THE BOLEH TRUST

Registered charity 1175954 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The main aim of the Boleh Trust is to offer sailing opportunities to young people..

Objects

(1) TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH:(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN TRADITIONAL SHIPWRIGHT SKILLS.(B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.(C) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS IN LIFE.(2) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE PROMOTION, PRESERVATION AND MAINTENANCE OF BRITISH MARITIME HERITAGE AND, IN PARTICULAR THE PRESERVATION AND MAINTENANCE IN FULL WORKING ORDER OF EXAMPLES OF SAILING VESSELS OF HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE.(3) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES OR WHO ARE SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED.(4) THE PROVISION OF SAIL TRAINING AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND THEIR FAMILIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING THE WELFARE AND EFFICIENCY OF THE FORCES OF THE CROWN

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 · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £15,348 for the year ended 31 December 2025, marking the second consecutive year of such a deficit. Despite this, the trustees remain confident in the trust's viability, citing secured grants and a scaled-down budget for 2026, while noting that unrestricted funds have decreased to £94,364.

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 4 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting 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)

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Boleh Trust (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anthony Atkinson-Willes
• Brook White
• Bruce Grenville Snelling
• CAROLINE ELIZABETH MIDDLETON
• David J Critchley MA
• Nigel Craine
• Richard Thomas Metcalfe

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Side by side with its peers

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