CARSINGTON SAILABILITY TRUST

Registered charity 1196940 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity provides support for the operation of Sailability by the Sailability section of Carsington Sailability Club. Carsington Sailability's aim is to enable people with physical and/or mental disabilities to try sailing and take part regularly. The charity owns and maintains boats and equipment such as buoyancy aids and hoists which it loans to the sailing club.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF WATER-BASED ACTIVITIES AT CARSINGTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS, IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF THEIR LIFE.

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

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Registered contact address: Derbyshire Dales, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£31k

Latest spending

£6k

Registered

2021

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £31,300, with unrestricted reserves held at £1,000, meeting the trustees' stated policy target. The charity holds no cash funds at year-end and reports no liabilities, indicating a stable financial position with no concerns regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: National Lottery (61% of income)

“Total income from all sources was £31,300 including £19,000 from National Lottery”

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: set the reserves at £1,000 (reserves figure: £1k)

“In order to meet these, the Trustees resolved to set the reserves at £1,000.”

Per its FY2026 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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2026

Volunteers: 10
Government income: £3,290 — grants £3,290 (1); 11% of the £31,299 total gross income on the same return
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 10
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 10
Government income: £7,500 — grants £7,500 (2); 48% of the £15,485 total gross income on the same return
Grant-making is its main activity

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

Richard Mollartchair
Anthony Frank Greenwood Nicholson
Kathleen Margaret Chamberlain
Keith Douglas Stubbs
Richard David Hucker
Richard Jillings
Sarah Loiuse Spencer
Trevor Alan Ironmonger

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

Operates in: Derbyshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2026	£31k	£6k
31/03/2025	£5k	£11k
31/03/2024	£15k	£5k
31/03/2023	£14k	£12k

Common questions

Is CARSINGTON SAILABILITY TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year was £31,300, with unrestricted reserves held at £1,000, meeting the trustees' stated policy target. The charity holds no cash funds at year-end and reports no liabilities, indicating a stable financial position with no concerns regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	07/08/2025	£19k	New Sailing Boat Purchase for those with Disability

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE RYA FOUNDATION	2	£16k
DUCHY HEALTH CHARITY LIMITED	1	£72k
THE KENNETH & SUSAN GREEN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£70k
PETER HARRISON FOUNDATION	1	£25k
THE CORPORATION OF TRINITY HOUSE OF DEPTFORD STROND	1	£22k
THE EMMANUEL KAYE FOUNDATION	1	£20k
THE GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS' FUND OF BENEVOLENCE	1	£12k
THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FRENSHAM POND SAILABILITY.

FRENSHAM POND SAILABILITY income £84k
COWES SAILABILITY CLUB income £52k
EAST ANGLIAN SAILING TRUST income £67k
ACCESSIBLE BOATING ASSOCIATION income £45k
SAILABILITY@WHITEFRIARS income £74k
POOLE SAILABILITY income £31k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CARSINGTON SAILABILITY TRUST	£31k	—	no_policy	—	no doubt
FRENSHAM POND SAILABILITY FY2025	£84k	—	above	—	no doubt
COWES SAILABILITY CLUB FY2025	£52k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
EAST ANGLIAN SAILING TRUST FY2025	£67k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ACCESSIBLE BOATING ASSOCIATION FY2025	£45k	—	above	—	no doubt
SAILABILITY@WHITEFRIARS FY2025	£74k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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