OUTWARD BOUND GLOBAL — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 4 June 1963
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 00405180
Financial period: 1 December 2024 – 30 November 2025
Latest income: £2,000
Latest expenditure: £2,004
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: Outward Bound Trust, Hackthorpe Hall, Hackthorpe, Penrith, CA10 2HX

Website recorded by the regulator: www.outwardbound.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Outward Bound Global protects the use of the Outward Bound trademarks and issues licences to Outward Bound centres worldwide. It promotes best practice across the Outward Bound global network and oversees the application of agreed risk management standards. The Outward Bound centres worldwide are primarily of a non-profit nature and benefit young people through physical endeavour in the outdoors.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 December 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 November 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 30 September 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 15 July 2026
Total Gross Income: £2,000
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,004

Fin Period Start Date: 1 December 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 November 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 30 September 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 15 July 2025
Total Gross Income: £2,000
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,000

Fin Period Start Date: 1 December 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 November 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 30 September 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 30 April 2024
Total Gross Income: £3,188
Total Gross Expenditure: £865

Fin Period Start Date: 1 December 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 November 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 30 September 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 30 April 2024
Total Gross Income: £0
Total Gross Expenditure: £0

Fin Period Start Date: 1 December 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 November 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 30 September 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 11 July 2022
Total Gross Income: £0
Total Gross Expenditure: £0

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Cumbria
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 309
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Classification Code: 205
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Classification Code: 117
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Other Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: OUTWARD BOUND GLOBAL
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1963-06-04T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 27 FEBRUARY 1946 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 4 APRIL 1950, 23 JULY 1975 18 JULY 1986, 29 OCTOBER 1986, 12 FEBRUARY 1997, 14 OCTOBER 2004 & 11 DECEMBER 2007.
Charitable Objects: TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE BY EDUCATION AND INSTRUCTION THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN A WIDE VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON PHYSICAL ENDEAVOUR IN THE OUTDOORS
Area Of Benefit: NOT DEFINED

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 155541
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: OUTWARD BOUND

Charity Name Id: 155546
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: THE OUTWARD BOUND TRUST

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Risk management