MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY SEA TRUST

Charity number: 1140497
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The charity was formed to advance the education of the public in maritime heritage, focusing in particular on maritime archaeological material, including (a) the preservation and investigation of shipwrecked vessels and of historically or otherwise valuable maritime material and (b) the dissemination of the educationally useful results of such investigation to the general public.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 30 September 2024

Total income: £129,311
Total expenditure: £115,055

People

7 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

One or more trustees are also directors of the subsidiaries

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales

Governance

Registration history:
  • 18 February 2011: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • MAST (Working name)
Company number:
07455580 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

7 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Mark Blondeau Trustee 07 October 2024
None on record
Professor Dominic Tweddle Trustee 11 January 2024
MERCANTILE MARINE MEMORIAL TRUST
Received: On time
THE ROYAL SCHOOL OF NEEDLEWORK
Received: On time
THE WELLINGTON TRUST
Received: On time
PETER CHARLES GOODSHIP Trustee 16 October 2020
JOHN POUNDS COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED
Received: 25 days late
Elisabeth Bussey-Jones Trustee 12 March 2020
None on record
MAJOR GENERAL PATRICK ANTHONY JOHN CORDINGLEY DSO OBE Trustee 09 January 2017
None on record
Vice Admiral Sir Anthony Knox Dymock Trustee 30 August 2016
None on record
JEAN-MARC JEFFERSON Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 30/09/2020 30/09/2021 30/09/2022 30/09/2023 30/09/2024
Total gross income £488.00k £423.17k £274.32k £84.04k £129.31k
Total expenditure £442.63k £467.09k £269.97k £162.46k £115.06k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £428.71k £358.10k £190.56k N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 30 September 2024 03 April 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 September 2024 03 April 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 September 2023 15 July 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 September 2023 15 July 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 September 2022 24 August 2023 25 days late
Accounts and TAR 30 September 2022 24 August 2023 25 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 September 2021 06 July 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 September 2021 06 July 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 September 2020 24 May 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 September 2020

(These accounts
have been qualified)

24 May 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Submit annual return Open in new window

Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM 30 NOV 2010

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN MARITIME HERITAGE, FOCUSING IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) ON MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGICAL MATERIAL, BY SUCH MEANS AS THE DIRECTORS IN THEIR DISCRETION SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT INCLUDING (A) THE PRESERVATION AND INVESTIGATION OF SHIPWRECKED VESSELS AND OF HISTORICALLY OR OTHERWISE VALUABLE MARITIME MATERIAL AND (B) THE DISSEMINATION OF THE EDUCATIONALLY USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH INVESTIGATION TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

Contact information

Address:
22 WYCOMBE END
BEACONSFIELD
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
HP9 1NB
Phone:
07768080105
Email:
mast@thisismast.org
Website:

www.thisismast.org Open in new window