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Registered charity (CIO) · Exeter

Topsham Adventure Centre

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £11k (2024)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

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

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About

What it does
Recreation
Where
Devon
Website
www.topshamadventurecentre.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2016

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£11k£9k
  • 2023£10k£5k
  • 2022£10k£2k
Earlier years
  • 2021£47k£954
  • 2020£8k£2k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN TOPSHAM AND THE SURROUNDING AREA IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF AN ADVENTURE CENTRE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT (THE TOPSHAM ADVENTURE CENTRE) AS A MEANS OF:(A) ADVANCING THEIR LIFE AND HELPING THEM DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(B) ADVANCING THEIR EDUCATION;(C) PROMOTING THEIR GOOD HEALTH AND WELL BEING; AND BY(D) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR THEM AND FOR OTHER PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH [SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005] AND [SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008]

Grants received

1 grant · £10,000 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 · £10,000

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002018-03-21
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.

4 trustees on the board

6y median 6.5y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (1)

Portfolio (3)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Recreation 4Amateur Sport 1Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Disability 1Education/training 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Finance 6Manufacturing 2Arts and leisure 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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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£11k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1170649
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 09 Dec 2016
Contact on the register
01392877729 · chair@topshamadventurecentre.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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