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THE SCARAMOUCHE SAILING TRUST

Registered charity 1183400 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our Charity provides opportunities for disadvantaged inner city children to enhance their life chances through sailing.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£351k
Latest spending
£246k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £149,309, comprising £69,309 in general reserves and £65,000 in contingency funds. The charity reported a net income of £105,313 against total expenditure of £245,627, resulting in a net movement in funds of £105,313. The trustees hold reserves to ensure the charity can continue as a going concern and mitigate risks such as boat maintenance and donor loss.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Individual donors (52% of income)
“Individual donors 181,055”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Fundraising cost ratio: 12.0% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“Within this, we spent a total of £41,928 on fundraising, demonstrating a return of over £8 in income for every £1 spent on fundraising.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Jon Holt is a trustee of the charity and also leads Greig City Academy’s sailing programme. He was recused from all decisions about grants made by the charity to GCA.
“Jon Holt is a trustee of the charity and also leads Greig City Academy’s sailing programme. This enables the necessary and efficient co-ordination between the two entities. He was recused from all decisions about grants made by the charity to GCA.” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Scaramouche Sailing Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£351k£246k
31/08/2024£231k£267k
31/08/2023£184k£86k
31/08/2022£106k£65k
31/08/2021£29k£25k

Common questions

Is THE SCARAMOUCHE SAILING TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased to £149,309, comprising £69,309 in general reserves and £65,000 in contingency funds. The charity reported a net income of £105,313 against total expenditure of £245,627, resulting in a net movement in funds of £105,313. The trustees hold reserves to ensure the charity can continue as a going concern and mitigate risks such as boat maintenance and donor loss. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE SCARAMOUCHE SAILING TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE SCARAMOUCHE SAILING TRUST as a grant recipient include THE PAULINE AVIGES-GRAHAM FOUNDATION, PETER HARRISON FOUNDATION, THE BAND TRUST, THE CORPORATION OF TRINITY HOUSE OF DEPTFORD STROND, THE FRENCH HUGUENOT CHURCH OF LONDON CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PAULINE AVIGES-GRAHAM FOUNDATIONFY2025£30k
PETER HARRISON FOUNDATIONFY2025£30ktowards the core casts of the Nautical Pathways Programme
THE BAND TRUSTFY2024£25kDisadvantaged
THE CORPORATION OF TRINITY HOUSE OF DEPTFORD STRONDFY2025£11kYouth Opportunities and Training
THE FRENCH HUGUENOT CHURCH OF LONDON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2kEducational Fund Grant

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
DUCHY HEALTH CHARITY LIMITED2£146k
THE SHIPWRIGHTS CHARITABLE FUND2£3k
THE MILLENNIUM OAK TRUST1—
REARDON SMITH NAUTICAL TRUST1£164k
THE FRANK JACKSON FOUNDATION1£126k
THE CHARLES LEWIS FOUNDATION1£108k
THE KENNETH & SUSAN GREEN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£60k
THE ASSOCIATION OF SAIL TRAINING ORGANISATIONS1£56k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHILDREN'S SAILING TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE SCARAMOUCHE SAILING TRUST£351k—0unclear12.0%no doubt
CHILDREN'S SAILING TRUST FY2025£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt
THE ISLAND TRUST LIMITED FY2025£273k—0unclear11.3%no doubt
THE SCS TRUST FY2024£166k—0within—no doubt
THE CIRDAN SAILING TRUST (INCORPORATING THE FARAMIR TRUST) LIMITED FY2025£719k—0above—no doubt
THE SCULLERY FY2025£121k—0above—no doubt

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