THE DANIEL ADAMSON PRESERVATION SOCIETY

Registered charity 1104681 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To restore and bring back into public service the steam tug/passenger tender "Daniel Adamson" built at Tranmere in 1903.

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Latest income

£235k

Latest spending

£249k

Registered

2004

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £13,221 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from £74,155 to £60,934. The trustees maintain that the charity is a going concern, citing adequate reserves and liquidity to continue operations for the foreseeable future. Unrestricted free reserves stood at £60,934, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover three months' running costs and redundancy provisions.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months’ running costs and redundancy provision (held: £61k)

“It is the policy of the charitable company to maintain unrestricted funds, which are free reserves at a level to cover redundancy provision and three months’ running costs should ‘no further funding be received.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Danny (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

National Lottery — “National Lottery Funding Helps Chart a New Course for Historic Steamship SS Daniel Adamson” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

Cllr Sam Naylor · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Charuni Wijerathne Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage
Dr Emma Evelyn Napier · trustee of 1 other charity
Lewis James Roberts
Michael John Cooksley
Michael Joseph Moran
Victor Welsh · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Cheshire West & Chester · Halton · Lancashire · Liverpool City · Manchester City · Salford City · St Helens · Tameside · Warrington · Wirral

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£235k	£249k
31/12/2024	£146k	£251k
31/12/2023	£215k	£233k
31/12/2022	£170k	£229k
31/12/2021	£347k	£278k

Common questions

Is THE DANIEL ADAMSON PRESERVATION SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £13,221 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from £74,155 to £60,934. The trustees maintain that the charity is a going concern, citing adequate reserves and liquidity to continue operations for the foreseeable future. Unrestricted free reserves stood at £60,934, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover three months' running costs and redundancy provisions. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	09/06/2026	£154k	"SETTING A STEADY COURSE TO NORTHWICH"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	04/05/2023	£99k	"Maritime Heritage- Maritime Futures"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	17/08/2020	£86k	"COVID19 THE DANIEL ADAMSON PRESERVATION SOCIETY"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	07/11/2018	£60k	"A Resilient Future for The Daniel Adamson"
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/05/2018	£8k	Halton Histories
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	02/10/2012	£3.8m	"The 'Daniel Adamson' Maritime Heritage Project"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	22/10/2007	£24k	"The Restoration of the Steam Powered Tug / Tender Daniel Adamson"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	08/11/2005	£50k	"The restoration of the steam powered tug/tender Daniel Adamson"