2021-12-31-accounts - Chesil Sailability

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Chesil Sailability Annual Report & Accounts

1[st] January 2021 to 31[st] December 2021

Annual Report

1. Reference and Administra@ve Details

Charity name: Chesil Sailability

Charity Registra@on number: 1154416 (Registered 31[st] October 2013)

Principal office: Chesil Sailability, c/o 42 South Court Avenue, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 2BZ.

Trustees:

During the year ended 31st December 2021

Trustee	Ofce	Original appointment	Most recent re-appointment
David Grifth	Chair	7thFebruary 2017	28thJuly 2020
Kirsty Lydeard	Secretary	19thMay 2014	27thSeptember 2021
Mike Clarkson	Treasurer	19thMay 2014	9thApril 2019
Hugh de Iongh		31stOctober 2013	28thJuly 2020
Philip Hall		31stOctober 2013	9thApril 2019
Shaun Kerigan		5thJune 2017	27thSeptember 2021
Rob Lydeard		5thJune 2017	27thSeptember 2021
Louis Gale		28thJuly 2020

Bankers:

Lloyds Bank, Current & Deposit Account, 1-2 High West Street, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 1UG CAF Bank, 25 Kings Hill Avenue, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent, ME19 4JQ

2. Structure, Governance and Management

Governing Document

Chesil Sailability is a Charitable Incorporated OrganisaZon (CIO), with a consZtuZon as its governing document, dated Tuesday 28[th] July 2020 (as at last amendment).

Appointment of Trustees

All the current Trustees have been elected by Chesil Sailability members through the Annual General MeeZng. The ConsZtuZon also allows Trustees to be co-opted. All Trustees are unpaid.

OrganisaZonal structure

The organisaZonal structure of the charity has remained unchanged in 2021.

AfliaZon

Chesil Sailability is affiliated to Royal YachZng AssociaZon Sailability and is accredited by Royal YachZng AssociaZon Sailability for disability sailing at our venue.

Risk Management

The Board of Trustees and the Committee of Chesil Sailability believe that sound risk management is integral to both good management and good governance practice, and a culture of risk management is embedded throughout the charity. Risk management should form an integral part of the charity’s decision–making and be incorporated within strategic and operational planning.

A Register of Risk Assessments is maintained, idenZfying the main areas of risk and the relevant specific Risk Assessment and review cycle.

3. Charity Objects

The charitable object of Chesil Sailability is:

‘To promote the equality, inclusion and relief and the rehabilitaZon and good health of disabled people and to improve their condiZons of life through providing and assisZng in the provision of acZviZes, faciliZes, equipment and services to enable them to parZcipate in healthy recreaZon and in parZcular but not exclusively in sailing and other water sports.’

Chesil Sailability implements its charitable object by providing sailing opportuniZes for people with disabiliZes (physical disabiliZes, learning difficulZes or long-term health condiZons). We provide opportuniZes for people to sail such for the experience and for fun, to learn to sail, and to sail compeZZvely or to progress in any other aspect of sailing.

We are based at the Weymouth & Portland NaZonal Sailing Academy, which hosted the 2012 Paralympics, so has excellent accessible sailing faciliZes. We have a range of accessible sailing boats, the main ones being five Hansa 303s, and two Hawk 20s. We have also had access to two Hawk 20s on a loan basis.

Chesil Sailability is run enZrely by volunteers, they are the backbone of what we do, and the Zme and skills that volunteers bring are invaluable. Volunteers run the sailing sessions, and also all the background administraZon, finances, funding, maintenance, etc.

The Trustees have had due regard to the guidance from the Charity Commission on Public Benefit, as our acZvity is in accordance with our charity’s purpose and is for the public benefit.

4. Summary of Main Achievements

Chesil Sailability’s Aims and ObjecZves are:

Aims:

Provide opportuniZes for people with disabiliZes to sail for fun, to learn to sail, to progress to sailing compeZZvely, or any other aspect of sailing, regardless of disability.
Provide a sailing experience which is valued by people with disabiliZes and becomes an important part of what they do.
AcZvely support progression and personal development for sailors and volunteers in whichever area they are interested in.
Provide access to world class sailing faciliZes both for local people with disabiliZes, and at a naZonal level

Objec@ves:

Increase our sailor numbers, through more individual sailors and with groups
Build the numbers of sailors who sail regularly with us
Introduce new people to sailing, as well as those who have been sailing before
Run sailing sessions which are fun for sailors, and include challenge where appropriate
Value volunteers, and make sure volunteering with Chesil Sailability is a fun and rewarding experience
Develop more involvement of sailors & volunteers in the development of Chesil Sailability as a whole
Work with partners to deliver naZonal level events

Sailing

In 2021, we conZnue to run weekly sailing sessions on Tuesday alernoon / evenings. We are enZrely volunteer run, and each session needs around 20 + volunteers to cover the different roles, so is quite a complex operaZon.

Having developed and run some Covid secure sailing sessions in 2020, we were able to start the year in a Covid secure way, which was a real bonus. This year we ran 16 out of the 23 possible sessions, as we lost some sessions due to winds above our safety limits, mostly due to a run of storms early in the season. We provided 424 individual sailing sessions for our 38 sailors and their carers.

We have a strong core of sailors who come on a regular basis, demonstraZng how sailing can become an important part of people’s lives. This year, the range of sailors with us was wider, with more sailors sailing independently and solo, and also more new sailors with severe learning difficulZes needing considerable carer and volunteer support. Two of our regular young adult sailors also made great progress with in achieving sailing cerZficates.

We ran a few Thursday morning sessions specifically for day groups in the Hawk 20s, providing sailing for 21 sailors and 6 carers.

We have a small race team, who compete in events across the country, and which includes one of our young sailors. Our team came second overall in the Hansa double-handed results over the

year. We also took part in Bart’s Bash, a sailing race that takes place in September each year across the world and is one of the great dinghy mass parZcipaZon events.

It is clear from sailor feedback that geong on the water, for whatever reason, makes a real difference to people’s quality of life. We conZnued with a sailor feedback model called SailacZvity used by the Royal YachZng AssociaZon (RYA), where sailors score their feedback aler each sailing session. Our feedback averaged out over this year as follows:

Improving my Wellbeing
4.9 out of 5
Helping me Connect with Others (social) 4.8 out of 5
Increasing my Physical AcZvity 4.8 out of 5
Learning New Skills 4.3 out of 5

We have been fortunate to have received some very generous support from a range of sources, including:

The ValenZne Charitable Trust, who have helped with a grant towards our core costs such as insurance, boat fees, etc
The Dorset Health Trust agreed to pay our 2021 rent at Weymouth and Portland NaZonal Sailing Academy.
WPNSA have loaned us a Safety boat for our sessions as one of our Safety Boats required significant maintenance.

5. Finance

Sources of funds

As maintaining sailor fees at an affordable level is a priority for us, and so generates limited income, we have to be pro-acZve about securing funding. During the year, funding has come from a number of sources:

Sailor & member fees and session fees. This represents a small proporZon of our income as we maintain fees at an affordable level parZcularly this year with a limited number of sessions.
Own fundraising. Members did some fund-raising acZviZes, all of which are really valuable.
o Grants. We secured some grants towards our general running costs, although most of our grant income was for specific projects or equipment.
DonaZons. Many individuals and local organisaZons have supported us with donaZons, parZcularly appreciated both as this helps our finances considerably, and because of the local support it demonstrates.

Expenditure

The main fixed costs are maintenance, facility fees and insurance.

A summary of the Income and Expenditure costs, including a comparison with the financial year 2020 is given below.

Reserves Policy

Chesil Sailability’s Reserves Policy during the year was to have operaZonal and asset replacement reserves as follows:

OperaZonal reserves, which

a) Cover up to nine months’ running costs (within Charity Commission recommended range)
b) Help with cash flow as some of the big expenses are at the early part of the year
c) Help forward fund grants when grant payments are in arrears

Asset replacement reserves, which

a) Enable us to cover replacement of any essenZal equipment quickly
b) Build up funds to put towards long term replacement of equipment & faciliZes, (the purchase of the container above being an example)

In implemenZng this policy, Chesil Sailability held reserves of £22,000 during 2021

Carry forward to 2022

Of the £26,975 of Unrestricted Funds carried forward from the end of 2021 to the start of 2022 we will conZnue to hold reserves of £22,000 so as to maintain our financial resilience. These reserves comprise £13,000 for operaZng costs (approx. nine months) and £9,000 for replacement of key equipment and assets.

Summary of Income & Expenditure

Income	Propor&on	2021	2020	Change
	%	£	£	%
Membership & session fees	14	2,505	720	248
Grants	62	10,903	10,431	5
DonaZons	14	2,508	3,153	-20
Fundraising & charitable acZviZes	4	627	1,012	-38
Sales	0	68	1,082	-94
Other income (Gil Aid, event fees etc.)	6	1,045	2
Total income	100	17,656	16,399	8

Expenditure	Propor&on	2021	2020	Change
	%	£	£	%
Insurance	30	3,484	3,151	11
Facility fees	31	3,600	3,680	-2
AdministraZon & governance	8	974	1,073	-9
Repairs, fuel & renewals	17	1,997	3,312	-40
Training	4	492	0
New boats & equipment	10	1,203	6,178	-81
Other expenditure	0	0	162	-100
Total expenditure	100	11,750	17,555	-33

Total funds held at end of year		38,852	32,946	18


Major items purchased in 2021	£

Replacement storage container (installaZon)	1,145
Total	1,145

_____ David Griffith Chair of Board of Trustees

Accounts

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