Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 0
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

TESTWOOD LAKES SAILABILITY 

Provide recreational dinghy sailing for people with disabilities in a safe and organised environment.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 11 years

https://testwoodsailability.weebly.com/

finance@testwood.org.uk

0300 102 4427

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
28/02/23£10£13£-3n/an/an/an/an/a55
28/02/22£11£10£1n/an/an/an/an/a42
28/02/21£0£4£-4n/an/an/an/an/a40
29/02/20£15£14£1n/an/an/an/an/a43
28/02/19£6£14£-9n/an/an/an/an/a40
28/02/18£8£7£1£0£0£0n/a00
28/02/17£49£39£10£0£0£0n/a00
28/02/16£0£0£0£0£0£0n/a00
28/02/15£0£0£0£0£0£0n/a00
28/02/14£6£0£6£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • Recreation
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Hampshire, Southampton City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 55 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sport England - TLS Pontoon
£39,045 27/05/2015
4
Funding under Sport England's Inspired Facilities funding programme for a Capital project titled 'TLS Pontoon '. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries with a ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 28/06/2013, number: 1152637
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
10 returns made; all on time
Main office

19 Melrose Court
Calmore
Southampton
SO40 2UZ

Objectives

1. THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL SAILING FACILITIES FOR DISABLED PEOPLE WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF DISABLED PEOPLE BY THE PROVISION OF TRAINING IN SAILING

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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