Adventures Offshore

Analysis

Adventures Offshore is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colchester. It was registered in March 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Adventures Offshore reported income of £108k and spending of £103k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income fell from £155k to £108k (-30%), an average of -8.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income dropped by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Adventures Offshore sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Step (Supporting the Elderly People) (£108k), Hethersett Jubilee Youth Centre (£108k) and The George Ward Centre Limited (£108k).