SKIERS TRUST OF GREAT BRITAIN LIMITED

Registered charity 313185 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRITISH SKI EDUCATIONAL TRUST, BRITISH SKI EDUCATIONAL TRUST LTD, Skiers Trust

The charity supports snowsports by making grants primarily focused on young people and particularly in the context of education access for the disadvantaged, special educational needs, personal development and adventurous training, wellbeing and mental health as well as those developing their skills and talents as amateur sports competitors.

Objects

THE TRUST’S OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO PROMOTING FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE AMATEUR SPORT OF SKIING INCLUDING BY, AMONGST OTHER METHODS:1.1 IMPROVING ACCESS TO THE SPORT, FOR EXAMPLE BY PROVIDING INSTRUCTION, COACHING, EQUIPMENT AND TRANSPORT FOR SKIING AND ASSISTING WITH ASSOCIATED EXPENSES; AND1.2 PROVIDING SUPPORT, BOTH FINANCIAL AND OTHERWISE, TO THOSE WHO ARE TALENTED AT SKIING AND WISH TO DEVELOP THEIR ABILITY IN SKIING;2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION INCLUDING BY, AMONGST OTHER METHODS:2.1 PROVIDING EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN SKI SAFETY AND SKI INSTRUCTING AND COACHING; AND2.2 PROVIDING EDUCATION ABOUT THE GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, METEOROLOGY, ECOLOGY, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND OTHER PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SKIING AREAS;3. THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH OR THE SAVING OF LIVES INCLUDING BY, AMONGST OTHER METHODS:3.1 PROMOTING HEALTHY RECREATION AND SUPPORTING PEOPLE IN BECOMING MORE PHYSICALLY ACTIVE TO IMPROVE THEIR HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE;3.2 PROVIDING INSTRUCTION, COACHING AND EQUIPMENT TO IMPROVE SKI SAFETY; AND3.3 PROVIDING SUPPORT, BOTH FINANCIAL AND OTHERWISE, TO THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED OR ARE SUFFERING FROM A SKIING RELATED INJURY OR ILLNESS;4. THE EFFICIENCY OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE CROWN INCLUDING BY, AMONGST OTHER METHODS:4.1 PROVIDING MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPERIENCE SKIING; AND4.2 PROVIDING INSTRUCTION, COACHING AND EQUIPMENT FOR SKIING TO MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES;5. THE ADVANCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OR IMPROVEMENT BY, AMONGST OTHER METHODS, PROVIDING SUPPORT, BOTH FINANCIAL AND OTHERWISE, TO PROJECTS AND PROGRAMMES DESIGNED TO PRESERVE AND IMPROVE SKIING ENVIRONMENTS;6. THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE INCLUDING BY, AMONGST OTHER METHODS:6.1 PROVIDING SUPPORT, BOTH FINANCIAL AND OTHERWISE TO RESEARCH INTO THE GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, METEOROLOGY, ECOLOGY, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND OTHER PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SKIING AREAS; AND6.2 PROVIDING SUPPORT BOTH FINANCIAL AND OTHERWISE, TO RESEARCH INTO SKI SAFETY; AND7. THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BECAUSE OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THOSE WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN, OR CONTRIBUTED TO, THE SPORT OF SKIING, INCLUDING BY, AMONGST OTHER METHODS, PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH ACCESS TO THE SPORT OF SKIING, AND SUPPORTING THEM, BOTH FINANCIALLY AND OTHERWISE.

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

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total net assets increased to £363,552, with unrestricted reserves standing at £215,030. The trustees report that reserves are at a sufficiently good level to provide a sound foundation for the future, despite noting that fundraising remains extremely difficult due to global economic pressures.

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 5 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media 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)

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

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

Funders the charity credits

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

• Rathbones — “Rathbones provides individual investment and wealth management services for private clients, charities, trustees and professional partners. …” (source page)
• The Wates Family Enterprise Trust — “The Wates Family Enterprise Trust is an independent charity set up by the Wates family, the owners of the Wates Group . Launched in 2008, th…” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID LIONEL BUDGEchair
• Caroline Louise Geraldine MARCH PHILLIPPS DE LISLE
• Carolyn Ingrid CHRISTOPHERSEN MBE
• Gareth Scott Mason
• Peter Edward Lowe

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BRITISH SPORTS TRUST.

• THE BRITISH SPORTS TRUST income £2.3m
• GARY KESNER TRUST income £163k
• BOOST CHARITABLE TRUST income £263k
• THE UPHILL SKI CLUB OF GREAT BRITAIN income £1.1m
• SKINNERS' EDUCATION FOUNDATION income £2.6m
• THE SNOW SPORTS FOUNDATION income £223k

Side by side with its peers

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