TALL SHIPS YOUTH TRUST
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.
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.
What the accounts disclose
Year-over-year changes
- Going concern: material uncertainty (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).
Property (HM Land Registry)
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 28/02/2025)
Trustees
- David Owen Aisherchair
- Andrew James Martyn
- Emma Bradshaw
- Helen Phillips
- Julian Brown
- Martin Layng
- Nicholas James Andrews
- Philippe dOrnano
- Simon Edwards
- Zafar Rushdie
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 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
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 13/11/2025 | £20k | Changing Young Lives at Sea |
| The Gannochy Trust | 15/03/2024 | — | towards 3-year programme and voyages of Exploration, Empowerment and Leadership |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 29/04/2022 | £10k | TSYT Hub - Essential Maintenance Project |
| City Bridge Foundation | 27/09/2012 | £68k | Grant to Tall Ships Youth Trust |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 13/11/2006 | £5k | Tall Ships - Changing Lives |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 16/03/2006 | £5k | Tall Ships - Changing Lives |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| THE ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE FUND | 1 | £110k |
| PETER DIXON CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £105k |
| THE POINTER FAMILY TRUST | 1 | £75k |
| THE CORNERSTONE WORKS LTD | 1 | £72k |
| THE PATRICK & HELENA FROST FOUNDATION | 1 | £60k |
| THE ALMOND TRUST | 1 | £50k |
| THE LAMBERT CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £5k |
| THE ASHBURNHAM THANKSGIVING TRUST | 1 | £3k |
Charities like this
- THE SEACHANGE TRUST
- OCEAN YOUTH TRUST SOUTH
- KINETIC YOUTH
- THE ROYAL MASONIC TRUST FOR GIRLS AND BOYS
- THE TITUS TRUST
- THE CHELTENHAM TRUST
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TALL SHIPS YOUTH TRUST | £1.9m | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| THE SEACHANGE TRUST | £2.8m | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| OCEAN YOUTH TRUST SOUTH | £852k | — | 0 | unclear | 7.0% | no doubt |
| KINETIC YOUTH | £1.3m | — | 1 | below | — | no doubt |
| THE ROYAL MASONIC TRUST FOR GIRLS AND BOYS | £467k | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| THE TITUS TRUST | £1.7m | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |