ARMY SAILING ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1152679 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ASA

The promotion of efficiency of the Armed Forces by the provision and support of sailing activities and facilities for the well-being of service personnel. This is delivered through Offshore sailing, dinghy sailing, windsurfing, kitesurfing specifically at the Army Indoor Sailing Training Centre (South) based at Thorney Island

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £3,320,070, which is above the stated minimum policy target of £100,000. The trustees confirm that finances remain positive and sufficient resources are held to enable each fund to be applied in accordance with restrictions, indicating no immediate liquidity risks.

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (70% 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: 42.5% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (26/06/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Colonel Edward Butterworth
• Colonel Julian Mark Facer
• Colonel Neil Wilson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lt Col Anthony John Fairs
• Major General Thomas Howard Bewick
• Nicholas Nottingham
• Tom Newman
• jack harrison

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ROYAL AIR FORCE SAILING ASSOCIATION.

• ROYAL AIR FORCE SAILING ASSOCIATION income £135k
• WARDROOM MESS HMS SEAHAWK income £180k
• ARMY RIFLE ASSOCIATION income £211k
• WEYMOUTH SAILING CLUB CIO income £275k
• ROYAL NAVAL SAILING ASSOCIATION income £1.0m
• ARMY ADVENTUROUS ACTIVITIES FUND income £188k

Side by side with its peers

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