LOWESTOFT AND EAST SUFFOLK MARITIME SOCIETY

Registered charity 271444 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LOWESTOFT MARITIME MUSEUM

We provide manpower and resources to maintain buildings and run museum, provide projects for schools & pre-school groups, care homes, clubs etc, open 7 days week to general public. Supply information on maritime matters and local history in answer to enquiries from around the world.

Objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN SHIPPING, OLD AND MODERN, IN LOWESTOFT AND DISTRICT IN THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK AND IN THE TRADES AND CRAFTS ASSOCIATED WITH SHIPPING AND SHIPPING LORE IN GENERAL AND IN PARTICULAR TO MAINTAIN A MUSEUM AND/OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF A MARITIME SECTION OF A MUSEUM IN LOWESTOFT.

Area of benefit: LOWESTOFT AND EAST SUFFOLK

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 reported a net deficit of £3,553 for the year, reducing total net assets from £472,688 to £469,135. Unrestricted reserves stood at £283,333, with a significant portion held in a COIF account to ensure future financial stability. The trustees confirmed that resources are adequate to continue operations, relying on volunteers and maintaining funds for potential future needs.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Great Yarmouth Lodge of Friendship No 100 — “The trip was sponsored by the Great Yarmouth Lodge of Friendship No 100 together with the Worshipful Master John Beales and his wife Liz.” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• COLIN DIXONchair
• CAROL DAINES
• ROY HAMMOND
• Sarah Carter
• Stanley John Earl

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

Operates in: Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

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