DEBEN YACHT CLUB

Registered charity 1183054 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DYC

Deben Yacht Club promotes community participation in healthy recreation for the public benefit in Woodbridge and the surrounding area by the provision of facilities for sailing, including:- providing teaching in the skills of sailing in dinghies and yachts;- providing training for instructors and members including safety practices and the use of safety power boats.

Objects

3. ObjectsThe objects of the CIO are:The promotion of community participation in healthy recreation for the public benefit in Woodbridge and the surrounding area by the provision of facilities for sailing and paddle sports including:- providing learning and teaching in the skills of sailing in dinghies and yachts;- providing learning and teaching in paddling skills;- providing training for instructors and members including in safety practices and the use of safety power boats

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 · Amateur Sport · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£86k
Latest spending
£77k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated an operational surplus of £9,628 against income of £86,132.39 and expenditure of £76,504.62. Free reserves are reported as £181,212.57, which the trustees indicate are held to cover maintenance and replacement of assets and cater for expected future capital expenditure.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: Maintain reserves to cater for expected future capital expenditure. (held: £181k)
“Maintain reserves to cater for expected future capital expenditure.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£86k£77k
30/09/2024£86k£68k
30/09/2023£84k£22k
30/09/2022£76k£57k
30/09/2021£77k£81k

Common questions

Is DEBEN YACHT CLUB financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated an operational surplus of £9,628 against income of £86,132.39 and expenditure of £76,504.62. Free reserves are reported as £181,212.57, which the trustees indicate are held to cover maintenance and replacement of assets and cater for expected future capital expenditure.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England16/04/2015£10kIncreasing the Number and Type of Club Boats
Sport England16/04/2014£50kDeben Yacht Club Changing Rooms Improvement