The Ferry Project

Registered charity 1075389 Registered since 1999

Operates: Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk

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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.

5 trustees on the board

Andy Chapman since 2024
Anne Davies since 2017
Dr Iain Harold Mason since 2021
James Marcus Hulme since 2020
Lucy Mckitterick since 2021

5.4y median 5y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Anne Davies since 2017

10.4y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Andy Chapman since 2024
James Marcus Hulme since 2020
Lucy Mckitterick since 2021

Portfolio (2)

Anne Davies since 2017
Dr Iain Harold Mason since 2021

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 5The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 5Accommodation/housing 3Disability 1General 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.

Hospitality 5Construction 3Business 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£2.3m latest income

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 9.0 in 2021

43 from 34 in 2021

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

34%

Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

ST. Augustine's DAY Centre 1 shared trustee
Church Street Rooms 1 shared trustee
Florence Hylda Dennis Trust 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

The Blackpool Fylde and Wyre Society for the Blind Similar size; both Housing
Tameside Link Similar size; both Housing
Citizens Advice Somerset Similar size; both Housing

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.ferryproject.org.uk
Email	OctaviaAdmin@ferryproject.org.uk
Phone	01945 754080
Address	The Ferry Project, Octavia View, 10a-14 South Brink, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 1JQ

Finances

£2,297,724 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£1,418,373	£1,358,263
2022	£1,505,749	£1,543,882
2023	£2,081,048	£1,798,602
2024	£2,146,310	£2,161,977
2025	£2,297,724	£2,154,087

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAccommodation/housingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEconomic/community Development/employmentOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

1) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE FOREGOING, BY THE PROVISION OF ACCOMODATION AND EDUCATION, VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND TRAINING IN LIFE SKILLS TO ENABLE SUCH PERSONS TO GAIN EMPLOYMENT IN THE GEOGRAPHICAL COUNTIES OF NORFOLK LINCOLNSHIRE AND CAMBRIDGESHIRE.2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN THE GEOGRAPHICAL COUNTIES OF NORFOLK LINCOLNSHIRE AND CAMBRIDGESHIRE

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 29 MAR 1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06 MAR 2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05 MAR 2018AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28 JUL 2021 as amended on 06 Sep 2022 as amended on 06 Sep 2022

Trustees (5)

5trustees

58median age

1aged 70+

Andy Chapmanage band 60-64 since 2024
Anne Daviesage band 55-59 since 2017
Dr Iain Harold Masonage band 70-74 since 2021
James Marcus Hulmeage band 45-49 since 2020
Lucy Mckitterickage band 40-44 since 2021

Linked company (Companies House)

The Ferry Project · 03742477 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 29/03/1999

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

Church Street Rooms 1 shared trustee
Florence Hylda Dennis Trust 1 shared trustee
ST. Augustine's DAY Centre 1 shared trustee

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