Christian Youth Enterprises Sailing Centre

Analysis

Christian Youth Enterprises Sailing Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chichester. It was registered in April 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities and amateur sport, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01988352). It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Christian Youth Enterprises Sailing Centre reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.3m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2020 to March 2025, income grew from £261k to £1.2m (+371%), an average of +47% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 263%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Christian Youth Enterprises Sailing Centre sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Union Baptist Church High Wycombe (£1.2m), Westminster Chapel (£1.2m) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Stephen, East Twickenham (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 55% and donations and legacies 39%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £71k. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.4%. Reserves of £100k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 17 people.