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Thames Explorer Trust

Thames Explorer Trust is a registered charity (number 1010903) based in London, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Prof. James Wisdom. Latest income £265k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £265k (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Throughout London, Bracknell Forest, West Berkshire, Reading and more
Website
www.thames-explorer.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Thames Explorer Trust
Registered
1992

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£265k£259k
  • 2024£235k£242k
  • 2023£230k£188k
Earlier years
  • 2022£186k£168k
  • 2021£189k£134k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (THE “OBJECTS”) ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:-3.1.1 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY AND OTHER ASPECTS OF THE RIVER THAMES, ITS TRIBUTARIES AND BANKS AND OTHER ASSOCIATED FEATURES;3.1.2 TO PROVIDE RECREATIONAL AND OTHER LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE ON OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE RIVER THAMES AND ITS TRIBUTARIES AND BANKS FOR THOSE PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES;3.1.3 TO PROMOTE AND CARRY OUT OR ASSIST IN PROMOTING AND CARRYING OUT RESEARCH, SURVEYS AND INVESTIGATIONS AND PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH, SURVEYS AND INVESTIGATIONS; AND3.1.4 TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE RIVER THAMES, ITS TRIBUTARIES AND BANKS AND OTHER ASSOCIATED FEATURES.

Grants received

8 grants · £294,390 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £135,070 (4 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £129,600 (3 grants)
  • City Bridge Trust · £29,720

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £30,3002021-03-08
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £3,6702021-03-08
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £36,7002021-03-08
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £64,4002020-10-14
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £40,3002020-08-17
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

12y median 12y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

24.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (4)

6
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 6Environment/conservation/heritage 6General Charitable Purposes 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Disability 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 8Arts and leisure 5Manufacturing 4

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£265k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1010903
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 16TH JUNE 1989, AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION PASSED 21ST JANUARY 1992.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 14 AUG 2014
Companies House
Company number 02396145 · Active
Contact on the register
02087420057 · info@thames-explorer.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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