NORTH EAST MARITIME TRUST

Registered charity 1117855 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The support of maritime heritage including conservation, restoration and construction when appropriate.

Objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN RELATION TO THE MARITIME HERITAGE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, ESPECIALLY THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND.

Area of benefit: NORTH EAST ENGLAND

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at an operating deficit of £5,996 for the year ended 30 September 2025, reducing its total net assets from £169,202 to £163,206. The trustees consider the level of unrestricted reserves of £156,238 to be prudent and compliant with their policy of maintaining between three and six months' expenditure. The charity is currently staffed entirely by volunteers and has no trading subsidiaries.

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.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALEXANDER THOMAS RENWICKchair
• Dr Susan Jane Griffiths · trustee of 1 other charity
• Glen McCallum
• KEITH TROTTER · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kevin Lund

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

Operates in: Gateshead · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · Northumberland · South Tyneside · Sunderland

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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