THE WOOLVERSTONE SAILABILITY PROJECT

Registered charity 1210807 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE WOOLVERSTONE PROJECT

Objects

FOR THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN EAST ANGLIA AND TO EDUCATE SUCH PERSONS THROUGH THE PROVISION SAILING OR SAILING RELATED FACILITIES INSTRUCTION AND EXPERIENCE INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF A CENTRE TO GIVE SUCH EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING IN SAILING AND SEAMANSHIP FOR SUCH PERSONS USING ROYAL YACHTING ASSOCIATION QUALIFIED INSTRUCTORS AND FACILITIES AND THE ORGANISATION OF WINTER COURSES AND LECTURES FOR SUCH PERSONS COVERING SAILING IN ITS WIDEST APPLICATION TO INCLUDE NAVIGATION BOATWORK AND CRUISING KNOWLEDGE LEADING TO ENHANCED SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL SKILLS CONFIDENCE BUILDING AND SELF ESTEEM

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

Causes: Disability · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Babergh, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved an operation surplus of £25,248 and a total surplus for the year of £3,868. The trustees maintain a designated revenue reserve fund of £60,123, which they state is held to cover the first six months of operation costs for the following year. The charity relies heavily on volunteers and diverse funding sources, including grants and donations, to support its activities.

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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses 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.

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

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (20/03/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Cooke MSc MRSCchair
• Dorothy Steeds
• Dr Angela ColClough
• Peter Hibberd
• Sally Barbara Moore
• Simon Hewitt
• Willem Abraham van der Have

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Essex · Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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