MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY TRUST

Registered charity 900025 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ISLE OF WIGHT TRUST FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY, THE HAMPSHIRE AND WIGHT TRUST FOR MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY

Promotes interest, research and knowledge of maritime archaeology and heritage around the globe with core activities concentrated in Great Britain and in particular Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

Objects

ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IN PARTICULAR THE HAMPSHIRE & ISLE OF WIGHT IN MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY AND HERITAGE.

Area of benefit: HAMPSHIRE & ISLE OF WIGHT

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a net deficit of £28,735 for the year ended 31 March 2026, resulting in total funds carried forward of £925,152. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The report notes that reserves are available to match-fund future grants and that the charity has continued to attract funding for various projects.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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
• 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 22/02/2024, 22 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~16.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (49% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Maurice Adams · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Rosemary Helen Farr
• FRANCIS JOHN GREEN
• MARY RACHEL MONTAGU-SCOTT · trustee of 7 other charities
• Philip Peter Shears
• Sally Louise Hodson

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

Operates in: Belgium · France · Ireland · Jamaica · Netherlands · Saudi Arabia · Spain · Throughout England · Uruguay

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NAUTICAL MUSEUMS TRUST LIMITED.

• NAUTICAL MUSEUMS TRUST LIMITED income £107k
• MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY SEA TRUST income £1.3m
• THE MARINE TECHNOLOGY TRUST income £27k
• THE ANTIQUITY TRUST income £93k
• FURNESS MARITIME TRUST income £198k
• HOLYHEAD MARITIME MUSEUM LTD income £89k

Side by side with its peers

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