Rock UK Adventure Centres Limited

Analysis

Rock UK Adventure Centres Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wellingborough. It was registered in January 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, religious activities and amateur sport, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04718891). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Rock UK Adventure Centres Limited reported income of £4.8m and spending of £5.3m, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £2.5m to £4.8m (+89%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Rock UK Adventure Centres Limited sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Council for World Mission (UK) (£4.8m), Ufm Worldwide (£4.8m) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Bath Abbey with St James, Bath (£4.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 72%, trading 23% and donations and legacies 4.7%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £5,000. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 1.3%. It employed 93 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.