TALL SHIPS YOUTH TRUST

Registered charity 314229 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE SAIL TRAINING ASSOCIATION

The Tall Ships Youth Trust is dedicated to the personal development of young people through the crewing of Tall Ships. Its principal activities are to provide opportunities for young people to go to sea on the Trust's ocean going sail training vessels and to promote sail training internationally.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.9m
Latest spending
£2.0m
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The provided document is limited to the Report of the Independent Auditor and does not contain financial statements, trustee reports, or narrative sections detailing the charity's financial position, reserves, or operational performance. Consequently, no facts regarding financial health can be extracted from this specific text.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Moore (South) LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Tall Ships Youth Trust (matched by registered charity number).

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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 28/02/2025)

Total income
£1.9m
Total spending
£2.0m
Cost of raising funds
£393k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
23

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 21.0% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
28/02/2025£1.9m£2.0m
29/02/2024£1.9m£1.8m
28/02/2023£1.7m£1.8m
28/02/2022£1.3m£1.5m
28/02/2021£1.3m£1.3m

Common questions

Is TALL SHIPS YOUTH TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The provided document is limited to the Report of the Independent Auditor and does not contain financial statements, trustee reports, or narrative sections detailing the charity's financial position, reserves, or operational performance. Consequently, no facts regarding financial health can be extracted from this specific text. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Moore (South) LLP.

Who funds TALL SHIPS YOUTH TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name TALL SHIPS YOUTH TRUST as a grant recipient include THE CADOGAN CHARITY, THE KIRBY LAING FOUNDATION, THE STEVEN BLOCH IMAGE OF DISABILITY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE IMP TRUST, THE ASSOCIATION OF SAIL TRAINING ORGANISATIONS.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE CADOGAN CHARITYFY2023£175kanimal welfare charities
THE KIRBY LAING FOUNDATIONFY2022£110kEngineering / Promoting careers in engineering
THE STEVEN BLOCH IMAGE OF DISABILITY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£91kGrant
THE IMP TRUSTFY2024£89k
THE ASSOCIATION OF SAIL TRAINING ORGANISATIONSFY2022£62kLifeboat grants
THE HISCOX FOUNDATIONFY2022£60k
THE CORPORATION OF TRINITY HOUSE OF DEPTFORD STRONDFY2022£47kYouth Opportunities and Training
THE SHIPWRIGHTS CHARITABLE FUNDFY2025£22kOutdoor Activity Bursary
The Barratt Redrow FoundationFY2022£20kMonthly grants programme
The Trillium Trust UKFY2025£20k
THE SHIPWRIGHTS CHARITABLE FUNDFY2024£20kOutdoor Activity Bursaries
THE BASSIL SHIPPAM AND ALSFORD TRUSTFY2025£20kcommitment
THE SHIPWRIGHTS CHARITABLE FUNDFY2022£20k
THE SHIPWRIGHTS CHARITABLE FUNDFY2023£20kOutdoor Activity Bursary
THE ASSOCIATION OF SAIL TRAINING ORGANISATIONSFY2025£19kHammond Innes Bursaries
THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUSTFY2024£15kSecondary
THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUSTFY2023£15kPrimary
THE CORPORATION OF TRINITY HOUSE OF DEPTFORD STRONDFY2025£15kYouth Opportunities and Training
The Ashley Family FoundationFY2022£11k
PEACOCK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£11k
PEACOCK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£11k
PEACOCK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£11k
THE STEVEN BLOCH IMAGE OF DISABILITY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£11k
THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£10k
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITYFY2021£10kYouth
THE VALENTINE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£10k
The Trillium Trust UKFY2024£10k
THE VALENTINE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£10k
THE VALENTINE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£10k
THE VALENTINE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£7k
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITYFY2023£6kYouth
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITYFY2024£6kYouth
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITYFY2022£6kYouth
THE CADOGAN CHARITYFY2024£6keducational
THE CHILDHOOD TRUSTFY2022£5k
THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITYFY2022£5k
THE ALAN EDWARD HIGGS CHARITYFY2024£5kTo enable 5 disadvantaged young people from Coventry or Warwickshire to take part in a voyage
THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£5k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIOFY2024£5kOther grants
THE LAWSON TRUST CIOFY2025£5k
The Trillium Trust UKFY2023£5k
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUNDFY2025£5k
THE ALLEN OVERY SHEARMAN STERLING FOUNDATIONFY2024£5k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIOFY2023£5k
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUNDFY2022£5k
THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£5k
SIR WILLIAM BOREMAN'S FOUNDATIONFY2025£5k
THE HADFIELD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£5kYouth and Employment
THE CHARLOTTE BONHAM-CARTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£5k
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£4k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund13/11/2025£20kChanging Young Lives at Sea
The Gannochy Trust15/03/2024—towards 3-year programme and voyages of Exploration, Empowerment and Leadership
The National Lottery Community Fund29/04/2022£10kTSYT Hub - Essential Maintenance Project
City Bridge Foundation27/09/2012£68kGrant to Tall Ships Youth Trust
The National Lottery Community Fund13/11/2006£5kTall Ships - Changing Lives
The National Lottery Community Fund16/03/2006£5kTall Ships - Changing Lives

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.

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
TALL SHIPS YOUTH TRUST£1.9m——unclear—no doubt
THE SEACHANGE TRUST FY2025£2.8m——unclear—no doubt
OCEAN YOUTH TRUST SOUTH FY2025£852k—0unclear7.0%no doubt
KINETIC YOUTH FY2025£1.3m—1below—no doubt
THE ROYAL MASONIC TRUST FOR GIRLS AND BOYS FY2025£467k——unclear—no doubt
THE TITUS TRUST FY2025£1.7m—0above—no doubt

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