Sailing Vision Trust

Analysis

Sailing Vision Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in January 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending January 2026, Sailing Vision Trust reported income of £21k and spending of £22k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2022 to January 2026, income fell from £88k to £21k (-76%), an average of -38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2024, when income dropped by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 61% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Sailing Vision Trust sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Swffryd Community Centre (£21k), Rafa Marham Branch (£21k) and Acorn Youth Club (£21k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.