ARNSIDE SAILING CLUB

Registered charity 1200999 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Arnside Sailing Club offers water sports including sailing, kayaking and paddleboarding from its main base on Morecambe Bay and Killington Lake. The Club has craft and equipment available for use and being an RYA Recognised Training Centre, can offer training courses to its members and the general public. The Club actively seeks to encourage young people to get involved in its water activities.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CLUB ARE:(1) TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT FOR WATER SPORTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SAILING, PADDLE BOARDING, KAYAKING, AND CANOEING, AND ORGANISING A PROGRAMME OF WATER SPORTS ACTIVITIES.(2) THE PROMOTION OF THE MARITIME HERITAGE OF ARNSIDE VILLAGE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PRESERVATION, REPAIR, AND MAINTENANCE OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND CRAFT IN ARNSIDE.(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.

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: Westmorland and Furness, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £6,695 for the year ended 31 October 2025, driven by expenses exceeding income. The trustees note that the club is not generating enough income to invest in facility upgrades or equipment replacement, making it dependent on grants and donations for new initiatives. Despite this, the charity held unrestricted cash reserves of £27,682, which exceed its stated policy target of £18,000.

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
• Risk management
• 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
• 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 3 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/10/2023 (received 12/09/2024, 12 days after the 31/08/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• National Lottery Heritage Fund — “Her restoration was funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and other grants.” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alasdair Gordon Chisholm Simpsonchair
• Alan Dawson
• Andrew Pringle
• CHRISTOPHER STANGER
• Jane Caldwell

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

Operates in: Cumbria

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 OULTON BROAD WATER SPORTS CENTRE.

• OULTON BROAD WATER SPORTS CENTRE income £89k
• HAWLEY LAKE SAIL TRAINING CENTRE income £187k
• CARDIGAN BAY WATERSPORTS income £64k
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• HORNING SAILING CLUB income £131k
• CHRISTIAN YOUTH ENTERPRISES SAILING CENTRE income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

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