# THE RYA FOUNDATION

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1084351
- **Other names:** RYA SAILABILITY
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [04129560](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04129560)
- **Registered:** Jan. 5, 2001
- **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=1084351


## Contact

- **Address:** RYA HOUSE, ENSIGN WAY, HAMBLE, SOUTHAMPTON
- **Postcode:** SO31 4YA
- **Phone:** 023 8060 4100
- **Email:** info@ryafoundation.org
- **Website:** www.rya.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** The objects of the Charity are, for the benefit of the public, the promotion of community participation in healthy recreation of the sport of boating by (but not exclusively by):a) the provision of facilities, equipment and training for participation in boating;b) the provision of grants and other assistance to individuals in need by reason of their youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage; c) the advancement of education of the general public on boating and water safety and environmental protection of the seas, inland waters and marine coastal habitats;and in any other ways which are exclusively charitable under the laws of England and Wales as the Trustees may from time to time think fit.

**Activities:** The charity&#x27;s objectives are:  to provide or assist in the provision of facilities for recreation for disabled people;  to promote and encourage recreational sailing by disabled people through co-ordination and integration with sailing clubs and associations.   The trustees achieve this by undertaking fundraising activities and making appropriate grants.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, Disability, Amateur Sport
- **Who:** Children/young People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, THE UNITED KINGDOM.
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Debbie BLACHFORD** | Chair | Jan. 6, 2017 |
| Abigail Sowler |  | Oct. 24, 2018 |
| Alison Louise Gunn |  | Nov. 17, 2021 |
| Edward Phillips |  | Oct. 24, 2018 |
| Hannah Wilcox |  | Sept. 23, 2025 |
| Katherine Margaret Neylan |  | Nov. 19, 2023 |
| Keith Bibby |  | Nov. 19, 2023 |
| Margaret Patricia Delany |  | Nov. 17, 2021 |




