The Foundation
Key charity information
Charity details
The Andrew Simpson Foundation (ASF) is a Charitable Company (limited by guarantee). Registered with Companies House and the Charity Commission. Registered address: Osprey Quay, Portland, Dorset, DT5 1SA. Registered in England and Wales under company number 08989055. Charity registration number 1153060
Find out further information about our charity and view our historic annual reports on the Charity Commission website: Charity Commission Website
Useful information
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Andrew ‘Bart’ Simpson was an Olympic and America’s Cup Sailor who tragically died in an accident on board the Artemis AC72 yacht in San Francisco Bay.
Andrew passionately believed that all young people should be able to access sailing and watersports – regardless of their background or ability.
The Andrew Simpson Foundation was set up in memory of Andrew and continues his legacy by providing opportunities for young people to get out on the water and experience the joys and challenges of sailing.
Find out more about Bart here
Our mission is to transform lives through sailing.
Our work includes the running of 6 not-for-profit watersports centres. At each centre, as well as our partner delivery centres, we run Charitable Programmes which enable which enable young people to experience sailing and watersports, gain accredited qualifications and develop life skills. You can learn all about our Charitable Programmes here.
All our Charitable Programmes are fully or part subsidised by the Andrew Simpson Foundation, meaning that all young people can access and participate in the programmes.
A list of our Andrew Simpson Centres can be found below:
Andrew Simpson Centre Portland
Andrew Simpson Centre Portsmouth
Andrew Simpson Centre Reading
Andrew Simpson Centre Birmingham
Andrew Simpson Yachting
Our Performance Academy is based at Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy, but you may see them at events or training camps around the world. View their calendar here
All profit from the Centres, surplus to running costs, is donated back to the Andrew Simpson Foundation to help us deliver our charitable programmes.
Head to our fundraising page and download our fundraising pack for advice, tips and ideas on how to fundraise: Support us
The money you raise for the Andrew Simpson Foundation helps us to transform lives through sailing. It enables young people to attend our Charitable Programmes, subsidises all our Community Clubs, supports global sailing projects and funds innovative academic research.
The Andrew Simpson Foundation is committed to ensuring the money donated and raised is spent appropriately and will transform the lives of young people through sailing.
Like other charities, the Andrew Simpson Foundation incurs necessary costs through its work; To run the charity in a professional and efficient way, manage grants and raise funds costs money.
For every pound that gets donated, 93p goes towards the delivery of charitable programmes.
Our activities include both our charitable programmes and commercial activities at our centres. Our centres are not for profit and any surplus is recycled and utilised to support our charitable work.
A wide range of support is also provided through specific discounts for qualifying groups and in the event of financial barriers preventing you from taking part, we would encourage you to discuss this with you local centre or the Foundation team.
The ASF is a Charitable Company (limited by guarantee). Registered with Companies House and the Charity Commission.
To deliver the services the charity has a wholly owned subsidiary – Andrew Simpson Watersports Limited
ASWCL is not-for-profit and annually donates any surpluses to the ASF. Any donated surpluses are then used to deliver on the ASFs charitable objectives in future years. ASF also uses ASWCL as a way of generating a sustainable source of funds by offering courses to the general public.
ASF has two subsidiary charities, Sail Training Trust (Charity number 1153870) and Horizons Childrens Sailing Charity (Charity Number 1096256).
Unfortunately we are not running a grant application process however if you feel that your organisation would benefit from a partnership, please get in touch with us.
Yes, we are pleased to offer volunteer instructor training grants – We offer up to one placement per year to each club that applies.
If you would like to apply for a volunteer instructor training grant, please head to our workplace development page.
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