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The Thorpe Woodlands Adventure Centre Trust

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £800k (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: Justin Fordham.

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Disability, Amateur Sport, Environment/conservation/heritage and 1 more
Where
Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk
Website
www.thorpewoodlands.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Thorpe Woodlands Adventure Centre Trust
Registered
2014

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£800k£657k
  • 2023£768k£637k
  • 2022£600k£462k
Earlier years
  • 2021£433k£393k
  • 2020£289k£420k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND IN SUCH WAYS THAT ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES:1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY BY EMPOWERING THEM TO LEARN AND DEVELOP THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN EDUCATIONAL, RECREATIONAL OR LEISURE ACTIVITIES.2. TO RELIEVE THE POVERTY OF YOUNG PEOPLE BY THE PROVISION OF AFFORDABLE OPPORTUNITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN HEALTHY RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.3. TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.4. TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES, SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.

Grants received

1 grant · £8,914 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £8,914

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £8,9142018-09-27
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

5 trustees on the board

5y median 4y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (2)

4
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 5Education/training 5Amateur Sport 4General Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 7Finance 1Health and social care 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£800k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

24.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 26.6 in 2020

20 from 18 in 2022
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1156272
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 17/12/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 05/03/2014
Companies House
Company number 08333361 · Active
Contact on the register
01842763564 · admin@thorpewoodlands.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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