SHOTWICK LAKE SAILING

Registered charity 1110888 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

SAILING AND ASSOCIATED WATERSPORTS

Objects

TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR SAILING AND ASSOCIATED WATER SPORTS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, FLINTSHIRE.

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Flintshire, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£31k

Latest spending

£22k

Registered

2005

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £66,130 at the end of the period, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of keeping £20,000 aside for unforeseen events or emergencies. The charity reported a net surplus of £9,210 for the year, having generated £31,462 in income against £22,252 in payments.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: A sum of £20,000 is kept aside for unforeseen events or emergencies. (held: £66k)

“A sum of £20,000 is kept aside for unforeseen events or emergencies.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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 policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 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

Trustees · trustee networks

Jeremy Paul Cooper
Leslie Thomas Perry
MR RON KING
Stuart Guy · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Cheshire West & Chester · Flintshire · Wirral · Wrexham

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£31k	£22k
31/12/2024	£28k	£26k
31/12/2023	£24k	£24k
31/12/2022	£27k	£25k
31/12/2021	£22k	£16k

Common questions

Is SHOTWICK LAKE SAILING financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £66,130 at the end of the period, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of keeping £20,000 aside for unforeseen events or emergencies. The charity reported a net surplus of £9,210 for the year, having generated £31,462 in income against £22,252 in payments.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
DUMBRECK CHARITY	1	£1k
THE SYLVIA AND COLIN SHEPHERD CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with 2ND WARWICK SEA SCOUT GROUP.

2ND WARWICK SEA SCOUT GROUP income £151k
SEACLOSE SWIMMING CLUB income £52k
WHITLEY BAY SPORTING CLUB income £297k
YORK RI income £564k
SEAFRIENDS income £44k
SOUTH SHIELDS SAILING CLUB income £33k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SHOTWICK LAKE SAILING	£31k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
2ND WARWICK SEA SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£151k	—	0	above	4.0%	no doubt
SEACLOSE SWIMMING CLUB FY2025	£52k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WHITLEY BAY SPORTING CLUB FY2025	£297k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
YORK RI FY2025	£564k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SEAFRIENDS FY2025	£44k	—	0	no_policy	—	no doubt

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