CHALLENGE WALES

Registered charity 1111859 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MAIDEN VOYAGE

Provision of Sail Training to Young People

Objects

TO EDUCATE YOUNG PEOPLE AGED BETWEEN 12 AND 25 YEARS IN SAIL TRAINING AND NAVIGATION SO AS TO DEVELOP ESSENTIAL LIFE SKILLS INCLUDING TEAM DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNICATION, RESPECT FOR OTHERS, SELF CONFIDENCE, SELF ESTEEM AND INTERDEPENDENCE ENABLING THEM TO GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE: NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS .

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: Vale of Glamorgan, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity prepared its financial statements on a breakup basis rather than a going concern basis, as it ceased operations following the transfer of its vessel. The charity reported a deficit on unrestricted funds of £11,798, reducing its unrestricted reserves to £360,628. The trustees noted that a reserves policy is no longer applicable due to the cessation of operations.

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.

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
• 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
• 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/01/2025 (received 02/12/2025, 2 days after the 30/11/2025 due date); year ending 31/01/2024 (received 01/12/2024, 1 day after the 30/11/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• Historic paddle steamer celebrates 79th anniversary of maiden voyage - ayrshire-today.co.uk ayrshire-today.co.uk · 16/06/2026
• Historic paddle steamer celebrates 79th anniversary of maiden voyage largsandmillportnews.com · 16/06/2026

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Peter Chapman
• Helen Phillips · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kathy Mason
• Susan Went

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHALLENGE ADVENTURE CHARITIES.

• CHALLENGE ADVENTURE CHARITIES income £159k
• BLACKWELL SAILING income £97k
• BATHGATE CHARITABLE TRUST income £230k
• WEALDEN SAILABILITY income £43k
• SAILSHIP TRAINING AND LEARNING FOR LIFE income £343k
• THE CHALLENGER TRUST income £50k

Side by side with its peers

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