OCEAN YOUTH TRUST SOUTH
Registered charity 1079959 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OCEAN YOUTH TRUST (SOUTH)
OCEAN YOUTH TRUST SOUTH PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 12 AND 25 FROM THE WIDEST RANGE OF BACKGROUNDS TO EXPERIENCE ADVENTURE UNDER SAIL. OUR VESSEL, PROLIFIC, A 30-METRE KETCH, WAS DESIGNED ESPECIALLY AS A SAIL TRAINING VESSEL, SAILING TO SOUTH COAST AND EUROPEAN PORTS AND LONGER TALL SHIPS RACE EVENTS. WE OFFER RYA AND D OF E RESIDENTIAL COURSES.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity ended the year with total reserves of £1,777,458, including £399,498 in free reserves, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain operations. The trustees report a satisfactory financial position, supported by significant one-off donations and high demand for sailing berths, with no material uncertainties regarding going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Fundraising cost ratio: 7.0% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“93% of expenditure in 2024-25 went on the direct delivery of our charitable services. (The remainder includes fundraising and governance costs).” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three and six months’ operating expenses (held: £399k)
“The Trust’s policy is to hold free reserves of between three and six months’ operating expenses. Trustees aim towards the upper end of that range.” — page 38
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations from trustees
“During the year under review, donations totalling £16,550 were received from two of the trustees.” — page 48
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Ocean Youth Trust South (matched by registered charity number).
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/10/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£34k
Reported reserves equal ~26.6 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 (70% 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: 4.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (27/03/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (03/02/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (16/01/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (26/09/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Lesley Robinsonchair
- Andrew Page
- Edward Bishop
- James Stevens · trustee of 1 other charity
- John Christopher Hicks
- Lee James Mosscrop
- MR STEVE LACEY
- Martyn Jeremy Powe
- RICHARD GRIFFITHS
- Roger Matthew Bolton
- Unity Bowns
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Denmark · Finland · Germany · Lithuania · Poland · Sweden · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is OCEAN YOUTH TRUST SOUTH financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with total reserves of £1,777,458, including £399,498 in free reserves, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain operations. The trustees report a satisfactory financial position, supported by significant one-off donations and high demand for sailing berths, with no material uncertainties regarding going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds OCEAN YOUTH TRUST SOUTH?
Funders whose own accounts filings name OCEAN YOUTH TRUST SOUTH as a grant recipient include PETER DIXON CHARITABLE TRUST, THE POINTER FAMILY TRUST, THE ASSOCIATION OF SAIL TRAINING ORGANISATIONS, THE PATRICK & HELENA FROST FOUNDATION, THE LAMBERT CHARITABLE TRUST.
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