THE CIRDAN SAILING TRUST (INCORPORATING THE FARAMIR TRUST) LIMITED

Registered charity 1091598 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide young people, in particular those who are disadvantaged or at risk of educational or social exclusion, with self-development, integration and learning opportunities through the challenge and disciplines of life at sea aboard large sailing vessels to underpin success in education and employment and help them thrive in modern society.

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a deficit for the year of £279,278, primarily due to a non-cash impairment charge of £355,000 on its sailing vessels. Despite this, the trustees report that the Trust remains financially stable with cash at year-end of £269,180 and free reserves providing 4.7 months of coverage against its policy target of three months.

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.

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~6.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (65% 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: 4.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Adrienne Elizabeth Lea Clarke
• BRIAN CHRISTOPHER SAINSBURY · trustee of 1 other charity
• CHARLES GORDON FRANK ANDERSON
• Capt Simon Hodgkinson
• Dr MICHAEL CLIVE JACKSON
• Gemma Telford
• Jamie Paul Hare
• Jessica Mary Reedham Berney
• Jonathan Francis Weil · trustee of 2 other charities
• Nicola Jane Willis
• Sarah Courtauld
• William Bulgin

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHILDREN'S SAILING TRUST.

• CHILDREN'S SAILING TRUST income £1.4m
• THE ISLAND TRUST LIMITED income £273k
• THE SCARAMOUCHE SAILING TRUST income £351k
• SAILSHIP TRAINING AND LEARNING FOR LIFE income £343k
• OCEAN YOUTH TRUST SOUTH income £852k
• THE AHOY CENTRE income £549k

Side by side with its peers

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