SAIL (SEXUAL ABUSE AND INCEST LINE)

Registered charity 1152263 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

SAIL provides face to face counselling and support to survivors (18+) of child sexual abuse who live in Derbyshire.We also provide information to supporters of survivors (relatives/friends/workers) and training on the issues of CSA to workers when resources allow.

Objects

THE RELIEF AND PREVENTION OF THE FURTHER SUFFERING OF PEOPLE IN THE DERBYSHIRE AREA WHO ARE SURVIVORS OF CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE OR INCEST, BY THE PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE, SUPPORT AND SERVICES OR AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

Area of benefit: DERBYSHIRE

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a positive financial outcome for the period with total funds increasing to £362,094. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves of £261,722 are sufficient to meet the policy target of three months' running costs (£94,530). Funding is described as secure until 2026, though the charity remains reliant on grant funding.

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 5 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08436085

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• AGAR, Andrew Peter — director, appointed 15/03/2026on trustee list
• DACKIEWICZ, Jane Lesley — director, appointed 15/02/2026on trustee list
• PINFOLD, Sarah — director, appointed 15/02/2026on trustee list
• HANNEY, Lewis — director, appointed 21/09/2020on trustee list
• GRANT, Michelle — director, appointed 18/11/2014on trustee list
• THORNTON-DELVE, Alison — secretary, appointed 01/08/2017

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~4.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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 (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (12/12/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Michelle Grantchair
• Alison Thornton-Delve
• Andrew Agar
• Lewis Hanney
• Sarah Pinfold
• jane Dackiewicz

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

Operates in: Derbyshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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