THE CHESIL SAILING TRUST

Registered charity 1091086 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE CHESIL TRUST

To promote the advancement of education of persons who are young or disabled by providing or assisting in the provision of facilities for training in sailing and seamanship and other water and land based activities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation for the benefit of the inhabitants of the United Kingdom.

Objects

1. TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF PERSONS WHO ARE YOUNG OR DISABLED BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR TRAINING IN SAILING AND SEAMANSHIP AND OTHER WATER AND LAND BASED ACTIVITIES;2. TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF WEYMOUTH AND PORTLAND AND THE REST OF THE UNITED KINGDOM WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS; AND3. (WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF CLAUSE 1. ABOVE) TO PROMOTE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE COUNTY OF DORSET AS THAT COUNTY IS CONSTITUTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSES AT THE DATE OF THIS DEED AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR DISCRETION DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: THE INHABITANTS OF WEYMOUTH AND PORTLAND AND THE SURROUNDING AREA AND THE REST OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

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: Dorset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased to £36,384 from £45,094 in the prior year, while expenditure increased to £35,210 from £29,424. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £88,738, which significantly exceeds its stated minimum cash reserve target of £10,000.

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.

Policies the charity declares

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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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Frances Guppychair
• Leif Pallister
• Lucy-Anne Clarke
• Paul James Kent · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stephen James White
• Steven Edwin Moatt
• Timothy Tristan Best

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SAILSHIP TRAINING AND LEARNING FOR LIFE.

• SAILSHIP TRAINING AND LEARNING FOR LIFE income £343k
• HAWLEY LAKE SAIL TRAINING CENTRE income £187k
• BLACKWELL SAILING income £97k
• EAST ANGLIAN SAILING TRUST income £67k
• CHILDREN'S SAILING TRUST income £490k
• THE SCARAMOUCHE SAILING TRUST income £351k

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