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Registered charity (CIO) · Keswick

The Christian Outdoor Pursuits Trust CIO

The Christian Outdoor Pursuits Trust CIO is a registered charity (number 1195877) based in Keswick, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by Keith Malcolm Rigg since 2022. Latest income £622k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as Bassenfell Manor Christian Centre (Charity Commission)

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £622k (2025)

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

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Religious Activities
Where
Cumbria
Website
www.bassenfell.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2021

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£622k£574k
  • 2024£774k£353k
  • 2023£313k£249k
Earlier years
  • 2022£185k£169k

Income trend, 2022 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 5%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE PURPOSES OF THE CIO ARE THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF FAITH, PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY PROVIDING:(A) FACILITIES, INSTRUCTION (INCLUDING COURSES) AND SUPERVISION FOR OUTDOOR PURSUITS AND OTHER RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES WHICH PROMOTE CHARACTER BUILDING, EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL RESILIENCE, AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS, PARTICULARLY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE;(B) RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION AND FACILITIES WITH A CHRISTIAN ETHOS SUITABLE FOR GROUPS OR INDIVIDUALS OF ALL AGES WHICH PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO RECEIVE TEACHING ABOUT THE CHRISTIAN FAITH;(C) RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION WITH A CHRISTIAN ETHOS FOR RECREATION, RELAXATION AND SPIRITUAL REFRESHMENT; (D) AID, ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT FOR THE WORK OF CHRISTIAN ADVENTURE HOLIDAYS CIO, SUBJECT ALWAYS TO THE CHRISTIAN ADVENTURE HOLIDAYS HAVING AND CONTINUING TO HAVE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS, INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF SUBSIDISED ADVENTURE HOLIDAYS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WITHIN A CHRISTIAN ENVIRONMENT AND ETHOS; AND(E) SUPPORT TO SCHOOLS AND CHURCH YOUTH GROUPS IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY THROUGH SCHOOL ASSEMBLIES AND OTHER CHRISTIAN TEACHING.

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.

9 trustees on the board

3.1y median 4y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
6.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (4)

2
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 9Religious Activities 9Disability 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.

Other services 2

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 4 years.
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£622k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

3.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 4.3 in 2022

8 from 8 in 2024
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
1195877
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 21 Sep 2021
Contact on the register
01768776366 · info@bassenfell.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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