THE PIONEER SAILING TRUST

Registered charity 1077522 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Pioneer CK18, a 1st Class Essex Smack, has been restored by the Trust. The Trust provides sail training and recreational activities to persons who have need of such facilities in the interests of social welfare by reason of their age, youth, disability, infirmity, poverty or social or economic circumstances. Boatbuilder apprenticeships are provided to train young people for future employment.

Objects

(A) TO ACQUIRE, RESTORE, MAINTAIN AND PRESERVE IN SAILING CONDITION THE LAST REMAINING 1ST CLASS ESSEX SMACK 'THE PIONEER' (CK18), USING AS FAR AS IS REASONABLY PRACTICAL SIMILAR MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES TO THOSE USED IN THE VESSEL'S ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION, IN ORDER TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE NATURE, HISTORY AND OPERATION OF SUCH A VESSEL AND THE SKILLS REQUIRED IN USING AND CONSERVING IT; (B) TO ACQUIRE AND/OR TO RESTORE, TO MAINTAIN OR TO PRESERVE IN SEAWORTHY AND OPERATIONAL CONDITION OTHER HISTORIC VESSELS, USING AS FAR AS IS REASONABLY PRACTICAL SIMILAR MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES TO THOSE USED IN THE VESSELS? ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION, IN ORDER TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE NATURE, HISTORY AND OPERATION OF SUCH VESSELS AND THE SKILLS REQUIRED IN USING AND CONSERVING THEM; (C) TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND APPRENTICESHIPS IN PARTICULAR TO THOSE IN NEED OF SUCH TRAINING AND APPRENTICESHIPS BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE, IN ORDER TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE BUILDING AND RESTORATION OF BOATS; (D) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF BOATS, BOAT BUILDING AND SAILING BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT; (E) TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR SAILING AND ROWING; (F) TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES IN SAILING AND ALLIED ACTIVITIES AND IN PARTICULAR TO PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE BY REASON OF THEIR AGE, YOUTH, DISABILITY, INFIRMITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES; AND (G) SUCH OTHER PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE

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.

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Registered contact address: Tendring, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net income of £41,079 for the year, reversing a previous net expenditure. However, the trustees report that free reserves of £79,222 are below their stated policy target of maintaining at least six months' expenditure, as the current level represents only approximately two months' expenditure.

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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

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• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (68% 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 (15/04/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JAMES ALEXANDER HAMILTON GEARY BA, ACA
• James Mark Ormerod
• Jane Hadlow
• RUPERT MARKS

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Sail Training Trust.

• Sail Training Trust income £195k
• SAILSHIP TRAINING AND LEARNING FOR LIFE income £343k
• THE CHESIL SAILING TRUST income £21k
• CHILDREN'S SAILING TRUST income £490k
• HAWLEY LAKE SAIL TRAINING CENTRE income £187k
• THE EXCELSIOR TRUST income £341k

Side by side with its peers

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