To advance education in Greater Manchester and its environs in the arts of photography and filmmaking, particularly amongst young people, with a focus on the outdoors and the British countryside.
Key Activities:
- Delivered outdoor photography workshops to 70 participants.
- Collaborated with local youth groups, including UK Youth, Scouts and other local Schools/Academies.
- Organised 4 filmmaking projects showcasing the British countryside.
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## **Trustees' Annual Report for The Outdoor Collaborative**
## **Year Ended April 2026**
## **4. Achievements and Performance**
Impact Highlights:
- Engaged **70** young people in educational workshops.
- Produced **4** short films/photography exhibitions.
- Received positive feedback from **93%** of participants and stakeholders.
Key Successes:
- Secured **£97,035** in grant funding for projects.
- Expanded partnerships with local schools and organisations.
## **5. Financial Review**
Income:
- Grants: £97,035
- Donations: £0
- Other income: £200
Expenditure:
- Charitable expenditure: **£ 76,096.92**
Reserves Policy: The charity holds £3,000 in unrestricted reserves, which represents 3 months of operating costs.
## **6. Plans for Future Periods**
Goals for the Upcoming Year:
- Continue with Community Farm project and finalise securing a site. Also, finalise TNLHF application
- Expand engagement to 100 young people.
- Invest in equipment by upgrading cameras.
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## **Trustees' Annual Report for The Outdoor Collaborative**
## **Year Ended April 2026**
## **7. Public Benefit Statement**
The trustees confirm that The Outdoor Collaborativeís activities align with the Charity Commissionís public benefit requirements, advancing education and fostering community engagement through outdoor arts education.
## **8. Statement of Trusteesí Responsibilities**
The trustees are responsible for ensuring that:
- Proper accounting records are kept.
- Financial statements comply with relevant statutory requirements.
- The annual report is prepared in accordance with SORP guidelines.
The trustees have reviewed this report and approved its content to provide a transparent and comprehensive account of the charityís operations for the year.
Approved by the Board of Trustees on 16/04/2026.
Signed on behalf of the Board of Trustees:
Name: Adam Ward
Position: Chair of Trustees
Date: 16/04/2026
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## **Independent Examinerís Report to the Trustees of**
## **The Outdoor Collaborative**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of The Outdoor Collaborative (the Trust) for the year ended 1 April 2026.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (ëthe Actí).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trustís accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examinerís statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ëtrue and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Paul Cowham FCA DChA Withington Works Withington Baths 30 Burton Road Manchester, M20 3EB
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**The Outdoor Collaborative 1178645 Receipts and payments accounts For the period** 02/04/2025 01/04/2026 **To from**
## **CC16a**
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest£ **
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**5,000**
**-**
**-**
**200**
**5,200**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**5,200**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**5,200**
**-**
**4,638**
**9,838**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest£**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**8,700**
**45,000**
**20,000**
**5,200**
**-**
**-**
**78,900**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**78,900**
**500**
**1,310**
**1,310**
**436**
**-**
**4,124**
**8,691**
**998**
**2,340**
**42,323**
**435**
**694**
**63,161**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**63,161**
**15,739**
**-**
**10,122**
**25,861**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest£**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest£**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**8,700**
**45,000**
**20,000**
**5,200**
**-**
**5,000**
**-**
**-**
**200**
**84,100**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**84,100**
**500**
**1,310**
**1,310**
**436**
**-**
**4,124**
**8,691**
**998**
**2,340**
**42,323**
**435**
**694**
**63,161**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**63,161**
**20,939**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest£**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**8,700**
**45,000**
**20,000**
**5,200**
**-**
**5,000**
**-**
**-**
**200**
**84,100**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**84,100**
**500**
**1,310**
**1,310**
**436**
**-**
**4,124**
**8,691**
**998**
**2,340**
**42,323**
**435**
**694**
**63,161**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**63,161**
**20,939**|**Last year**
**to the nearest£**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Grant - ASDA Foundation|**-**|||||**1,600**|
|Grant - Andrew GidneyFoundation|**-**|||||**1,000**|
|Grant - Cobb Charity|**-**|||||**1,500**|
|Grant - Forever Manchester|**-**|||||**1,000**|
|Grant - UK Youth|**-**|||||**-**|
|Grant - BYS|**-**|||||**-**|
|Grant - National LotteryCommunityFund|**-**|||||**-**|
|Grant - Action Together|**-**|||||**1,000**|
|Grant - Chronicle Cinderella|**-**|||||**1,650**|
|Grant - Richard Budenburg|**5,000**|||||**-**|
|Grant - Workers Education Authority|**-**|||||**12,300**|
|Donations|**-**|||||**348**|
|Fees|**200**|||||**94**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|
**5,200**|||||**20,492**|
||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||
||**-**||||||
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||
|||||||**20,492**|
||||||||
|Accountancy|**-**|||||**400**|
|Food|**-**|||||**874**|
|General charityexpenses|**-**|||||**211**|
|Insurance|**-**|||||**270**|
|Marketing|**-**|||||**3,252**|
|Equipment|**-**|||||**5,754**|
|Staff,staff training& DBS|**-**|||||**9,420**|
|Subscriptions|**-**|||||**830**|
|Vehicle costs|**-**|||||**5,490**|
|Vehiclepurchase|**-**||||||
|Venue hire|**-**||||||
|Travel cosrs|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**26,501**|
||||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||
||**-**||||||
||**-**||||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
|||||||**26,501**|
||||||||
||**5,200**|**15,739**|**-**|**20,939**||**- 6,009**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**4,638**|**10,122**|**-**|**14,760**||**20,769**|
||**9,838**|**25,861**|**-**|**35,699**||**14,760**|
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charityís own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
IPADS
Vehicle
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
The Outdoor Collaborative
Accountancy
Signature
SIGN|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest£**
**to nearest£**
**9,838**
**25,861**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**9,838**
**25,861**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest£**
**to nearest£**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
unrestricted
**2,094**
unrestricted
**42,323**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
unrestricted
**550**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Adam Ward|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest£**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||OK|
||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest£**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**When due**
**(optional)**|
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
||||Date of
approval|
||SIGN|Adam Ward|30/06/2026|
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