UK Sailing Academy

Analysis

UK Sailing Academy is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Isle of Wight. It was registered in May 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02251024). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending January 2025, UK Sailing Academy reported income of £8.8m and spending of £8.8m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2021 to January 2025, income grew from £3.9m to £8.8m (+127%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2022, when income rose by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, UK Sailing Academy sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Ulverscroft Foundation (£8.8m), Oasis Community Partnerships (£8.9m) and Sisters Hospitallers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus CIO (£8.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 81%, donations and legacies 17% and trading 1.7%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 2.5%. It employed 148 people.