MV ROSS REVENGE (HOME OF RADIO CAROLINE)

Registered charity 1195589 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The preservation of the vessel MV Ross Revenge and the advancement of education for the public benefit of the historical importance of the vessel and its role in English cultural history, initially as a deep sea fishing trawler of significance and as a broadcast base for Radio Caroline until the present day.

Objects

3. OBJECTSTHE OBJECTS OF CIO ARE THE PRESERVATION OF THE VESSEL MV ROSS REVENGE AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE OF THE VESSEL AND ITS ROLE IN ENGLISH CULTURAL HISTORY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A) THE RESTORATION, CONSERVATION AND THE LONG TERM PRESERVATION, DISPLAY AND OPERATION OF THE VESSEL;B) ESTABLISHING, MAINTAINING AND OPERATING THE VESSEL AS (AMONGST OTHER THINGS) A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE LEARNING RESOURCE AND ESTABLISHING AN ASSOCIATED MUSEUM; ANDD) EDUCATING THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF THE HISTORY AND PRACTICES OF OFFSHORE POPULAR MUSIC BROADCASTING FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE 1960'S UNTIL THE CURRENT ERA.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted cash funds of £343,351 at the end of the period with no creditors. The trustees report that there are no uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Malcolm Charles Smithchair
• John William DAY
• PAUL ERNEST ROBERT BROWN
• Paula Jean Shaw
• Stephen Anthony Gordon Taplin
• Stewart Frank Payne

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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