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The Amateur Yacht Research Society Limited
The Amateur Yacht Research Society Limited is a registered charity (number 234081) based in London, governed by 11 trustees and chaired by John Perry since 2020. Latest income £4k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as A Y R S (Charity Commission)
- 11 trustees
- Income £4k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- John PerryChair · since 2020
- Christopher Leslie GouldTrustee · since 2021
- David CulpTrustee
- Graeme Gifford Wetherley WardTrustee
- Kim James FisherTrustee · since 2014
- Mark HillmannTrustee · since 2021
- Mark Nicholas SalvageTrustee · since 2021
- Professor Jasper Graham-JonesTrustee · since 2021
- Robert BeiglerTrustee · since 2021
- Robert DownhillTrustee
- TIM GloverTrustee · since 2011
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and more
- Website
- www.ayrs.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Amateur Yacht Research Society Limited
- Registered
- 1964
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£4k£3k
- 2024£4k£4k
- 2023£5k£4k
Earlier years
- 2022£4k£8k
- 2021£3k£5k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE AND DEVELOP LEARNING AND KNOWLEDGE OF NAUTICAL SCIENCE.
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
- John Perry Chair since 2020
- Christopher Leslie Gould since 2021
- David Culp
- Graeme Gifford Wetherley Ward
- Kim James Fisher since 2014
- Mark Hillmann since 2021
- Mark Nicholas Salvage since 2021
- Professor Jasper Graham-Jones since 2021
- Robert Downhill
- Robert Beigler since 2021
- TIM Glover since 2011
Trustees past 6 years
- John Perry Chair since 2020
- Kim James Fisher since 2014
- TIM Glover since 2011
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- John Perry Chair since 2020
- Christopher Leslie Gould since 2021
- David Culp
- Graeme Gifford Wetherley Ward
- Kim James Fisher since 2014
- Mark Hillmann since 2021
- Mark Nicholas Salvage since 2021
- Professor Jasper Graham-Jones since 2021
- Robert Downhill
- Robert Beigler since 2021
- TIM Glover since 2011
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 234081
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 19TH DECEMBER 1963 as amended on 26 Jan 2020
- Companies House
- Company number 00785326 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 0123456789 · office@ayrs.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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