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Registered charity · Buckinghamshire

Maritime Archaeology SEA Trust

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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.thisismast.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Maritime Archaeology SEA Trust
Registered
2011

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025--
  • 2024£129k£115k
  • 2023£84k£162k
Earlier years
  • 2022£274k£270k
  • 2021£423k£467k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 69%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN MARITIME HERITAGE, FOCUSING IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) ON MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGICAL MATERIAL, BY SUCH MEANS AS THE DIRECTORS IN THEIR DISCRETION SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT INCLUDING (A) THE PRESERVATION AND INVESTIGATION OF SHIPWRECKED VESSELS AND OF HISTORICALLY OR OTHERWISE VALUABLE MARITIME MATERIAL AND (B) THE DISSEMINATION OF THE EDUCATIONALLY USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH INVESTIGATION TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

Grants received

5 grants · £1,978,300 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

  • Ministry of Defence · £1,580,000 (3 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £398,300 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £377,7002017-06-07
  • Ministry of Defence £225,0002017-04-01
  • Ministry of Defence £225,0002017-04-01
  • Ministry of Defence £1,130,0002017-04-01
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £20,6002015-12-17
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.

5.1y median 6y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure
11.8y
average years in governance
6
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 8Environment/conservation/heritage 8Arts/culture/heritage/science 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.

Arts and leisure 7Professional services 7Education 4

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£129k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1140497
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM 30 NOV 2010
Companies House
Company number 07455580 · Active
Contact on the register
07768080105 · mast@thisismast.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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