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Adventure Aid

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1143306BournemouthHealth and saving lives
Income£39k2025-12-31
Spending£41ksame year
Spent / received110%5-year average
Size in its cause48th pctHealth and saving lives
Registered2011Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Adventure Aid is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bournemouth. It was registered in August 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Adventure Aid reported income of £39k and spending of £41k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £45k to £39k (-15%), an average of -3.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 345%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Adventure Aid sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Manchester Revolution Wheelchair Basketball Club (£39k), The Howard Thomas Trust for Medical Research (£39k) and The Living Well (£39k).

Income and spending

£0£12k£24k£36k£48k2021 Income: £45,2972021 Spending: £47,36920212022 Income: £10,3582022 Spending: £12,52220222023 Income: £46,0472023 Spending: £34,51020232024 Income: £26,1532024 Spending: £48,26220242025 Income: £38,7212025 Spending: £41,2172025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

We work with small children based charities and organisations in the countries listed supporting child education and welfare. We also support linked causes which include disadvantaged women. Funds are raised through supporters raising minimum donation to join a trip to the project they are supporting.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Manchester Revolution Wheelchair Basketball ClubCheshire£39k
The Howard Thomas Trust for Medical ResearchBromley£39k
The Living WellDover£39k
Samaritans of Taunton and SomersetSomerset£39k