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Registered charity · Burnham on Crouch

Thames Sailing Barge Trust

Thames Sailing Barge Trust is a registered charity (number 1102840) based in Burnham on Crouch, governed by 7 trustees and chaired by Michael Nolan since 2019. Latest income £111k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £111k (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, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport, Environment/conservation/heritage and 1 more
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.bargetrust.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Thames Sailing Barge Trust
Registered
2004

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£111k£105k
  • 2024£329k£77k
  • 2023£143k£160k
Earlier years
  • 2022£163k£232k
  • 2021£157k£235k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

1. TO PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ONE OR MORE THAMES SAILING BARGES IN SAILING CONDITION OR OTHERWISE AS PART OF THE HERITAGE OF GREAT BRITAIN;2. TO PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE THAMES LIGHTER NAMED "SAILORMAN" IN GOOD CONDITION OR OTHERWISE AS PART OF THE HERITAGE OF GREAT BRITAIN;3. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AS TO THE HISTORIC AND CULTURAL ROLE OF THAMES SAILING BARGES IN THE SEAGOING HERITAGE OF GREAT BRITAIN AND TO PROVIDE TRAINING IN AND PRACTICE OF THE TRADITIONS AND SKILLS AND SEAMANSHIP INVOLVED IN THE SAILING HANDLING AND MAINTENANCE OF THAMES SAILING BARGES IN THE WATERS TRADITIONALLY SAILED BY THEM.

Grants received

9 grants · £562,990 total

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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.

7 trustees on the board

3.6y median 2y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

7
company-linked trustees

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

Amateur Sport 7Arts/culture/heritage/science 7Education/training 7

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

Arts and leisure 13Manufacturing 1Professional services 1

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£329k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1102840
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 8 APRIL 2003 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 13 MARCH 2004.
Companies House
Company number 04726591 · Active
Contact on the register
07747798952 · secretary@bargetrust.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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