MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY SEA TRUST

Registered charity 1140497 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MAST

The charity was formed to advance the education of the public in maritime heritage, focusing in particular on maritime archaeological material, including (a) the preservation and investigation of shipwrecked vessels and of historically or otherwise valuable maritime material and (b) the dissemination of the educationally useful results of such investigation to the general public.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN MARITIME HERITAGE, FOCUSING IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) ON MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGICAL MATERIAL, BY SUCH MEANS AS THE DIRECTORS IN THEIR DISCRETION SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT INCLUDING (A) THE PRESERVATION AND INVESTIGATION OF SHIPWRECKED VESSELS AND OF HISTORICALLY OR OTHERWISE VALUABLE MARITIME MATERIAL AND (B) THE DISSEMINATION OF THE EDUCATIONALLY USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH INVESTIGATION TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

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

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £14,256 for the year, yet unrestricted funds remained in a deficit of £54,018. The trustees acknowledge this deficit but express no concerns about continuing as a going concern, citing a £100,000 donation from a subsidiary and further funds expected after the year end to clear the deficit.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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 handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Jessica Berry — CEO (source)
• Giles Richardson — Chief Operating Officer (source)
• Mark Blondeau — Director (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~59.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (89% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Caroline Tuckett
• Elisabeth Bussey-Jones
• JEAN-MARC JEFFERSON
• MAJOR GENERAL PATRICK ANTHONY JOHN CORDINGLEY DSO OBE
• Mark Blondeau
• PETER CHARLES GOODSHIP · trustee of 2 other charities
• Professor Dominic Tweddle
• Vice Admiral Sir Anthony Knox Dymock

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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Government & lottery funding

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