UK SAILING ACADEMY
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-27 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-13
Watchouts
Cash
£161K
-68.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£8M
+0.1% vs 2024
Employees
148
+2.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£10K
-97.7% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- UK SAILING ACADEMY 1995-11-09 → present
- U.K. SAILING CENTRE 1988-05-04 → 1995-11-09
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £7,310,000 | £7,287,000 | |
| Operating profit | £294,000 | -£353,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £426,000 | £10,000 | |
| Net profit | £426,000 | £10,000 | |
| Cash | £514,000 | £161,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,336,000 | £6,243,000 | |
| Net assets | £8,057,000 | £8,067,000 | |
| Equity | £8,057,000 | £8,067,000 | |
| Average employees | 145 | 148 | |
| Wages | £3,451,000 | £3,794,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.0% | -4.8% | |
| Net margin | 5.8% | 0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.6% | -5.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 14.0% | 14.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.13x | 0.95x | |
| Interest cover | 8.65x | -10.70x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Crowe UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“UKSA's Trustees, supported by the Executive Team, have considered the reserves and net asset position and are satisfied that these financial statements should be prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- UK SAILING ACADEMY · parent
- UKSA Trading Limited 1%
Significant events
- “As a key partner in the Isle of Wight's Levelling Up agenda, UKSA has continued to invest in its infrastructure. In collaboration with the Council, we are developing the Victoria Barracks site in East Cowes as an additional UKSA base. This new site, due to open in autumn 2025, will create further employment opportunities for Island residents and expand our capacity to support more young people.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 33 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIXON, Catherine Helen | Secretary | 2025-05-05 | — | — |
| ATHRON, Thomas Clifton | Director | 2024-09-20 | Dec 1970 | British |
| AXTELL, Samantha Louise | Director | 2018-11-21 | Mar 1972 | British |
| DENHOLM, James Niall William | Director | 2024-09-20 | Mar 1963 | British |
| LISTER, David John | Director | 1996-03-01 | May 1960 | British |
| LONGHURST, Catherine Ann | Director | 2023-03-24 | Aug 1960 | British |
| PRIMROSE, Shonagh | Director | 2023-03-24 | Jun 1977 | British |
| STOKES, Richard | Director | 2018-11-12 | May 1963 | British |
| SUNDERLAND-HAY, Claire Rosemary | Director | 2023-03-24 | Sep 1983 | British |
Show 33 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARLOW, Mark Thomas Duncan | Secretary | 2015-06-10 | 2015-10-09 |
| HAMILTON, Simon Matthew | Secretary | 2018-10-01 | 2022-06-06 |
| HOWARD, Erica | Secretary | 2006-07-21 | 2015-06-10 |
| LANG, Margaret Anita Dawn | Secretary | 2015-10-10 | 2017-12-18 |
| SHARKEY, Sarah Jeanne | Secretary | 1995-08-17 | 2006-07-20 |
| SMITH, Mark Edward | Secretary | 2022-06-06 | 2024-01-31 |
| SOUTHON, Arthur Charles | Secretary | — | 1995-07-30 |
| WILLOWS, Benjamin Ian | Secretary | 2018-01-26 | 2018-10-01 |
| ALLEN, Christopher Donald | Director | 2010-07-27 | 2011-07-13 |
| ANDREWS, Ian Robert Dundas | Director | — | 1996-03-01 |
| BETTUM, Ole | Director | 2018-11-12 | 2023-11-15 |
| CHIPPERFIELD, Stephen John | Director | 2001-03-13 | 2016-01-29 |
| CUSSONS, Benjamin Piers | Director | 1998-06-25 | 2012-02-01 |
| DOUGLAS-WITHERS, Jean Constance | Director | — | 2001-03-13 |
| GARNETT, William Michael Maxwell | Director | 2014-09-23 | 2019-08-09 |
| GEORGE, Kevin Alan | Director | 2019-06-21 | 2022-09-16 |
| GIRAUDON, Marc Guy | Director | 2017-06-23 | 2025-06-27 |
| GREENER, Anthony Armitage, Sir | Director | 2016-04-08 | 2023-09-22 |
| HAIG-THOMAS, Dawn Kirsten | Director | 2015-01-12 | 2020-09-25 |
| HORNE, Penelope Anne | Director | 2004-07-01 | 2010-07-27 |
| KERRISON, Martin John | Director | 2012-07-16 | 2015-02-16 |
| KING, David George | Director | 2010-07-27 | 2014-09-12 |
| KITLEY, Rachel Ann | Director | 2024-09-20 | 2026-03-20 |
| KOPPSTEIN, Michael Henry Francis | Director | 2007-10-22 | 2011-07-13 |
| LISTER, Noel Arthur | Director | — | 2010-07-27 |
| LISTER, Sylvia Jill | Director | 1996-04-29 | 2014-05-12 |
| LOCKE, Claire Elizabeth Bradley | Director | 2017-10-02 | 2024-09-20 |
| PALMER, Richard Lawrence | Director | 2012-03-14 | 2021-10-01 |
| PRICE, Debra | Director | 2018-01-26 | 2025-06-27 |
| ROYCE, David | Director | 2016-01-29 | 2018-10-16 |
| SOUTHON, Arthur Charles | Director | — | 1995-07-30 |
| SUCKLING, Claudia Margaret | Director | 2014-09-12 | 2018-06-29 |
| WEMMS, John Michael | Director | 2023-03-24 | 2024-04-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Debra Price | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-12-15 | Ceased 2022-01-01 |
| Mrs Claire Elizabeth Bradley Locke | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-10-02 | Ceased 2020-01-01 |
| Mr Marc Guy Giraudon | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2017-05-23 | Ceased 2019-08-12 |
| Mr Richard Lawrence Palmer | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-10-01 |
| Mrs Dawn Kirsten Haig-Thomas | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-08-14 |
| Mr David John Lister | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-01-01 |
| Sir Anthony Armitage Greener | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-08-12 |
| Mr William Michael Maxwell Garnett | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-08-09 |
| Mr David Royce | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-10-17 |
| Mrs Claudia Margaret Suckling | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-06-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 201 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-04-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-04-07 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-07-31 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-14 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-04-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-07 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-02-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-20 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-31 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 3
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-31
-
Turnover
-0.3%
£7,310,000 £7,287,000
-
Cash
-68.7%
£514,000 £161,000
-
Net assets
+0.1%
£8,057,000 £8,067,000
-
Employees
+2.1%
145 148
-
Operating profit
-220.1%
£294,000 -£353,000
-
Profit before tax
-97.7%
£426,000 £10,000
-
Wages
+9.9%
£3,451,000 £3,794,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers