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Registered charity · Portsmouth

The Nautical Archaeology Society

  • 15 trustees
  • Income £166k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th 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
Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Argentina, Australia, Canada, Croatia and more
Website
www.nauticalarchaeologysociety.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Nautical Archaeology Society
Registered
1972

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£166k£189k
  • 2024£190k£156k
  • 2023£168k£227k
Earlier years
  • 2022£176k£240k
  • 2021£280k£164k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO FURTHER RESEARCH IN NAUTICAL ARCHAEOLOGY AND PUBLISH THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH AND TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE TECHNIQUES PERTAINING TO THE STUDY OF NAUTICAL ARCHAEOLOGY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

Grants received

12 grants · £300,607 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

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £270,554 (6 grants)
  • Garfield Weston Foundation · £15,000
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £9,779 (4 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £5,274

Most recent

  • Garfield Weston Foundation £15,0002024-12-06
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £2,1842024-04-01
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £1,7062024-04-01
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £2,8912024-04-01
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £2,9982024-04-01
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.

15 trustees on the board

5.6y median 6.5y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (13)

Portfolio (2)

15
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 15Environment/conservation/heritage 14Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Disability 1General Charitable Purposes 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 17Arts and leisure 5Other services 3

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£166k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
264209
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED THE 21 JANUARY 1972 AS AMENDED 27 AUGUST 1986, 29 NOVEMBER 2004 AND 7 NOVEMBER 2008 AND 7 NOVEMBER 2009 as amended on 20 Dec 2022
Companies House
Company number 01039270 · Active
Contact on the register
02392818419 · nas@nauticalarchaeologysociety.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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