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79/100 Clarity Score · 4 stars · Charity Commission filings · How we score

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Is Snow Camp a good charity?

Snow Camp scores 79/100 (4 stars, Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, calculated from its UK regulator filings. Its latest accounts year is 2025 (£1.4m total income, 84% of spending on charitable activities). This reflects financial transparency and stewardship on paper — not the real-world impact of its programmes. See the full breakdown.

Brighton · UK-wide · BN3 5LP Reg 1101030 Registered charity Official website Charity Commission register

What does Snow Camp do?

Snow Camp is a registered charity (no. 1101030) working in sport across the United Kingdom. Its latest Charity Commission filing directs 84% of spending to charitable activities, holding roughly 10 months of reserves, though its recent accounts were filed late. Reported income has been growing (≈22% a year). CharityCompare's Clarity Score rates the organisation only from public Charity Commission accounts — accountability, financial health, efficiency and community support — not the quality or impact of its programmes.

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In short: Snow Camp scores 79 out of 100 (4 stars). 84% average program spend (3-year average). Review the pillar breakdown below.

What is Snow Camp?

Snow Camp has a Clarity Score of 79 out of 100 on CharityCompare (4 stars, Good). Charity Commission registration number 1101030. Status: Registered. Primary cause area: Sport. Latest accounts year 2025: total income £1.4m, with 84% of expenditure on charitable activities. Accounts filing: late. Reserves: approximately 10 months of operating costs. 1 filing concern(s) noted on this profile. Scores are independent and based on official filings — not a donation recommendation.

Data from Charity Commission register, last updated .

Overall score

79/100

4★ · Good

Cause spend

84%

3-yr avg · charitable activities

Accountability

75/100

Finance beacon

Income

£1.4m

Latest year 2025

Reserves

10 mo

Months of running costs

Accounts filing

Late

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£8.0 raised per £1 fundraising (3-yr avg) · 14% overhead · Website on register · Confidence: medium

How does Snow Camp compare?

Clarity Score percentile against similar UK charities — the share of peers Snow Camp scores higher than.

Income band (£1m–£5m)49thpercentile

Scores higher than 49% of 2,776 charities in its income band · 79/100 vs 78 peer average (marker).

Sport charities59thpercentile

Scores higher than 59% of 145 charities in this cause · 79/100 vs 74 peer average (marker).

How reliable is Snow Camp's data?

Source
Charity Commission (England & Wales)
Accounts year
2025
Filing date
Profile reviewed

Medium confidence — some data missing or late

Scores reflect the latest annual accounts on the register. Clarity Score measures how clearly the charity accounts for money in those filings — not programme impact.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator and Charity Commission for Northern Ireland. Open Government Licence v3.0 .

What is Snow Camp's Beacon report?

Detailed accountability and finance metrics from UK regulator filings — structured for transparency in our four-beacon report.

Accountability & Transparency

Baseline trust from filing discipline, board oversight, and declared governance policies.

75/100

Accountability & Transparency metrics for Snow Camp
Metric Score Value
Filing history (5 years)

100% on-time over five years = 15 pts · one late filing = 5 pts · two or more = 0 pts.

33% 5/15 pts
Trustee oversight

Three or more trustees on the register = 15 pts, scaled down for fewer (governance red flag below three).

100% 5 trustees · 15/15 pts
Declared policies

Safeguarding (4) · conflict of interest (3) · volunteer management (3) — from Charity Commission annual return.

100% 10/10 pts

Financial Health

Stability and solvency — reserves, revenue trend, and debt from Charity Commission accounts.

73/100

Financial Health metrics for Snow Camp
Metric Score Value
Reserves (months of cash)

3–24 months = full marks, tapering on both sides · 0 months or 4+ years (hoarding) = 0 pts.

100% 10 months · 15/15 pts
Income stability / growth

+20% or more over the window = 10 pts · flat = 5 pts · −20% or worse = 0 pts, scaled between.

30% 3/10 pts · 3-year average
Liabilities to assets

0% liabilities-to-assets = 5 pts, scaling down to 0 pts at 60%+ debt.

80% 7% · 4/5 pts

Financial Efficiency

How efficiently funds reach the cause — program spend and fundraising cost ratios.

85/100

Financial Efficiency metrics for Snow Camp
Metric Score Value
Program expense ratio

90%+ on charitable activities = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 50% or below.

80% 84% · 8/10 pts (3-year average)
Fundraising efficiency

≤10p to raise £1 = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 40p or above (fundraising cost ÷ income).

90% 13p per £1 income · 9/10 pts (3-year average)

Community Support

Grassroots backing from Charity Commission workforce data — volunteers vs paid staff.

100/100

Community Support metrics for Snow Camp
Metric Score Value
Volunteer-to-staff ratio

Volunteers at 2x staff or more = full marks · no volunteers = 0 pts, scaled between.

100% 121 volunteers / 24 staff · 10/10 pts

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What is Snow Camp's Clarity Score?

79/100 total · Good · 4 of 5 stars

Four pillars (40 + 30 + 20 + 10 points) from Charity Commission filings — see methodology for full weightings.

75/100
Accountability & Transparency
73/100
Financial Health
85/100
Financial Efficiency
100/100
Community Support

Accountability & Transparency

Baseline trust from filing discipline, board oversight, and declared governance policies.

75/100

Filing history (5 years)5/15 pts
Trustee oversight5 trustees · 15/15 pts
Declared policies10/10 pts

Financial Health

Stability and solvency — reserves, revenue trend, and debt from Charity Commission accounts.

73/100

Reserves (months of cash)10 months · 15/15 pts
Income stability / growth3/10 pts · 3-year average
Liabilities to assets7% · 4/5 pts

Financial Efficiency

How efficiently funds reach the cause — program spend and fundraising cost ratios.

85/100

Program expense ratio84% · 8/10 pts (3-year average)
Fundraising efficiency13p per £1 income · 9/10 pts (3-year average)

Community Support

Grassroots backing from Charity Commission workforce data — volunteers vs paid staff.

100/100

Volunteer-to-staff ratio121 volunteers / 24 staff · 10/10 pts

How much does Snow Camp raise and spend?

Latest filed year 2025 · Source: Charity Commission filings

Snow Camp revenue and expenses for 2025
Category Amount % of spend
Total income £1.4m
Total expenditure £1.1m
Charitable activities £956k 84%
Fundraising £185k 16%
84%On charitable activities

Where does the money go?

Latest accounts (2025) · £1.1m spent

  • Charitable activities84%
  • Fundraising16%

What trust indicators does Snow Camp have?

Pulled from the Charity Commission register — filing behaviour, board size, and workforce where reported.

  • Accounts filed on time

    Filing status: late

  • Trustee board size (3–12)

    5 trustees on the Charity Commission register

  • Workforce on register

    24 employees · 121 volunteers (5:1 volunteer-to-staff)

Fundraising Regulator

Status not yet checked

Separate from our financial scores — shows whether the charity follows the Code of Fundraising Practice.

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Official register

Reg 1101030

Full trustee list, accounts, and regulatory history on the Charity Commission.

View on Charity Commission →

Trustees & officers

  • David Ian Brown Chair · since 2017
  • Antony Andrew Barrow since 2020
  • James Alexander Palmer-Tomkinson since 2025
  • Sarah Jane MacDonald since 2025
  • James Ross Cotton since 2026
How we score charities +

The Clarity Score is a 100-point rating from UK regulator filings (Charity Commission for England and Wales, OSCR and CCNI). Four pillars — Accountability & Transparency (40), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10) — each scored on a continuous scale, not pass/fail cutoffs. A statutory inquiry sets the score to 0 automatically.

Full methodology →

Accountability & Transparency

Scored from filings

40 points — filing history (15), trustee oversight (15, scaling up to a board of three or more), declared policies (10).

Financial Health

Scored from filings

30 points — reserves (15, full marks 3–24 months, tapering on both sides), income stability (10), liabilities to assets (5, scaling down as debt rises).

Financial Efficiency

Scored from filings

20 points — program expense ratio and fundraising cost, each on a graduated scale (not a single cutoff). Kept at 20% of the total: financial-ratio scoring alone is not a reliable effectiveness signal (see "why not just an overhead ratio?" below).

Community Support

Scored from filings

10 points — volunteer-to-staff ratio from Charity Commission workforce data, scaling continuously up to a 2:1 ratio.

Overall score

Sum of all pillar points. Display stars use the same bands as the labels: 90–100 → 5★ Exceptional; 75–89 → 4★ Good; 60–74 → 3★ Needs improvement; 1–59 → 2★ Poor; 0 → not rated.

How have Snow Camp's finances changed over five years?

£0k £400k £800k £1200k £1600k 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Income 2021: £603k Spending 2021: £483k Cause spend 2021: £357k Income 2022: £1,315k Spending 2022: £1,314k Cause spend 2022: £1,107k Income 2023: £1,442k Spending 2023: £1,353k Cause spend 2023: £1,162k Income 2024: £1,478k Spending 2024: £1,460k Cause spend 2024: £1,185k Income 2025: £1,354k Spending 2025: £1,140k Cause spend 2025: £956k
  • Income
  • Spending
  • Cause spend

Values in £ thousands · Cause spend plotted only when the filing discloses a split · Source: Charity Commission accounts

What are the key facts about Snow Camp?

Overall score
79/100 (4★)
Income
£1.4m
Cause spend
84% of expenditure
Reg number
1101030
Scope
UK-wide
Reserves
10 months
Trustees
5
Accounts year
2025
Filing
late

Where Snow Camp sits

The causes this charity is classified under, and other charities working nearby.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about Snow Camp's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.

Is Snow Camp a good charity? +

Snow Camp scores 79 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 84% of its spending goes to charitable activities and its accounts are late. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.

Is Snow Camp a legitimate charity? +

Yes — Snow Camp is a legitimate registered charity (charity number 1101030). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1101030. Registration proves status; Clarity Score then summarises filing transparency on paper, not programme impact.

What is Snow Camp's charity number? +

Snow Camp's charity number is 1101030. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.

What is Snow Camp's charity rating? +

Snow Camp scores 79 out of 100 on CharityCompare (4 stars — Good). The Clarity Score V1 sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.

Does Snow Camp have reviews and complaints? +

CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Snow Camp. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (1 filing concern(s) noted on this profile). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.

How much of my donation reaches Snow Camp? +

According to its 2025 regulator filing, 84% of Snow Camp's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.

What are Snow Camp's overheads? +

According to its 2025 regulator filing, fundraising costs were about 14% of total expenditure and combined overheads (fundraising plus governance) were about 14% of total expenditure at Snow Camp. The filings CharityCompare uses do not publish CEO or senior-staff pay, so we cannot say what Snow Camp's chief executive is paid — where disclosure rules apply, senior pay appears in the trustees' annual report on the Charity Commission register.

How much income does Snow Camp receive? +

Snow Camp reported £1.4m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.

Are Snow Camp's accounts up to date? +

Filing status: late (last filing 2026-06-24). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.

Where is Snow Camp based? +

Snow Camp is listed at Brighton · UK-wide · BN3 5LP and operates UK-wide, focused on sport.

How does CharityCompare score Snow Camp? +

We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Snow Camp's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.

How often is this page updated? +

This profile was last updated on 17 July 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and Snow Camp's most recent accounts cover 2025. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.