## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
From 16/08/2023
To 31/12/2024
Charity name: Nefyn Camps
Charity registration number: 1204369
## **Objectives and Activities**
The purpose of the charity is to promote the Christian faith especially amongst children and young people particularly by camping, holidays and related activities.
We provide Christian camps for children/young people between the ages of 9 and 18, usually during the summer and based on a field in the village of Nefyn, North Wales. The main activities, for the public benefit, in the period under review were:
- Five week-long camps in July and August for young people between the ages of 9 and 18.
- We welcome campers both from a Christian family background or a non-Christian faith background.
- The camps include
- Christian teaching from the bible through teaching, discussion and example.
- - Fun activities and games throughout the day and evening. These included activities put on by the camp leaders and some using external providers.
- Opportunities to build friendships and learn to relate well to each other.
- Learning to work together on various tasks to help the camps run smoothly.
- We also aim to train and develop Christian leadership skills in both current and potential future leaders.
- We provide training for leaders so that camps are well run, safe and fun.
- We do not want anyone to be unable to attend due to financial constraints. We aim to keep camper fees as low as possible and when people are struggling to pay the fees we encourage application to bursary funds and will also agree to reduced camper fees on request.
The charity does not make any grants
The charity is grateful to the volunteer leaders who enable the camps to run as well as to the trustees who lead the strategic direction of the organisation.
## **Achievements and Performance**
In 2024 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:
- We ran 5 week-long camps with a total attendance of 172 young people between the ages of 9 and 18.
- Feedback from camps was consistently high. A large proportion of campers return year after year.
- In training and developing Christian leadership skills we had 110 leaders attend. We also welcomed 5 apprentice leaders (under 18’s).
- As the camps are run by volunteers (who also make a financial contribution to cover their costs) we are able to keep camper fees very low. In 2024 we were able to offer a seven-night holiday including food and travel for under £150.
- In 2024 we funded £500 of reduced camper fees and received £220 from other individuals / bursary funds to fund places at camp.
- This was all possible due to our 100+ volunteers who have contributed over 20,000 hours to the camps.
## **Financial Review**
In previous years, Nefyn Camps used to operate within Urban Saints. In December 2023 Urban Saints transferred all cash (£41,376) and equipment that was related to Nefyn Camps to the Charity on the condition that this was to be used for the ongoing running of the camps. The Funds transferred are shown as Restricted Funds that will be utilised through the ongoing expenditure related to Nefyn Camps.
Nefyn Camps aim to run an operating surplus to build up funds for large items of expenditure. Funds are designated by the Trustees towards these items of expenditure.
The costs of the camps are kept as low as possible through the generosity of our volunteers and donors plus the diligence of the camp leaders. The following financial principles are applied by Nefyn Camps:-
- All work is done by volunteers with no paid members of staff
- Volunteers at camp make a voluntary contribution towards camp fees to keep fees as low as possible for campers.
- We also receive some other donations from supporters
- No young person should be prevented from attending camp from a lack of funds. Burseries can be applied for and we will also agree reduced fees where required.
- We try to use local suppliers as much as possible to benefit the area.
Receipts and payments for the period were
|Receipts and payments for the period were||
|---|---|
|Total receipts (excluding assets transferred):|£ 38,044|
|Total expenditure:|£ 32,581|
|Net surplus:|£ 5,464|
The financial position at the end of the period were funds of £46,839.
Restricted funds of £8,795 are for the continued operation of Nefyn camps as specified by Urban Saints. Funds have been designated by the trustees as follows:-
|**Restricted / Designated Fund**|**Value at 31**
**December**
**2024**|**Notes**|
|---|---|---|
|Shower Block|£20,000|Expected cost of c£25k in 2030-35.|
|Toilet Block|£5,000|Expected cost of c£40k in 2040|
|Marquee|£15,000|Expected cost of c£15k before 2030|
|Risk of cancellaton|£5,000|Funds are held to cover fxed costs in the
event of the camps beingcancelled|
|**Total Restricted / Designated**
**funds**|**£45,000**||
Unrestricted funds provide a cash-flow buffer and support the general operations of the charity.
The charity had reserves of £46,839 at the end of the financial year of which £45,000 were designated by the Trustees and the remainder of £1,806 unrestricted.
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
The charity’s governing document is a foundation constitution. The charity is a CIO
New trustees are elected to post by the charity’s existing trustees.
Christian Safeguarding Services are used for training and advice on Safeguarding matters. The charity is a member of the Evangelical Alliance,
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|**Charity name**|**Nefyn Camps**|
|---|---|
|**Registered charity**
**number**|**1204369**|
||**15 Rake Hey Close**
**WIRRAL**
**Merseyside**
**CH46 6EW**|
|**Bank**|**Virgin Bank**|
|**Trustee name**|**Ofce (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|
|---|---|---|
|**Heather Cleave**|**Chair**||
|**Lizzie Watkins**|**Safeguarding**||
|**David Champness**|**Bookings**||
|**Paul Higginbotham**|**Treasurer**||
|**Robert Cross**|**Site & Equipment**||
|**Ben Slater**||**Resigned 16 March 2025**|
|**Rachel Read**|||
|**Andrew Stone**||**Appointed 16 March 2025**|
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
All trustees are involved with various responsibilities in the operation of the charity.
## **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)**
**Positon (e.g.**
**Secretary, Chair, etc)**
**Date**|**Heather Cleave**|**Paul Higginbotham**|
|---|---|---|
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||**Chair**|**Trustee and Treasurer**|
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www.nefyncamps.co.uk
## **Charity Name Nefyn Camps**
## **Recei ts and a ments acco p p y**
Period start date **For the period from To** 16-Aug-23
## **Section A Receipts and payment**
**Unrestricted funds**
**to the nearest £**
**Restricted Endowment funds funds**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**|**to the nearest £**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|
|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**
CampFees
**25,434**
Subletting/other income
**0**
Donations
**11,456**
Gift aid reclaim
**0**
Tuck Shop
**346**
Bookstall
**(0)**
Merchandise
**484**
Bank Interest
**325**
**38,044**
**Transfer of assets**
**0**
**0**
**_Sub total_**
**0**
**_Total receipts_**
**38,044**
**A3 Payments**
Site & Equipment
**0**
Utilities & Insurance
**0**
Catering
**0**
Travel & Trips
**0**
Other Admin costs
**0**
**_Sub total_**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**_Sub total_**
**0**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases,(see table)**||**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**0**
**41,376**
**0**
**41,376**
**41,376**
**6,755**
**5,329**
**11,604**
**5,475**
**3,417**
**32,581**
**0**
**0**
**0**||
||||**0**|
||||**0**|
||||**0**|
||||**0**|
||||**0**|
||||**0**|
||||**0**|
||||**0**|
||||**0**|
|||||
||||**0**|
||||**0**|
||||**0**|
|||||
||||**0**|
|||||
||||**0**|
||||**0**|
||||**0**|
||||**0**|
||||**0**|
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
||||**0**|
|||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases,(see table)**||||
||**0**|**0**|**0**|
||**0**|**0**|**0**|
|**_Sub total_**|**0**|**0**|**0**|
|**_Total payments_**
**0**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**38,044**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**0**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**0**
**_Cash funds this year end_**
**38,044**|**32,581**|
|---|---|
||**8,795**|
||**0**|
||**0**|
||**8,795**|
## **Section B Statement of assets an**
**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
## **Details**
Bank accounts Cash
_**Total cash funds**_ (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))
## **Details**
Gift Aid receivable
**Unrestricted funds to nearest £**
**37,937 108 38,044** OK **Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 1,960 - - - - -**
## **Details**
## **Fund to which asset belongs**
## **B3 Investment assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use**
**Fund to which asset belongs**
## **Details**
|**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|
|---|---|---|
|Toilet Block||Restricted|
|Building for storage||Unrestricted|
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## **Details**
**Fund to which liability relates**
## **B5 Liabilities**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
Signature
Pr
**No (if any) 1204369**
## **ounts**
**CC16a**
Period end date 31-Dec-24
## **Total funds**
## **Last year**
|**Total funds**|**Last year**|
|---|---|
|**25,434**
**0**
**11,456**
**0**
**346**
**(0)**
**484**
**325**
**38,044**
**41,376**
**0**
**41,376**
**79,420**
**to the nearest**
**£**|**to the**
**nearest £**|
||**0**|
||**0**|
||**0**|
||**0**|
||**0**|
||**0**|
||**0**|
||**0**|
||**0**|
|||
|||
||**-**|
||**0**|
|||
|**79,420**|**0**|
|**6,755**||**0**|
|---|---|---|
|**5,329**||**0**|
|**11,604**||**0**|
|**5,475**||**0**|
|**3,417**||**0**|
||||
||||
||||
||||
|**32,581**||**0**|
|**0**|||
|---|---|---|
|**0**|||
|**0**||**0**|
||**32,581**||||**0**|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||||
||**46,839**|||||**0**||
||**0**|||||**0**||
||**0**|||||**0**||
||**46,839**|||||**0**||
|**to nearest £**
**8,795**
**0**
**0**
**8,795**
OK
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to nearest £**
**Endowme**
**nt funds**|
|---|---|
||**0**|
||**0**|
||**0**|
||**0**|
||OK|
||**to nearest £**
**Endowme**
**nt funds**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost**
**(optional)**|**Current**
**value**
**(optional)**|
|---|---|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
**Cost (optional) 36,998**
**Current value (optional) 11,098**
**Amount due When due (optional) (optional)**
rint Name
Date of approval
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPOFrr ON THE AecouTrns OF
NEFYN CAMPS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 DECEMBER2024
I report to the trustees on my examin8tlon ofthe accounts ofthe abovecharlty I"theCharity")
for the period ended 31 December 2024. As the charity's trusteesi you are respon8lbletor the
preparatlon ofthe accounts in accordancewith the requirements ofthe CharitiesAct20111°the
Act-}. I report in respect of myex8mination of the Cherity's accounts carried out under 8ectlon
145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my exeminatlon, I havefollowed allthe applicable
Directions given bythe Charity Commission under section 145(5>(b) ol the Act.
Independent examlner's statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my
attention in connection with the examination which gives me causeto believethat in, any
material respect:
• the accounting records were not kept in 8ccordanc8 With section 130 of the Ch8rities Act.. or
•the accounts dld not accord with the 8¢counting records. or
• the accounts did not complywith the 8ppllcable requirements concerningtheform Ènd
content of accounts set out in the Ch8rities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other
than any requirement that the accounts gfv8 8'true and f8ir' vlew. whlch Is not a matter
considered as p8rt of an independent examination.
I have no concerns 8nd h8ve come across no other matters in connoctionwiththe examination
to which attention should be drawn In thls report In order to enable a propar undei8t8ndingot
the 8ccounts to be reached.
Signed..
Date.. 9 September 2025
Name.. Tracey Johnson FCA
Address.. 4 B8nnister L8ne, Farington Moss, Leyland, PR26 6PT