Registered charity · Colchester
East Coast Sail Trust
- 4 trustees
- Income £42k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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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
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.thalatta.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- East Coast Sail Trust
- Registered
- 2009
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£42k£54k
- 2024£51k£54k
- 2023£32k£56k
Earlier years
- 2022£51k£65k
- 2021£25k£27k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
3. THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE:(A) TO DISCOVER, ACQUIRE, REPAIR, RECONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, PRESERVE AND EXHIBIT FOR THEBENEFIT OF THE NATION ONE OR MORE COASTAL SAILING BARGES OF THE TYPE PECULIAR TO THETHAMES ESTUARY IN ANY OF THE TRADITIONAL VARIATIONS OF ITS HULL AND RIG WITH OURWITHOUT AUXILIARY MOTIVE POWER (HEREINAFTER CALLED "VESSELS") AND THE EQUIPMENTAND FURNISHINGS THEREOF AND HISTORICAL BUILDING AND RELICS RELATING THERETO.(B) TO MAKE AVAILABLE SUCH VESSEL FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE INSTRUCTION OF ALL CLASSES OFBOYS AND GIRLS, STUDENTS AND OTHER YOUNG PERSONS IN THE PRINCIPLES OF DISCIPLINE,LOYALTY AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP BY MEANS OF EDUCATIONAL CRUISES AND INSTRUCTION INSEAMANSHIP AND TO THIS END FROM TIME TO TIME TO ENTER INTO SUCH AGREEMENTSWHETHER UNDER SEAL OR OTHERWISE AS THE COUNCIL MAY THINK FIT FOR THE CHARTERING OFTHE VESSELS TO ANY EDUCATION AUTHORITY OR FOUNDATION OR ANY OTHER BODY WHETHERCORPORATE OR NOT AND FOR EITHER THEIR EXCLUSIVE USE OR OTHERWISE AND TO CONTRIBUTETO THE PROVISION OF SUCH AFORESAID BENEFIT AS THE COUNCIL MAY THINK PROPER.
Grants received
3 grants · £33,200 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 · £15,600
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £12,600
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £5,000
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- 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.
4 trustees on the board
- John William Keeble
- John Scanlon since 2023
- Michael Richard Keeling since 2017
- Martin Hugh Pavey since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Michael Richard Keeling since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- John Scanlon since 2023
- Michael Richard Keeling since 2017
- Martin Hugh Pavey since 2023
Portfolio (1)
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
- 1128353
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 16 DECEMBER 2008AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 08 DEC 2016
- Companies House
- Company number 06774183 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07483887658 · mike.keeling@thalatta.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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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