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Registered charity · Cheshire

Maritime Volunteer Service

  • 14 trustees
  • Income £195k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

Who leads it

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, Economic/community Development/employment, Other Charitable Purposes
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.mvs.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Maritime Volunteer Service
Registered
1995

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£195k£197k
  • 2024£173k£185k
  • 2023£227k£215k
Earlier years
  • 2022£187k£147k
  • 2021£117k£113k
Charitable objects

(A) THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, WITHIN THE MARITIME ENVIRONMENT.(B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CHARITY AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ALL ASPECTS OF MARITIME AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

Board analysis for researchers

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.

4.8y median 4y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (13)

Portfolio (1)

14
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 14Environment/conservation/heritage 14Economic/community Development/employment 13General Charitable Purposes 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.

Transport 15Business services 3Professional services 2

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£195k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1048454
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20/12/1994AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04/08/1995AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/11/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15/12/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/11/2011AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 10/01/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/11/2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19 NOV 2016 as amended on 21 Jul 2022
Companies House
Company number 03003565 · Active
Contact on the register
01925 563620 · hq@mvs.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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