TURN TO STARBOARD

Registered charity 1161201 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Turn to Starboard uses RYA sailing courses and sailing experiences to support retired and serving UK Armed Forces personnel who have been affected by their service . Our focus is on re-integration, re-engagement and providing tangible experiences, expert training and career building opportunities, all in a supportive and unique environment.

Objects

TO ASSIST IN THE RECOVERY AND CARE OF BOTH SERVING AND EX-SERVING MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE CROWN, MEMBERS OF UK EMERGENCY SERVICES AND NHS STAFF WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM MENTAL OR PHYSICAL ILLNESS OF ANY DESCRIPTION, OR IN NEED OF REHABILITATION, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION, IN PARTICULAR FACILITIES FOR SAILING, IN ORDER THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE BE IMPROVED.

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 · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cornwall, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £23,591 for the year ended 30 September 2025, resulting in a decrease in total net assets. The trustees note that the charity currently holds no free reserves, falling short of its stated policy target of six months of general running costs, although it is actively pursuing diversified income streams to improve financial resilience.

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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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
• Trustee expenses 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Turn to Starboard (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• Veterans Foundation — “Our Partners and Supporters Veterans Foundation” (source page)
• The RAF Benevolent Fund — “The RAF Benevolent Fund” (source page)
• The Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity — “The Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity” (source page)
• The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust — “The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust” (source page)
• Army Benevolent Fund — “Army Benevolent Fund” (source page)
• Positive Pathways Programme — “Positive Pathways Programme” (source page)
• The Sylvia and Colin Shepherd Charitable Trust — “The Sylvia and Colin Shepherd Charitable Trust” (source page)
• Garfield Weston Foundation — “Garfield Weston Foundation” (source page)
• Medlock Charitable Trust — “Medlock Charitable Trust” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (35% 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: 2.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (09/10/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (09/02/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alan Robinson
• Elaine Roberts · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lee Hazard
• Mark Lorriman-Hughes
• Neil Mansfield Harper
• Sarah Leslie Louise Marshall
• Sharon Scully

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE RYA FOUNDATION.

• THE RYA FOUNDATION income £224k
• STAR THROWERS CIO income £333k
• THE RONA TRUST income £641k
• YOUNG STAR MENTORING income £27k
• TURN TRUST income £672k
• WALKING WITH THE WOUNDED income £5.1m

Side by side with its peers

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