DART SAILABILITY GROUP

Registered charity 1155753 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DSG

Dart Sailability exists to encourage anyone with a disability to take part and enjoy waterborne activities on The River Dart in Dartmouth, Devon and is run entirely by volunteers. Purpose built boats, which can be adapted to meet the needs of individual sailors are available to enable disabled people to get afloat. A hoist is available to safely lift wheelchair users into the boats.

Objects

TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE, IN PARTICULAR, BY ENCOURAGING RECREATIONAL AND COMPETITIVE SAILING IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON.

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 · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net deficit of £21,576 for the year, driven by increased costs and a drop in donations, reducing unrestricted reserves to £42,496. Despite this, the Trustees state that available funds exceed two years' operating costs and the charity remains solvent. However, there is ongoing uncertainty regarding the redevelopment of the marina site and potential future increases in facility costs.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• THE ALAN GOODENOUGH CHARITABLE TRUST — “THE ALAN GOODENOUGH CHARITABLE TRUST” (source page)

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (24/03/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Neil Conrad Strevenschair
• Charlie Hindley
• Christopher James Wood
• Christopher Tamlyn
• Derek Robert Lowe
• Dr Christopher Smith
• Nikolas Lane
• Richard William Tonks
• Stuart Saunders

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.