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The Maritime Heritage Foundation

  • 3 trustees
  • Income £8k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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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
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Linked company
The Maritime Heritage Foundation
Registered
2011

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£8k£8k
  • 2024£7k£11k
  • 2023£10k£10k
Earlier years
  • 2022£0£9k
  • 2021£3k£8k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

4. OBJECTS4.1 THE COMPANY HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES:4.2 THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN RELATION TO MARITIME HERITAGE BY ANY MEANS WHICH THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SHALL DETERMINE;4.3 WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE ABOVE, THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN RELATION TO MARITIME HERITAGE BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:4.3.1 THE LOCATION, EXCAVATION, RECOVERY, RAISING, RESTORATION AND/OR PRESERVATION OF SHIP WRECKS AND THE CONTENTS THEREOF INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO HMS VICTORY AND/OR OTHER ITEMS OF MARITIME HERITAGE;4.3.2 THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A MUSEUM AND/OR THE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT EXHIBITION TO DISPLAY SHIP WRECKS AND THE CONTENTS THEREOF INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO HMS VICTORY AND/OR OTHER ITEMS OF MARITIME HERITAGE; AND/OR4.3.3 THE ESTABLISHMENT, MAINTENANCE AND/OR GOVERNANCE OF A SCHOOL, COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY AND/OR INSTITUTE OF HIGHER OR FURTHER EDUCATION TO PROMOTE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF MARITIME HERITAGE; AND/OR4.3.4 THE PROVISION OF SCHOLARSHIPS, MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES, GRANTS AND/OR BURSARIES TENABLE AT ANY SCHOOL, COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY AND/OR INSTITUTE OF HIGHER OR FURTHER EDUCATION FOR YOUNG PERSONS WISHING TO ATTEND SUCH INSTITUTIONS WITH A VIEW TO FURTHER THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF MARITIME HERITAGE;4.3.5 THE ESTABLISHMENT AND PROMOTION OF A PRIZE, AWARD AND/OR FUND FOR INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS AND/OR ORGANISATIONS WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED IN ANY WAY TO THE KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND/OR AWARENESS OF MARITIME HERITAGE;4.3.6 SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONSISTENT WITH THE ABOVE AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SHALL DETERMINE (TOGETHER THE "OBJECTS").

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.

3 trustees on the board

14.3y median 15y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

34.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (1)

3
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 3Arts/culture/heritage/science 2Education/training 2Disability 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Education 14Other services 2Professional services 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£8k 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
1141244
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 26/10/2010
Companies House
Company number 07419879 · Active
Contact on the register
01622754033 · lord.lingfield@live.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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