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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 total

360Giving 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

  • Garfield Weston Foundation £5,0002023-11-06
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £12,6002021-03-08
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £15,6002020-06-22
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

5y median 3y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (1)

4
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 4Environment/conservation/heritage 3Amateur Sport 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.

Business services 4Property 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£42k 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
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
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