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Registered charity · Suffolk

The Sutton HOO Ship's Company

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £306k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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
Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Suffolk, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, East Riding Of Yorkshire and more
Website
www.saxonship.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Sutton HOO Ship's Company
Registered
2017

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£306k£70k
  • 2024£224k£41k
  • 2023£204k£36k
Earlier years
  • 2022£203k£32k
  • 2021£112k£68k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN NAUTICAL ARCHAEOLOGY BY THE FOLLOWING MEANS:A) CONSTRUCTING, MAINTAINING AND OPERATING A REPLICA SHIP BASED ON THE SEVENTH CENTURY SHIP FOUND AT SUTTON HOO IN SUFFOLK, ENGLAND.B) CARRYING OUT TRIALS OF THE REPLICA SHIP ON WATER AND LAND.C) CONDUCTING RESEARCH ON THE REPLICA SHIP, AND SHARING THE RESULTS WITH THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY AND THE WIDER PUBLIC. D) PUBLICLY EXHIBITING THE REPLICA SHIP.E) PROVIDING CRAFT OPPORTUNITIES DURING CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION FOR PERSONS OF DIFFERING LEVELS OF ABILITY.

Grants received

3 grants · £65,000 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.

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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.

11 trustees on the board

5.4y median 5y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (1)

11
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 11Education/training 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Professional services 12Manufacturing 11Agriculture 4

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£224k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1175475
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 01 OCT 2016NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 10 SEP 2017
Companies House
Company number 10377525 · Active
Contact on the register
07785990311 · contact@saxonship.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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