Registered charity · Middlesex
River Thames Boat Project
River Thames Boat Project is a registered charity (number 1080281) based in Middlesex, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by Dennis van Wonderen since 2025. Latest income £207k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 8 trustees
- Income £207k (2025)
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Who leads it
- Dennis van WonderenChair · since 2025
- James Henry Fergus GrahamTrustee · since 2025
- Jane Eleanor NewmanTrustee
- John Richard TamsittTrustee · since 2022
- Kevin Francis SmithTrustee · since 2026
- Matthew Richard RaynerTrustee · since 2025
- Nicholas Joseph DaymondTrustee · since 2026
- Richard David BoultTrustee · since 2021
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, Amateur Sport and 1 more
- Where
- Throughout London, Bracknell Forest, West Berkshire, Reading and more
- Website
- www.thamesboatproject.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- River Thames Boat Project
- Registered
- 2000
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£207k£230k
- 2024£187k£210k
- 2023£154k£211k
Earlier years
- 2022£132k£154k
- 2021£106k£104k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 9%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
(A) TO PROVIDE PEOPLE IN GREATER LONDON AND SOUTH EASTERN COUNTIES WITH FACILITIES FOR RECREATION INCLUDING BOATING ACTIVITIES AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONS IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE ESPECIALLY OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY AND FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, INCLUDING ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION RELATING TO THE RIVER THAMES, IN PARTICULAR BY THE HOLDINGS OF MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES (B) TO UNDERTAKE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITY.
Grants received
7 grants · £164,000 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
- City Bridge Trust · £86,000
- Richmond Foundation · £38,000 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £25,000 (2 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £10,000
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £5,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community 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
- Dennis van Wonderen Chair since 2025
- Jane Eleanor Newman
- James Henry Fergus Graham since 2025
- John Richard Tamsitt since 2022
- Kevin Francis Smith since 2026
- Matthew Richard Rayner since 2025
- Nicholas Joseph Daymond since 2026
- Richard David Boult since 2021
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Jane Eleanor Newman
- James Henry Fergus Graham since 2025
- John Richard Tamsitt since 2022
- Kevin Francis Smith since 2026
- Matthew Richard Rayner since 2025
- Richard David Boult since 2021
Portfolio (2)
- Dennis van Wonderen Chair since 2025
- Nicholas Joseph Daymond since 2026
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.
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
- 1080281
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 21ST MARCH 2000 AND AMENDED 18TH NOVEMBER 2003.
- Companies House
- Company number 03953201 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02089403509 · info@thamesboatproject.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 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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