2024-12-31-accounts - Seven Springs Camp

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Day01 Month01 Year2024

Period end date Day31 Mont12h Year24

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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Seven Springs Camp Other names charity is known by Seven Springs Outdoor Activity Centre Registered charity number (if any) 224921 Charity's principal address Corks Lane Disley Postcode Sk12 2AZ

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
Helen Humphreys		Trustee Board
Angela Ogden	Secretary	Trustee Board
Gillian Lewis		Trustee Board
Christine Ellis		Trustee Board
ShirleyBlake		Trustee Board
Ann Shackleton		Trustee Board
NickyHarwood		Trustee Board
Zoe Brindle		Trustee Board
Nicola Horsfield		Trustee Board
Catherine Bower		Trustee Board

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Constitution

Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Trust How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Advertisement or personal invitation, and then agreed by Trustee body Trustee selection methods

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

Seven Springs is an outdoor activity centre providing outdoor (camping) and indoor accommodation for children and young people. It is set on the edge of the Peak District

Visitors to the site include members of Girl Guiding, The Scout Association, Duke of Edinburgh expedition groups, schools and any other youth organisation with a documented safeguarding policy.

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In 2024 we welcomed over 300 members of Girlguiding and Scouting to the site and some Duke of Edinburgh expedition groups for camping, indoor residential events and day visitors.

We ran a large camp entitled Book and Go- for over 150 members, for 2 nights, including all activities and food.

A Forest School rented the site and ran weekly and monthly events in the wooded area.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

Our maintenance team attended weekly during the camping season to maintain the site, supplemented by additional day maintenance events from other volunteers.

We worked with a firm of architects, surveyors and planning consultants to develop plans to improve the facilities

Having been granted permission from the Charity Commission we placed, 2 plots of land, which is no longer used up for sale.

The Trustees have had regard to the guidance on public benefit issued by the Charity Commission.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

Increasing number of people who used the site and thereby increasing the income for the benefit of the site Increased our fundraising activities/ and obtained additional grant funding Ran a successful, well supported weekend event for young members Welcomed the Forest School and other ‘external lets’ including an animal therapy group

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Section E Financial review

We maintain a small amount of money, which would be sufficient should Brief statement of the we need to ‘wind up’ the charity charity’s policy on reserves

Details of any funds materially in deficit

N/A

Further financial review details (Optional information)

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the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Hjhumphreys Full name(s) Helen Humphreys Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Board member etc) Date 9/10/25

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