The Steam Boat Trust

Registered charity 1208717 CIO Registered since 2024

Operates: Throughout England

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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.

trustees on the board

2y median 2y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

10.5y

average years in governance

4 vs 1 portfolio

first-time trustees

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 1Education/training 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1General Charitable Purposes 1Recreation 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.

Other services 2

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Contact

Email	davebowen47@gmail.com
Phone	07531600888
Address	5 SHOLDEN ROAD, ROCHESTER, 5 Sholden Road, ME2 4PR

Finances

£1,358 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2025	£1,358	£1,209

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

TO PRESERVE, PROTECT, RESTORE AND MAINTAIN FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE HISTORIC STEAM TUG BOAT 'CHALLENGE', AS A WORKING EXAMPLE OF MARITIME HERITAGE. BUILT IN 1931 AND WHICH PARTICIPATED IN THE EVACUATION FROM DUNKIRK IN 1940, BEING THE LAST WORKING EXAMPLE OF A LARGE PURPOSE-BUILT, THAMES SHIP-HANDLING STEAM TUG AND ONE OF ONLY THREE SURVIVING STEAM VESSELS LEFT OF THE MANY WHICH WERE ONCE IN USE ON THE RIVER THAMES. TO MAINTAIN THE ENGINEERING AND SEAFARING SKILLS OF THE PAST BY RESTORING AND OPERATING THE BOAT AND TO PRESERVE AND DISPLAY HER FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND EDUCATION OF ALL, BY SAILING IN THAMES, UK AND EUROPEAN WATERS WHERE AND WHENEVER POSSIBLE.TO PRESERVE, PROTECT, RESTORE AND MAINTAIN FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OTHER HISTORIC VESSELS THAT MAY BECOME AVAILABLE SUCH AS STEAM TUG BOAT 'PORTWEY'.

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 18 Jun 2024

Trustees (5)

5trustees

65median age

1aged 70+

Connected charities (2)

The Wurlitzer Heritage Trust 1 shared trustee
The RYE Wurlitzer Academy 1 shared trustee

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