CHRISTIAN YOUTH ENTERPRISES SAILING CENTRE

Registered charity 293781 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Water based activities include sailing, kayaking, open canoeing and improvised rafting. We also offer a wide range of land based activities specifically: archery tag, assault course, tunneling, climbing wall and archery.

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Latest income

£1.2m

Latest spending

£1.3m

Registered

1986

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted cash reserves were £140,000 at 31 March 2025, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover three months of management and administration costs. The charity reported a net surplus of £23,457 for the 15-month period ended 31 March 2025, with total funds held amounting to £3,054,378. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £140k)

“The trustees recognise the need for the charity to maintain free reserves sufficient to cover 3 months management, administration support costs, and such unexpected costs as may arise from time to time, should the charity suffer from a reduction in its income.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: One trustee was reimbursed £67 for meeting expenses. Payments of £12,663 were made to Doney Consulting Limited, owned by trustee Mr N Doney.

“None of the trustees (or any persons connected with them) received any remuneration during the period. One trustee was reimbursed £67 for meeting expenses during the period (Year ended 31.12.23: none). During the period to March 2025, the charity made payments for consultancy services totalling £12,663 (Year ended 31.12.23: £4,949) to Doney Consulting Limited, a company owned by one of the charity's trustees, Mr N Doney.” — page 21

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Consultancy services paid to Doney Consulting Limited, a company owned by trustee Mr N Doney.

“During the period to March 2025, the charity made payments for consultancy services totalling £12,663 (Year ended 31.12.23: £4,949) to Doney Consulting Limited, a company owned by one of the charity's trustees, Mr N Doney. These payments are permitted by the Memorandum & Articles of Association.” — page 21

“During the period the charity paid a service charge of £18,274 (year ended 2023 : £12,500) to its subsidiary, Sussex Enterprise Marine Ltd. (SEM).” — page 26

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Service charge paid to subsidiary Sussex Enterprise Marine Ltd (SEM).

“During the period to March 2025, the charity made payments for consultancy services totalling £12,663 (Year ended 31.12.23: £4,949) to Doney Consulting Limited, a company owned by one of the charity's trustees, Mr N Doney. These payments are permitted by the Memorandum & Articles of Association.” — page 21

“During the period the charity paid a service charge of £18,274 (year ended 2023 : £12,500) to its subsidiary, Sussex Enterprise Marine Ltd. (SEM).” — page 26

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Charges raised by subsidiary Sussex Enterprise Marine Ltd (SEM) for building works on Thwaites building.

“During the period to March 2025, the charity made payments for consultancy services totalling £12,663 (Year ended 31.12.23: £4,949) to Doney Consulting Limited, a company owned by one of the charity's trustees, Mr N Doney. These payments are permitted by the Memorandum & Articles of Association.” — page 21

“During the period the charity paid a service charge of £18,274 (year ended 2023 : £12,500) to its subsidiary, Sussex Enterprise Marine Ltd. (SEM).” — page 26

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Sussex Enterprise Marine Limited

“The charity's wholly owned subsidiary, Sussex Enterprise Marine Limited (SEM), is responsible for repairing and maintaining T S Resolute, it also served as the design & build contractor for project DELTA.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Ltd. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Mark Sheldrake — Centre Director (source)
Debbie Uren — General Manager (source)
Becky Hard — Operations Manager (source)
Tobi Stathers — Fundraising and Engagement Manager (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£1.3m

Total spending

£1.3m

Cost of raising funds

£5k

Reserves (reported)

£100k

Employees

17

Reported reserves equal ~0.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Christopher James Adams
Dr Richard Irving Walker · trustee of 2 other charities
Elizabeth Slinn
NIGEL IEUAN REES · trustee of 3 other charities
NORMAN EDWARD NOBLE DONEY · trustee of 1 other charity
Naomi Day · trustee of 1 other charity
Nicholas James Findlay Houston

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Surrey · West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£1.2m	£1.3m
31/12/2023	£1.3m	£819k
31/12/2022	£971k	£614k
31/12/2021	£945k	£630k
31/12/2020	£261k	£480k

Common questions

Is CHRISTIAN YOUTH ENTERPRISES SAILING CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted cash reserves were £140,000 at 31 March 2025, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover three months of management and administration costs. The charity reported a net surplus of £23,457 for the 15-month period ended 31 March 2025, with total funds held amounting to £3,054,378. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Xeinadin Audit Ltd.

Who funds CHRISTIAN YOUTH ENTERPRISES SAILING CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CHRISTIAN YOUTH ENTERPRISES SAILING CENTRE as a grant recipient include THE KIRBY LAING FOUNDATION, THE MAURICE AND HILDA LAING CHARITABLE TRUST, HOBDEN FOUNDATION, FRIARSGATE TRUST, THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE KIRBY LAING FOUNDATION	FY2022	£50k	Project Delta - New changing and staff accommodation facilities
THE MAURICE AND HILDA LAING CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£25k	Project Delta - New Changing and Staff Accommodation Facilities
THE KIRBY LAING FOUNDATION	FY2023	£25k	Children & Young People
HOBDEN FOUNDATION	FY2025	£20k
HOBDEN FOUNDATION	FY2024	£20k	Not specified
FRIARSGATE TRUST	FY2023	£10k	Education
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	FY2022	£4k	Youth

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 MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUST	2	£40k
THE ARCHER TRUST	2	£13k
THE RYA FOUNDATION	2	£9k
GRANGE FARM CENTRE	1	—
PETER DIXON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£105k
THE POINTER FAMILY TRUST	1	£75k
NORFOLK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£70k
THE PATRICK & HELENA FROST FOUNDATION	1	£60k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ESSA WATER ACTIVITIES CENTRE.

ESSA WATER ACTIVITIES CENTRE income £185k
CARDIGAN BAY WATERSPORTS income £64k
THE AHOY CENTRE income £549k
Docklands Sailing Centre Trust income £739k
ROYAL CANOE CLUB TRUST income £70k
OCEAN YOUTH TRUST SOUTH income £852k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CHRISTIAN YOUTH ENTERPRISES SAILING CENTRE	£1.2m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ESSA WATER ACTIVITIES CENTRE FY2024	£185k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CARDIGAN BAY WATERSPORTS FY2025	£64k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
THE AHOY CENTRE FY2025	£549k	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
Docklands Sailing Centre Trust FY2024	£739k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ROYAL CANOE CLUB TRUST FY2025	£70k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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