WHERRY YACHT CHARTER CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1096073 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WHERRY YACHT CHARTER TRUST

(a) restore, maintain and preserve for the benefit of the public one or more examples of the Norfolk Wherry and in particular the wherries "Hathor", "Olive", and "Norada".(b) advance the education of the public concerning Norfolk Wherries and their historic and cultural role in the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads.(c) provide training in the skills necessary to restore, maintain and sail them.

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Latest income
£136k
Latest spending
£120k
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves were £73,968 at year-end, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of £100,000. The charity reported a net income of £20,397 for the year, with total income of £136,224 against total expenditure of £115,812. The trustees believe the charity can continue as a going concern, noting that budgeted income and expenditure are sufficient with the current level of reserves.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £100,000 (held: £74k)
It is the trustees' intention to build up free reserves to a level of £100,000 representing £50,000 for operating costs and £50,000 as an emergency fund for repairs. — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£136k£120k
31/03/2024£96k£127k
31/03/2023£129k£111k
31/03/2022£54k£99k
31/03/2021£94k£77k

Common questions

Is WHERRY YACHT CHARTER CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves were £73,968 at year-end, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of £100,000. The charity reported a net income of £20,397 for the year, with total income of £136,224 against total expenditure of £115,812. The trustees believe the charity can continue as a going concern, noting that budgeted income and expenditure are sufficient with the current level of reserves. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund02/03/2005£641k"Wherry Yachts"

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE NORFOLK HERITAGE FLEET TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WHERRY YACHT CHARTER CHARITABLE TRUST£136k0unclearno doubt
THE NORFOLK HERITAGE FLEET TRUST FY2025£479k0unclearno doubt
THE MASTER PILOTS AND SEAMEN OF THE CORPORATION OF THE TRINITY HOUSE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE FY2024£189k0aboveno doubt
THAMES SAILING BARGE TRUST FY2024£111k0unclearno doubt
THE EXETER CANAL AND QUAY TRUST LIMITED FY2025£377k0unclearno doubt
TRINITY BUOY WHARF TRUST FY2025£430k0belowno doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.