THE RONA TRUST

Registered charity 1073048 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LONDON SAILING PROJECT

We provide opportunities through sail training, for young people and people with disabilities to gain a sense of responsibility resourcefulness and teamwork that will help them throughout their lives.

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity remains in a strong financial position, reporting a surplus of £35,994 for the year ended 31 October 2025. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves were maintained at a level equivalent to two months' expenditure, consistent with the charity's stated policy. Total unrestricted funds carried forward were £1,204,318, comprising £165,886 in general funds and £1,038,432 in designated funds.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03650377

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Rona Sailing Project (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• CLEAVER, Claire — director, appointed 14/03/2024on trustee list
• WRIGHT, Andrew James — director, appointed 22/01/2018on trustee list
• BEANE, Christopher John — director, appointed 22/01/2018on trustee list
• SHAW, Becky — director, appointed 16/04/2013not on trustee list
• HEATHCOAT AMORY, William Francis — director, appointed 14/04/2013not on trustee list
• MATTHEWS, Christopher Douglas — director, appointed 30/01/2012on trustee list
• FARRANT, Roger Duncan, Dr — director, appointed 01/03/2005on trustee list
• THORLEY, Giles Alexander — director, appointed 01/05/2003on trustee list
• SEARLE, Andrew Donald — director, appointed 31/10/1998on trustee list
• RICHARDSON, Alan — director, appointed 14/10/1998on trustee list
• WHITEHOUSE-VAUX, William Edward — director, appointed 14/10/1998on trustee list
• WOODMAN, Sarah Louise — secretary, appointed 31/01/2024

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/10/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~23.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (74% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/03/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (07/09/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• William Whitehouse-Vauxchair
• ALAN RICHARDSON
• ANDREW DONALD SEARLE
• Andrew Wright
• Christopher Beane
• Christopher Matthews
• Claire Cleaver
• DR DUNCAN FARRANT
• GILES ALEXANDER THORLEY
• Rebecca Shaw
• William Heathcoat Amory

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.