THE EXCELSIOR TRUST

Registered charity 285899 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Acquiring, maintaining and restoring the Lowestoft Smack "Excelsior" LT472 and providing facilities for young people to sail thereby maintaining their maritime heritage

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity requires continued financial support through grants to maintain its going concern status, with trustees actively applying for such funding. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters were identified during the examination of the financial statements for the year ended 30 November 2024.

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 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01670772

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• NUNN, Douglas Anthony — director, appointed 05/06/2025on trustee list
• FARROW, Joseph William — director, appointed 04/06/2025on trustee list
• SKEWS, Gerard Nicholas — director, appointed 31/10/2023not on trustee list
• TAYLOR, Alice-Ann — director, appointed 15/04/2021on trustee list
• IRVING, John Derek Hunter — director, appointed 15/10/2020on trustee list
• EXECUTIVE ACCOUNTANCY & MANAGEMENT SERVICES LTD — corporate secretary, appointed 23/06/2025

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Alice-Ann Taylor
• Douglas Nunn
• Gerald Skews
• JOHN CHRISTOPHER SPENCER WYLSON
• JOHN DEREK HUNTER IRVING
• Joseph Farrow

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

Operates in: Essex · Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Side by side with its peers

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