Docklands Sailing Centre Trust

Registered charity 801049 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DOCKLAND SAILING CENTRE TRUST

Providing or assisting in the provision of facilities for water related activities for the public benefit in the interest of social welfare

Objects

TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR ANY WATER RELATED RECREATION ACTIVITIES AT THE DOCKLANDS SAILING CENTRE, MILLWALL DOCK AND ELSEWHERE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF PERSONS OF ALL AGES LIVING IN LONDON WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES.

Area of benefit: PRIMARILY TOWER HAMLETS LB

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

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Registered contact address: Tower Hamlets, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the group reported a deficit of £9,341 for the period ended 30 September 2025, resulting in a decrease in total reserves to £188,281. Although free reserves of £31,626 are below the trustees' policy target of approximately £185,000, the group maintains a positive cash balance and sufficient liquidity to meet operational commitments. The trustees consider the going concern basis of preparation to remain appropriate based on detailed cash flow forecasts and expected future income.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by SCB (Accountants) Limited. 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 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 30/09/2025 (received 24/09/2026, 56 days after the 30/07/2026 due date); year ending 30/09/2024 (received 31/07/2025, 1 day after the 30/07/2025 due date); year ending 31/03/2022 (received 27/03/2023, 55 days after the 31/01/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02317321
• Trading subsidiary: DOCKLANDS SAILING CENTRE LIMITED Companies House 02319971 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Docklands Sailing Centre Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• HODGSON, David Morton — director, appointed 08/12/2022on trustee list
• DELANEY, Andrew Philip — director, appointed 20/06/2018on trustee list
• CHESTERTON, David Ian — director, appointed 30/10/2013on trustee list
• PHILLIPS, Margaret Rose — director, appointed 21/06/2010on trustee list
• SORENSEN, Kenneth Eric Correll — director, appointed 01/10/2009on trustee list
• YOUNG, Martin Ford — director, appointed 01/10/2009on trustee list

Official officers record.

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 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (58% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 51.1% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (23/10/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Martin Ford Youngchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Andrew Delaney
• David Chesterton
• David Morton Hodgson
• Kenneth Eric Sorensen · trustee of 2 other charities
• MARGARET ROSE PHILLIPS · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Tower Hamlets

Income and spending

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