# THE PIONEER SAILING TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1077522
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [03830241](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03830241)
- **Registered:** Sept. 22, 1999
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1077522


## Contact

- **Address:** HARKERS YARD, SHIPYARD ESTATE, BRIGHTLINGSEA
- **Postcode:** CO7 0AR
- **Phone:** 01206 303373
- **Email:** info@pioneersailingtrust.org.uk
- **Website:** www.pioneersailingtrust.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** (A) TO ACQUIRE, RESTORE, MAINTAIN AND PRESERVE IN SAILING CONDITION THE LAST REMAINING 1ST CLASS ESSEX SMACK &#x27;THE PIONEER&#x27; (CK18), USING AS FAR AS IS REASONABLY PRACTICAL SIMILAR MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES TO THOSE USED IN THE VESSEL&#x27;S ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION, IN ORDER TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE NATURE, HISTORY AND OPERATION OF SUCH A VESSEL AND THE SKILLS REQUIRED IN USING AND CONSERVING IT; (B) TO ACQUIRE AND/OR TO RESTORE, TO MAINTAIN OR TO PRESERVE IN SEAWORTHY AND OPERATIONAL CONDITION OTHER HISTORIC VESSELS, USING AS FAR AS IS REASONABLY PRACTICAL SIMILAR MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES TO THOSE USED IN THE VESSELS? ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION, IN ORDER TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE NATURE, HISTORY AND OPERATION OF SUCH VESSELS AND THE SKILLS REQUIRED IN USING AND CONSERVING THEM; (C) TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND APPRENTICESHIPS IN PARTICULAR TO THOSE IN NEED OF SUCH TRAINING AND APPRENTICESHIPS BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE, IN ORDER TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE BUILDING AND RESTORATION OF BOATS; (D) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF BOATS, BOAT BUILDING AND SAILING BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT; (E) TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR SAILING AND ROWING; (F) TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES IN SAILING AND ALLIED ACTIVITIES AND IN PARTICULAR TO PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE BY REASON OF THEIR AGE, YOUTH, DISABILITY, INFIRMITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES; AND (G) SUCH OTHER PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE

**Activities:** Pioneer CK18, a 1st Class Essex Smack, has been restored by the Trust.  The Trust provides sail training and recreational activities to persons who have need of such facilities in the interests of social welfare by reason of their age, youth, disability, infirmity, poverty or social or economic circumstances. Boatbuilder apprenticeships are provided to train young people for future employment.




## Classification

- **How:** Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Amateur Sport, Environment/conservation/heritage, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| JAMES ALEXANDER HAMILTON GEARY BA, ACA |  | March 1, 2016 |
| James Mark Ormerod |  | April 16, 2024 |
| Jane Hadlow |  | Jan. 9, 2024 |
| RUPERT MARKS |  |  |



## Linked charities

- THE PIONEER ENDOWMENT FUND (1077522-1)



