INTERNATIONAL NAUTICAL ARCHAEOLOGY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1210349 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF NAUTICAL ARCHAEOLOGY AND TO PROMOTE RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE SUBJECT AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS.

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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Registered contact address: Portsmouth, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity holds total net assets of £780,461, comprising £60,927 in unrestricted funds and £719,534 in endowment funds. The unrestricted fund experienced a net increase of £60,927 during the period, driven by incoming resources of £781,507 against charitable expenditure of £1,046. The trustees report no material 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 3 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Nautical Archaeology Society

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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• INTERNATIONAL WATER ASSOCIATION income £11.1m
• THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUST income £217k

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