ROYAL DART YOUTH SAILING TRUST

Registered charity 1167579 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RDYST

HELPS IN THE PROVISION OF TRAINING, EVENT ORGANISATION, EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES FOR WATER BASED SPORTS PARTICULARLY SAILING BASED ON THE RIVER DART FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. MAY PROVIDE GRANTS TO LOCAL YOUNG PEOPLE FOR SAIL RELATED TRAINING IN S. DEVON

Objects

TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE IN SOUTH DEVON AND ADVANCE THEM IN LIFE ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH SAILING ACTIVITIES AND INSTRUCTION SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY

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

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The Royal Dart Youth Sailing Trust reported a significant increase in total funds, rising from £37,800.47 to £65,181.68, driven by a net income of £27,381. This positive financial movement contrasts with the prior year's net expenditure of £4,886. The charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £48,683.68 alongside designated funds of £16,498.00, indicating a stable financial position with no disclosed liabilities or material uncertainties.

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 3 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 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
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Royal Dart Youth Sailing Trust (RDYST) (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• John Morgan Ellwoodchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Annette Smith
• Christine Ann Ensor
• John Bengt Griffin
• Kirsty Bower
• Lee Kennington
• Mark Green
• Martin Vincent Eyre
• Rosemary Christine Stewart Tomison BDS Dundee

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ROYAL SOUTHERN YACHT CLUB TRUST.

• ROYAL SOUTHERN YACHT CLUB TRUST income £61k
• Sail Training Trust income £195k
• THE CHESIL SAILING TRUST income £21k
• DEE SEA SCOUT GROUP income £28k
• CHILDREN'S SAILING TRUST income £490k
• PORTLAND UNIT OF THE SEA CADET CORPS income £93k

Side by side with its peers

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