LEIGH ON SEA ENDEAVOUR TRUST

Registered charity 1094473 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The ENDEAVOUR was built locally in 1926 as a Cockle boat and then spent most of her working life in Leigh-on-Sea. In 1940 she was one of the Little Ships that rescued troops from the beaches of Dunkirk. In 2001 the Trust was established to restore her, and, using Oak from nearby Belfairs Woods, she was relaunched in 2005, for community and educational use. She is moored in Leigh Creek.

Objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND ITS INCOME UPON TRUST TO APPLY THEM FOR THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") (IN SOUTHEND-ON-SEA ("THE AREA OF BENEFIT")TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE RESTORATION, PRESERVATION, DISPLAY AND OPERATION OF THE COCKLE BOAT "ENDEAVOUR" WHICH RESCUED TROOPS FROM THE BEACHES AT DUNKIRK IN 1940".

Area of benefit: ESSEX - SOUTHEND-ON-SEA

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Southend-on-Sea, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£7k
Latest spending
£5k
Registered
2002

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From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

  • Volunteers: 10

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2023 (received 26/09/2024, 88 days after the 30/06/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Southend-on-sea

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£7k£5k
31/08/2024£7k£5k
31/08/2023£12k£5k
31/08/2022£8k£5k
31/08/2021£5k£4k

Common questions

Who funds LEIGH ON SEA ENDEAVOUR TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LEIGH ON SEA ENDEAVOUR TRUST as a grant recipient include CECIL PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CECIL PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3k
CECIL PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3k
CECIL PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund13/11/2003£40k"Leigh on Sea Endeavour Trust"