Registered charity (CIO) · Woodbridge
Deben Yacht Club
Deben Yacht Club is a registered charity (number 1183054) based in Woodbridge, governed by 11 trustees. Latest income £86k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as DYC (Charity Commission)
3. ObjectsThe objects of the CIO are:The promotion of community participation in healthy recreation for the public benefit in Woodbridge and the surrounding area by the provision of facilities for sailing and paddle sports including:- providing...
- 11 trustees
- Income £86k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Christopher John WoodardTrustee · since 2022
- David KempTrustee · since 2024
- David Vernon HayhowTrustee · since 2019
- Diana CobbTrustee · since 2019
- Frances Margaret AlexanderTrustee · since 2019
- Jane BradburnTrustee · since 2019
- Jillian Mary WicksonTrustee · since 2023
- John Bernard AdamsTrustee · since 2021
- John George PrevettTrustee · since 2019
- Martin Philip JamesTrustee · since 2020
- Thomas Adrian Kwok MAN YeungTrustee · since 2021
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Amateur Sport and 1 more
- Where
- Suffolk
- Website
- www.debenyachtclub.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2019
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£86k£77k
- 2024£86k£68k
- 2023£84k£22k
Earlier years
- 2022£76k£57k
- 2021£77k£81k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
3. ObjectsThe objects of the CIO are:The promotion of community participation in healthy recreation for the public benefit in Woodbridge and the surrounding area by the provision of facilities for sailing and paddle sports including:- providing learning and teaching in the skills of sailing in dinghies and yachts;- providing learning and teaching in paddling skills;- providing training for instructors and members including in safety practices and the use of safety power boats
Grants received
3 grants · £110,000 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Sport England · £110,000 (3 grants)
Most recent
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
11 trustees on the board
- Christopher John Woodard since 2022
- David Vernon Hayhow since 2019
- Diana Cobb since 2019
- David Kemp since 2024
- Frances Margaret Alexander since 2019
- Jane Bradburn since 2019
- John George Prevett since 2019
- Jillian Mary Wickson since 2023
- John Bernard Adams since 2021
- Martin Philip James since 2020
- Thomas Adrian Kwok MAN Yeung since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- David Vernon Hayhow since 2019
- Diana Cobb since 2019
- Frances Margaret Alexander since 2019
- Jane Bradburn since 2019
- John George Prevett since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Christopher John Woodard since 2022
- David Vernon Hayhow since 2019
- Diana Cobb since 2019
- David Kemp since 2024
- Frances Margaret Alexander since 2019
- Jane Bradburn since 2019
- John George Prevett since 2019
- Jillian Mary Wickson since 2023
- John Bernard Adams since 2021
- Martin Philip James since 2020
- Thomas Adrian Kwok MAN Yeung since 2021
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1183054
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 23 Apr 2019 as amended on 16 Oct 2024
- Contact on the register
- 01394385400 · secretary@debenyachtclub.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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