Registered charity · Kent
Dover Bronze AGE Boat Trust
- 8 trustees
- Income £50 (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Professor Paul BennettChair · since 1994
- Christine Lynn WatermanTrustee · since 2011
- Dr Andrew Frank Richardson FSATrustee
- Dr John Hugh WilliamsTrustee · since 2008
- Keith ParfittTrustee · since 2022
- Richard Paul ChristianTrustee · since 2010
- Ross Alexander LaneTrustee · since 2022
- Thierry BiotTrustee · since 2026
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
- Kent
- Website
- www.dover.gov.uk/museum (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Dover Bronze AGE Boat Trust
- Registered
- 1994
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£50£0
- 2024£1k£2k
- 2023£2k£412
Earlier years
- 2022£1k£3k
- 2021£1k£4k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
(1)TO PROTECT, PRESERVE AND CONSERVE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE PREHISTORIC BRONZE AGE BOAT KNOWN AS THE DOVER BRONZE AGE BOAT ("THE BOAT"); AND (11)TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT ALL ASPECTS RELATING TO THE BOAT, ITS DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, HISTORY, USE AND ALL OTHER RELEVANT MATTERS, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF A MUSEUM CONCERNED WITH THE DISPLAY OF THE BOAT.
Grants received
1 grant · £1,112,300 total360Giving 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
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £1,112,300
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Professor Paul Bennett Chair since 1994
- Christine Lynn Waterman since 2011
- Dr Andrew Frank Richardson FSA
- Dr John Hugh Williams since 2008
- Keith Parfitt since 2022
- Richard Paul Christian since 2010
- Ross Alexander Lane since 2022
- Thierry Biot since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Professor Paul Bennett Chair since 1994
- Christine Lynn Waterman since 2011
- Dr John Hugh Williams since 2008
- Richard Paul Christian since 2010
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Keith Parfitt since 2022
- Richard Paul Christian since 2010
- Ross Alexander Lane since 2022
- Thierry Biot since 2026
Portfolio (4)
- Professor Paul Bennett Chair since 1994
- Christine Lynn Waterman since 2011
- Dr Andrew Frank Richardson FSA
- Dr John Hugh Williams since 2008
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1042464
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 21ST NOVEMBER 1994
- Companies House
- Company number 02992429 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01304 201066
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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