SAIL TRAINING INTERNATIONAL

Registered charity 1096846 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The development and education of young people of all nationalities, religions, cultures and social background through sail training and the promotion of international understanding and friendship. Sail Training International is the worldwide voice of sail training and the medium by which member national sail training organisations plan and execute international projects, programmes and activities.

Objects

TO EDUCATE YOUNG PERSONS OF ALL NATIONALITIES IN SEAMANSHIP AND NAVIGATION THROUGH SAIL TRAINING, SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES, SO THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY, AND THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED.

Area of benefit: INTERNATIONAL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £56,789 for the year ended 31 March 2024, resulting in total funds decreasing from £249,135 to £192,346. The trustees' report indicates that the reduced cost base ensures the organisation remains flexible and that the position for the next five years looks positive, with 2024 expected to be a breakeven year. Furthermore, the accounts note that level 3 of the reserves policy will be applicable from 2025 to 2030, facilitating an investment of £250k over that period.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by TC Group. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• 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
• Investing charity funds 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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 (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~9.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (80% 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).

Trustees · trustee networks

• James Georgechair
• Jack Michael Dignan
• Jill Kathryn Hughes
• LENA Weweler
• Lucy Gross Mudie
• Murray Henstock
• Philip Cotton
• Richard Anthony Warner

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

Operates in: Australia · Belgium · Bulgaria · Canada · Czech Republic · Denmark · France · Latvia · Netherlands · New Zealand · Norway · Portugal

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
• THE CHESIL SAILING TRUST income £21k
• SAILSHIP TRAINING AND LEARNING FOR LIFE income £343k
• HAWLEY LAKE SAIL TRAINING CENTRE income £187k
• CHILDREN'S SAILING TRUST income £490k
• TEACH2TEACH INTERNATIONAL income £198k

Side by side with its peers

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