Governance

Arnside Sailing Club is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (Charity No 1200999)

Our charitable objects are

To promote community participation in healthy recreation by providing facilities and equipment for water sports, including but not limited to sailing, paddle boarding, kayaking, and canoeing, and organising a programme of water sports activities.
The promotion of the maritime heritage of Arnside village for the public benefit by the preservation, repair, and maintenance of historic buildings and craft in Arnside.
To provide or assist in the provision of facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation or other leisure time occupation of individuals who have need of such facilities by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disability, financial hardship or social circumstances with the object of improving their conditions of life.

The Club is run by its members who each year elect the Sailing Club Trustees and Other Club Officers at the Annual General Meeting at the end of January.

We have a trading subsidiary Old Customs House Arnside Ltd, which runs the bar and music nights. The subsidiary donates any profits to the Charity tax free,

Committee

The main sailing club committee is made of the charity trustees. The Committee for 2024 are

Commodore	Alasdair Simpson
Treasurer	Alan Dawson
Secretary	Jane Caldwell
Club House Lead	Andrew Pringle
Dinghy & Safety Boat Maintenance	Chris Stanger
Racing Coordinator	Andrew Newman
Welfare Officer	Mary Adams
Other Trustees	Rosemary Richards, Marianne Lueking

The Sailing Club committee meets every month

Please feel free to speak to members of the Committee and share your views with them.

Other Club Officers

President (Honorary)

Andy Smith

Cadet Coordinators	Justin and Lauren Denny
Boat Park Manger	Paul Witherington
Watersports Projects, Paddleboard Coordinator, Safety Boat Training	Jim Jackson
Bar Manager	Karen Pringle
Music Coordinator	Ethan Thomas

Watersports Coordinator (Training) Ian Mason, our chief instructor is coordinating our water sports programme in 2024.

RYA Training Centre (Killington) Principal - Alasdair Simpson, Chief Instructor - Ian Mason

Old Customs House Trading Company Ltd (Bar Trading Subsidiary)

The Subsidiary pays the club a monthly rent and donates any profits text free to the Sailing Club

Directors - Alasdair Simpson, Alan Dawson,

Friends of Crossfield Yacht Severn

The Club has a related charity "Friends of Crossfield Yacht Severn" which coordinates the sailing of Severn, helps maintain and fund her. Severn was built in Arnside in 1912.