Adventure Plus

Analysis

Adventure Plus is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bampton. It was registered in June 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities and amateur sport, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03976979). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2024, Adventure Plus reported income of £894k and spending of £1.1m, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2024, income grew from £822k to £894k (+8.8%), an average of +2.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 184%. Over the whole period it spent 67% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Adventure Plus sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Martin, Liskeard (£887k), Shree Swaminarayan Agyna Upasna Satsang Mandal UK (£895k) and The Farmington Trust Limited (£885k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 40%, donations and legacies 29% and trading 28%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.1%. Reserves of £127k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 23 people.

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue.