ANDREW CASSELL FOUNDATION (RACING FOR THE DISABLED)

Registered charity 1057742 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Supports people with disabilities (mainly physical & sensory) to take part in yacht racing and cruising and to encourage the integration of sailors with disabilities with able bodied sailors

Objects

THE RELIEF OF DISABLED PEOPLE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SAILING OR RELATED SAILING FACILITIES, INSTRUCTION AND EXPERIENCE IN SAILING AND SEAMANSHIP FOR SUCH PERSONS ALONGSIDE ABLE BODIED PERSONS WHO MAY OR MAY NOT BE EXPERIENCED SAILORS THEREBY BRINGING DISABLED PERSONS AND ABLE BODIED PERSONS INTO CLOSER CONTACT

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Disability · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £49,135 against a stated policy target of holding two months of expenses. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention during the examination, and the trustees report a healthy bank balance with sufficient reserves to cover expenses.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Timothy Foulshamchair
• Angela Smith
• Barry Thomas Hocking
• Mark Charles Hart
• Paul Gomm
• Sue Cassell

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Isle Of Wight

Income and spending

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