Chairman’s 2021 Annual Report
The Miss Isle School of Sip-Puff Sailing has like so many Charities and organisations has had a very interesting time over the last couple of years. During this time there has been the opportunity to look at the Trusts future strategy.
Whilst the Trust has been successful in getting a couple of students out on the water in the past year, it hasn’t been easy. There are two principle challenges and one is the fact that the Trust has found that parents and their loved ones see sailing as something that is out of both their comfort zone and possibly their financial zone. The Trust is of the opinion that because Natasha is a very capable sailor and has various boats at her disposal, this sets the bar very high. The second challenge is that because of COVID many people have changed their work life balance which has made it very difficult for the Trust to put together a support team when somebody needs to be taken sailing. We these thoughts in mind the Trust has decided to change tack slightly.
Over the last year the Trust has invested in three radio controlled model boats which are in the process of being converted to a Sip-Puff system. The Trust feels that by having the model boats available for any disabled person to try on dry land it will give the opportunity to show the Sip-Puff system working. This will give people a full understanding into how the system works and might by default encourage people to go a stage further in going afloat in a bigger boat.
Jeremy Dale
Chairman
Charity Commission Registration Number 1162550
Registered address: Chawton Farm Barn, Chawton Lane, Cowes, Isle of Wight, PO31 8QT
6th Year Accounts to July 6th 2021
Income
| Online donations Other donations Expenditure Marketing and promotion Travel & Sailing expenses RC Yachts Other expenses Net income Funds at 7 July 2020 Funds at 6 July 2021 |
3,407.42 200.00 3,607.42 (487.50) 0.00 (510.00) (642.13) (1,639.63) 1,967.79 21,888.58 23,856.37 |
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Signed
SPC Evans Treasurer 11 April 2022