# **Chesil Sailability Annual Report & Accounts** **1[st ] January 2022 to 31[st ] December 2022** Annual Report l. Reference and Adrnlnistrative Detalls Charity name: Chesil Sailability Charlty Registration number: 1154416 IRe8iStered 31, Ottober 20131 Principal office: Chesil Sailability, clo 42 South Court Avenue, Dorchester, Dorset, DTI 2BZ. Trustees: During the year ended 31st December 2022 Davld Grlffith {Chair from 7th Feb 2017, last annual re-election as Chair 28th July 20201 th Co-opted 7th Feb 2017, became Trustee 5th June 2017.re*lected as Trustee 28 July 2020 Hugh de longh (Chair until 7th Feb 2017) Became Trustee 31st October 2013, re-elected 29th April 2015, re-elected 5th June 2017, re-eletted 28 th July 2020, re-elerted 11 Ottober 2022. Klrsty Lydeard (Secretary) Became Trustee 19th May 2014. re-elected 29th Aprll 2015, re-elected 14th May 2018, re- elected 27th September 2021. Mike Clarkson ITreasurer) Berdme Trustee 19th May 2014, re-elected 29th April 2015, re-elected 5th June 2017, re- th elected 9 April 2019 re-elected 11 Ottober 2022. Phlllp Hall th Became Trustee 31st Ottober 2013, re-elected 2910412015, re-eletted 18 October2016. re-elected 9 April 2019, re-eletted Ilth October 2022. Shaun Kerigan th Became Trustee 5th June 2017, re-elected 27 September 2021. Rob Lydeard th Became Trustee 5th June 2017, rtrelected 27 September 2021. Louis Gale Became Trustee 28th July 2020. Bankers: Lloyds Bank, Current & Deposit Account, 1-2 High West Street, Dorchester, Dorset, DTI IUG CAF Bank, 25 Kings Hill Avenue, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent, ME19 4JQ Independent Examlner: FrosE & Company, Poundbury, Dorset DTI 3DY. 2. Structure. Governance and ManaEernent overnin Do ment Chesil Sailabillty is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation ICIOI, with a constitution as its governing document, dated Tuesday 28￿ July 2020 las at last amendment). ointment of Trustees All the current Trustees have been elected by Chesil Sailability members through the Annual General Meeting. The Constitution also allows Trustees to be co-opted. All Trustees are unpaid. anisational structure The organisational structure of the charlty has remained unchanged in 2022. Affiliation Chesil Sailability is affiliated to Royal Yachting A5s0ciatlon Sailability and is accredited by Royal Yachting Association Sailabllity for disability 5alling at our venue. Rlsk Mana ement The Board of Trustees and the Committee of Chesil 5ailability believe that sound risk management is integral to both good management and good governan￿ practi￿, and a culture of risk management is embedded throuEhout the charity, Rlsk management should form an integral part of the charivs decision-making and be incorporated within strategic and operational planning. Chesll Sailability has a Risk Management policy, whlch identifies areas of risk, the main ones being operational risk and financial risk, and how those risks are managed, 3, Charity Objects The charitable objett of Chesil Sailability is: o promote the equality. inclusion and rellef and the rehabilitation and good health of disabled people and to improve their conditions of life through providing and assisting in the provision of activities, facilities, equipment and services to enable them to participate In healthy recreatlon an(J in particular but not exclusively in sailing and other water sports., Chesil Sailabillty implements its charitable object by providinE saillng opportunities for people with disabilities (physical disabilities, learning difficulties or long-term health conditions). We providÈ opportunities for people to sail such for the experience and for fun. to learn to sail, and to sail competitively or to progress in any other aspect of salling. We are based at the Weymouth & Portland Nattonal Saillng Academy, which hosted the 2012 Paralympics, $0 has excellent accesslble sailing facilities, We have a range of accessible sailing boats, the main ones being five Hansa 303s, and Hawk 205. We have also had access to two Hawk 20s on a loan basis. Chesil Sallability is run entirely by volunteers, they are the backbone of what we do, and the time and skills that volunteors bring are invaluable. Volunteers run the sailing sessions, and also all the background administration, finances, funding, maintenance, etc, The Trustees have had due regard to the guidance from the Charity Commission on Public Benefit, as our activity is in accordance with our charit¢s purpose and is for the public benefit. 4. Summary of Maln Achievernents Chesil Sailability's Aims and Objettives are: Alms: Provlde opportunities for people with disabilities to sail *or fun, to learn to sall, to progress to sailing competitively. or any other aspect of sailing, regardless of disability. Provide a sailing experience which is valued by people with disabilities and becomes an important part of what they do. Actively support progression and personal development for sailor5 and volunteers in whichever area they are interested in. Piovide access to world dass salling facllltles both for local people wlth disabllities, and at a national level Objectives: Increase our sailor numbers, through more individual sallors and with groups Bulld the numbers of sallors who sall regularly wlth us Introduce new people to sailin& as well as those who have been sailing before Run sailing sessions which are fun for sallors, and include challenge where appropriate Value volunteers, and make Sure volunteering with Che5il Sailability is a fun and rewarding experien Develop more involvement of sailors & volunteers in the development of Chesil Sailability as a whole Work with partners to dellver natlonal level events Provide suitable safety boat cover to undertake lifesaving and rescue activity if required. Summary '1 love the freedom on the water and the smell of the sea air; it helps me feel good and to forget my disabillties, I'm so well supported by all the volunteer5.' Although Che5il Sailability is more about the benefit for the individuals than the numbers, our overall individual sailing sessions have remained at a good and consistent level, with our core sailor numbers increasing sllghtly, Including several new sailors who have joined us this year. Our Ra￿ Team dld very well, and we have improved our on-shore facilities. Our boats Our fleet comprises 5 Hansa 303s (one dedicated for solo sailing), and 4 Hawk 20s Imade up of two of our own, and Iwo loaned to us by members for Chesil's use. We also had 2 Safety boats. However, one of these was in effett no longer operatlonal following two year5 of no use during the Covid pandemic, so the Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy IWPNSA) helped us significantly by providing a Safety boat as needed. Sailing sessions We started with boat preparation in March, volunteer training in April, and sailing from the start of Maythrough to the end of September, We continued to run weekly sailing sessions on Tuesday afternoon / evenings,. each session needs around 20 + volunteers to cover the dlfferent roles, so is quite a complex operation. We are entirely volunteer run, and the volunteers provide great support and commitment, as well as an impressive mix of skills, and much valued flexibility too- a reflection of the reward they feel from being involved. This year we ran 16 out of the 23 p055ible session5, a5 we had to cancel some sessions where the winds were above our safety limits. We provided 378 indivldual sailing sessions for our 42 sailors and 43 carers {8 of whom are family members). We have a strong core of sailors who come regularly, demonstrating how sailing can become an Important part of people's lives. This year again, the range of sailors with us was wider, with more sailors sailing independently li.e. without carers), and also more new sailors with severe learning difficulties needing considerable carer and volunteer support. Some sailors don't continue because their arcumstsnces change le.g. moving out of the area, or their condition worsens), but we have a continuous waiting list of new sailors, and this year we had 12 new sailors who became regulars, and our sailor numbers have increased overall. We also had a further 5 people who had a taster but didn't continue long term. We are keen to enable Sailors to make as much progress a5 they want, and we normally get everyone helming on their first trip. We have a core of sailors who are learning more sailing skllls every time they go out, more who are now sailing solo, and three of our young adult sailors made great progress in achleving sailing certificates. We ran some Thursday morning sessions specifically for Day Centre groups in the Hawk 20s, providing Sailing for 14 sailors and 6 carers. We had planned more, but some groups had staff shortages on the day, so were not able to come. We have a small ra￿ team, who compete in events across the country, and which includes one of our young sailors. Our team won the Nationals in the Hansa double-handed class. 7 of our sallors also took part in Barys Bash, a sailing race that takes pla￿ in September each year across the world, and is one of the great dinghy ma55 participation events. What difference does it make? It is clear from Sailor feedback that getting on the water, for whatever rea50n, make5 a real difference to people's quality of life. We continued with a sailor feedback model called Sailactivity used by the Royal Yachting Association {RYA), where sailors score their feedback after each sailing session. Our feedback averaged out over this year as follows., Improving my Wellbeing 4.8 out of 5 Helping me Connect with Others {sociall 4.6 out of 5 Incre3sing my Physical Attivity 4.8 out of 5 Learning New Skills 4,4 out of 5 lrnprovements this year. Safet Through a proce55 of feedback from sessions, and external support from the Royal Yachting Association and other partners, we developed a training syllabus at the start of this year, built around the Golden Thread of safety, which provided consistency across Dur pre-season volunteer training, and when bringing new volunteers on during the season. We also improved our ability to go sailing in wind conditions towards the top end of our safety margins, through the use of more contained sailing areas etc. On-sh re f ilities We upgraded our sailing clothing storage with a new contsiner, which is also wheelchair acce55ible. Thi5 is a great improvement, and based on our experience during the Season, we will be fitting it out with shelves and racks to improve its usefulness. Looklng Forward New Safet RIB With help from a particularly supportive funder. and with further fundraising to do, we plan to purchase a new Safety boat. We have decided to go for a medium-sized RIB, which will be better suited to safety cover in the harbour, keeping our smaller RIB for cover around the marina area. We have medlum term plans to purchase a small accesslble motor boat, whlch has a bow r3mp so people wlth disabilities, particularly wheelchair users, can come onboard directly (rather than hoisting people in and out). This project will have three rnain aspects: Separate attivity taking people with disabilities out for journeys round the harbour. Motor boat driver training for people with disabilitie5, under an RYA programrne called Powerability, as the layout enables a wheelchair user to drive. People can then also take RYA qualifications through our neighbour, the Andrew Simpson Watersport5 Centre, Increased 'on the water, capacity for our normal sailing sessions. Hawk 20 One of our members who loaned us his Hawk 20for the season is moving away, and so we will not have the use of this Hawk next year. We are very 8rateful to have had the use of this boat, and the Wheelyboat will help increase our'on the waterf capacityto make up any shortfall. Perf in There is an adapted performance dinghy, the RS Venture Connect dinghy, owned by the Andrew Slmpson Watersports Centre, allowing our sailors to experience higher level dlnghy sailing. We had hoped to get this into Use in 2022, butwe didn't have the extra capacity to enable us to do thls, apart from some volunteer training. We do hope to get this started in 2023, and the new Safety RIB will help us to do thSs. iclass The RYA Multlclass Is the biggest accessible sailing competitlon of the year, and we wlll be helping WPNSA to host this in July 2023, with around 100 sailors with disabilltles expected to compete. 5. Finance As maintaining sailor fees at an affordable level is a prlority for us. and $0 8enerates limited income, we have to be pro-active about securing funding. During the year, funding has come from a number of sources.. 0 Sailor & member fees and session fees. This represents a small proportion of our Income as we maintaln fees at an affordable level partlcularly thls year wlth a limited number of sessions. Own fundraising. Members did some fund-raislng artivities, all of which are really valuable. o Grants. We secured some grants towards our general runnlng costs, although most of our grant income was for specifSc projects or equipment. o Donations. Many individuals and local or8anlsations have supported us with donations, particularly appreciated both as this helps our finances considerably, and because of the Ioc31 support it demonstrates. Ex endlture The main fixed costs are rna1ntenan￿, facillty fees and Insurance. A summary of the Income and Expenditure tosts, including a comparlson with the financial year 2022 is given below. Reserves Poli Chesil Sailabillvs Reserves Policy durine the year was to have operational and asset replacement reserves as follows.. Operational Reserves, whlch a) Cover up to nlne month's running costs {wlthin Charity Commission recommended rangel b) Help with cash flow as some of the bi8 expenses are atthe early part of the year c) Help forward fund 8rants when grant payments are In arrears Asset Replacement Reserves, whith al Enable us to cover replacement of any essential equipment quickly b) Build up funds to put towards long term replacement of equipment & facllltles, (the purchase of the contalner above beln8 an example) In implementing this pollcy, Chesil Sailability held reserves of £22,000 durlng 2022 Carr ward to 202 Of the £31,220 of Unrestrlcted Funds carried forward from the end of 2022 to the start of 2023 we wlll continue to hold reserves of £22,000 so as to maintaln our financial reslllence. These reserves comprise £13,CK)O for operatin8 costs lapprox. nine months) and £9,000 for replacement of key equipment and assets. From our carry forward to 2023, we also have commitments of £11,000 as our fundln8 Input towards the new Safety Boat, and £2,000 as our fundlng commltment to the Wheelyboat projett. ## **CHESIL SAILABILITY** ## **Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Chesil Sailability** ## **Year ended 31 December 2022** _________________________________________________________________________________ I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of Chesil Sailability ('the charity') for the year ended 31 December 2022. ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** As the trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’). I report in respect of my examination of the charity's financial statements carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. ## **Independent examiner's statement** Since the charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), which is one of the listed bodies. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: 1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or 2. the financial statements do not accord with those records; or 3. the financial statements do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair' view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Stephen J Frost Independent Examiner Unit C, Regent House 9 Crown Square Poundbury Dorset DT1 3DY 8 ## **Summar of Income & Expenditure** ||_Prporion_
%|2022
£|2021
**£**|_Cange_
%| |---|---|---|---|---| |Membership & session f s|7|2,820|2,505|_13_| |Grants|_78_|33,724|10,903|_20_| |Donations|_6_|**2,610**|2,508|_4_| |Fundraisihg & charitable activities|_2_|**715**|627|_14_| |Sales|_5_|**2,236**|68|_3188_| |Other income (Gift Aid, event fees etc.}|_2_|**1,09**|1,045|_2_| |Ttal income|_100_|**43,14**|17,656|_145_| ## **Income** |**Expenditure**||**_Proportion_**|**2022**|2021|_Change_| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |||%|£|**£**|%| ||Insurance|_9_|**3,631**|3,484|_4_| ||facility fees|_9_|**3,610**|3,600|_0_| ||Administration & governance|_3_|**1,120**|974|_15_| ||Repairs, fuel & renewals|7|**2,748**|1,997|_38_| ||Training|_0_|**0**|492|_-100_| ||New boats & equipment|_7_|**29,809**|1,203|_237_| ||Other expenditure|_0_|**35**|0|| ||Ttal expenditure|_100_|**40,953**|11,750|_249_| ||**Total funds held at end of year**!||**41,073**|38,852|_6_| |**Capital items purchased in 2022**|£| |---|---| |Replacement of BT trailer|_5,520_| |5.85m RIB (initial build payment)|_22,266_| 9 **Total** ! _**27,786**_ **David Griffith Chair of Board of Trustees** ## **Accounts** 10 ## **CHESIL SAILABILITY - ACCOUNTS FOR THE 12 MONTH PERIOD ENDING 31[st ] DECEMBER 2022** |**RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS**|**Unrestricted**
**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Designated**
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**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Designated**
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**Funds**|**Total Fu**|**_Tota/Funds_**
**_2021_**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Receipts**
Subscriptions & session fees
Grants
Donations
Fund raising & charitable activities
Project Zoe
Events
Race team
Sales_(note1)_
Gift Aid & bank interest_(note2)_
**Total receipts:**
**Payments**
Insurance
Facility fees (WPNSA, Portland Port)
Administration, legal & bank fees
Volunteer expenses
Promotion & advertising
Repairs & renewals & PPE
Training
Fuel
Events
Race Team
Purchase of merchandise
Equipment (excluding boats)
**_Sub total_**
**Asset and investment purchases**
**Total payments**
**Excess****_of_receipts over payments**
**Transfers between funds**_(note3}_
**cash funds last year end**
**cash funds thisyear end**|2,820
5,000
2,610
714
0
40
0
2,236
1,029||28,724|2,820
33,724
2,610
714
0
40
0
2,236
1,029
**4,l'M**|_2,505_
_10,903_
_2,508_
_627_
_0_
_396_
_0_
_68_
_649_| ||14,450|0|28,724||_17656_| ||3,631
10
508
0
612
2,565
0
183
0
0
35
1,399||3,600
624|3,631
3,610
508
0
612
2,565
0
183
0
0
35
2,023|_3,484_
_3,600_
_438_
_0_
_536_
_1,788_
_492_
_208_
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_0_
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**13,:67.**|_10,606_| ||4,020|0|23,766|27,786|_1,144_| ||12,963|0|27,99|**40,9S3**|_11,750_| ||||||| ||1,487|0|734|**2,221**|**_5.90_**| ||2,758||-2,758|0|
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2,221|| ||17,975|9,000|11,876|38,852|_32,946_| ||22,221|9,000|9,852|**41,073**|_38,852_| CS Final Accounts 2022 v3 Final 230223 for signature 11 ## **STATEMENT OF ASSES AND LIABILITIES AT 31**[st ] **DECEMBER 2022** ## **Cash Funds Lloyds current account CAF cash account Lloyds deposit account Total cash funds Other monetary assets Investment assets Assets retained for the charities own use Sailing dinghies Rigid inflatable boats Portable buildings Sailing & office equipment Total current value Liabilities** These accounts are prepared on a receipts and payments basis with all revenue and expenses shown on a cash basis. Note 1: Includes proceeds (£2,000) from sale of asset (rigid inflatable boat) Note 2: £4.71 Lloyds bank interest received in 2022. Gift Aid (£1,017) from 2021/22 received Nov 2022 Note 3: £2,758 transferred (within scope of awards} from Restricted to Unrestricted Fund. **----- Start of picture text -----**
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