THE WELLINGTON TRUST

Registered charity 1109066 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q137917013

The conservation and preservation of the former Royal Navy sloop HMS WELLINGTON as part of the nation's maritime heritage, the education of the public in the history of the British and Commonwealth Merchant Services and, the importance of seaborne trade to our island nation. An educational programme is in place for KS 1 & 2 children, a Secondary School Programme and a Sixth Form STEM Programme.

Objects

1. THE RESTORATION MAINTENANCE AND PRESERVATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE SLOOP HQS WELLINGTON AS PART OF THE NATION'S HERITAGE.2. THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY AND TRADITIONS OF THE BRITISH MERCHANT NAVY AND THE ROYAL NAVY.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves are negative at £(54,832), resulting in a net expenditure for the year of £(95,583). The trustees confirm they have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future despite the financial loss.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05343257

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.

• THOMSON, Sheena Rosemary — director, appointed 08/09/2023on trustee list
• MURRAY, Richard Thomas Congreve — director, appointed 09/07/2023on trustee list
• DOWDEN, Nicholas Drew — director, appointed 31/05/2022on trustee list
• ALI, Munsur — director, appointed 22/07/2020on trustee list
• MOSELEY, Jennifer Mary — director, appointed 01/01/2014on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2021)

Reported reserves equal ~8.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• JENNIFER MARY MOSELEY
• Munsur ALI
• Nicholas Drew Dowden
• Richard Thomas Congreve Murray
• Sheena Rosemary Thomson

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout London

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE WELLINGTON SCHOOL FOUNDATION.

• THE WELLINGTON SCHOOL FOUNDATION income £320k
• THE K1 BRITANNIA TRUST income £50k
• SS GREAT BRITAIN TRUST income £5.1m
• THE NORFOLK HERITAGE FLEET TRUST income £479k
• WELLINGBOROUGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION income £132k
• W G S TRUST income £862k

Side by side with its peers

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