THE NEW MEDWAY STEAM PACKET COMPANY LIMITED

Registered charity 296236 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MEDWAY QUEEN PRESERVATION SOCIETY, NEW MEDWAY QUEEN STEAM PACKET CO LIMITED

Preservation and restoration of the historic Dunkirk veteran paddle steamer 'Medway Queen'. The hull was rebuilt with help from the Heritage Lottery Fund and the vessel returned 'home' in December 2013 to begin the next phase of restoration. The workshop and visitor centre are at Gillingham, Kent. Most expenditure appears as an investment in the value of 'heritage asset under construction'.

Objects

TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE MARTIME HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN IN PARTICULAR BY THE RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION OF THE PADDLE STEAMER MEDWAY QUEEN.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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: Medway, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted reserves were £37,743, which is below the charity's stated policy target of £40,000. The independent examiner reported incomplete records for the current financial year due to changes in trustees, though the remaining records were deemed satisfactory. The trustees maintain a going concern basis, citing adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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

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• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
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• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ann West
• BOB STOKES · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mark Bathurst
• Pam Bathurst
• Richard Paul Halton
• Susan Gent

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

Operates in: Kent · Medway · Swindon

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PADDLE STEAMER KINGSWEAR CASTLE TRUST LIMITED.

• PADDLE STEAMER KINGSWEAR CASTLE TRUST LIMITED income £64k
• MEDWAY WATERSPORTS TRUST LIMITED income £30k

Side by side with its peers

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