OXFORD SAIL TRAINING TRUST

Registered charity 900436 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OXFORD AND DISTRICT SCHOOL SAILING ASSOCIATION

We provide the opportunity for adults and young people to go sailing at Farmoor Reservoir near Oxford. We teach sailing to both able and disabled young people.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE (ASSOCIATION) TRUST SHALL BE TO ORGANIZE, PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE ORGANISATION OR PROVISION OF FACILITIES WHICH WILL ENABLE AND ENCOURAGE , IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY YOUNG PEOPLE, INCLUDING PUPILS OF SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES AND YOUTH ORGANISATIONS TO LEARN AND UNDERTAKE SAILING, BOATING AND ALLIED ACTIVITIES, AND THEREBY TO ASSIST IN ENSURING THAT DUE ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO THE PHYSICAL, EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH YOUNG PEOPLE AS WELL AS THE EDUCATION OF THEIR MINDS

Area of benefit: THE COUNTY OF OXFORDSHIRE

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £396,191 to £330,519, resulting in a net movement in funds deficit of £65,672. The trustees report that the Trust remains financially stable and well placed to continue delivering its charitable objectives.

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 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
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2021)

Reported reserves equal ~14.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Edward Thorne
• George Edward Simmonds
• Jeremy Sharp
• Julian Pearson
• Julian Wale

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

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Government & lottery funding

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