THE CLASSIC BOAT CENTRE TRUST

Registered charity 1064643 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CLASSIC BOAT MUSEUM

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an overall deficit of £48,062 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves to £70,094. The Trustees consider it prudent to maintain between 6 and 12 months of operating expenditure in reserves, with undesignated free reserves standing at £10,679. The charity is currently implementing cost-saving measures and a new ticket pricing strategy to address its financial position.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03439192

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• FIELDHOUSE, Samuel Mark Francis — director, appointed 16/05/2025on trustee list
• LOFTUS, Michael Anthony — director, appointed 21/03/2025on trustee list
• ARNOLD, Jacqueline Grace — director, appointed 21/03/2025on trustee list
• COLEMAN, Nicholas John — director, appointed 13/12/2024on trustee list
• PRESTON, Lesley Victoria Von Schulthess Rechberg, Dr — director, appointed 06/09/2019on trustee list
• FONTANA, Dominic John Lawrence — director, appointed 02/02/2018on trustee list
• LAWRENCE, William Sackville Gwynne — director, appointed 16/11/2016on trustee list
• LAWRENCE, William Sackville Gwynne — secretary, appointed 16/11/2016

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dominic John Lawrence Fontana
• Dr Lesley Victoria Von Schulthess Rechberg Preston
• Jacqueline Grace Arnold
• Michael Anthony Loftus
• Nicholas John Coleman
• Samuel Mark Francis Fieldhouse
• William Sackville Gwynne Lawrence · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).