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Registered charity · Suffolk

The Excelsior Trust

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £311k (2024)
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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
Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk
Website
www.excelsiortrust.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Excelsior Trust
Registered
1983

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£311k£299k
  • 2023£177k£232k
  • 2022£94k£35k
Earlier years
  • 2021£115k£110k
  • 2020£115k£110k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 5%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(A) TO ACQUIRE, RESTORE, RE-RIG AND MAINTAIN THE LOWESTOFT SMACK "EXCELSIOR", (EX "SVINOR", EX "EXCELSIOR" LT 472) AND OTHER VESSELS USING AS FAR AS IS REASONABLY PRACTICAL, SIMILAR MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES TO THOSE USED IN ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION SO THAT THEY MAY BE PRESERVED AND OPENED TO INSPECTION BY THE PUBLIC AS PART OF BRITAIN'S MARITIME HERITAGE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS AND FULFIL THE OTHER AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE TRUST. (B) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR PEOPLE TO SAIL, AND WORK ABOARD HISTORIC VESSELS THEREBY KEEPING ALIVE MARITIME HERITAGE FOR ALL. (C) TO PROVIDE SAILING AND TRAINING FACILITIES TO SAIL AT SEA AS MEMBERS OF AN INTEGRATED TEAM ALONGSIDE EXPERIENCED AND ABLE-BODIED CREW, THEREBY INCULCATING A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY IN EACH AND EVERY MEMBER OF THE TEAM WHATEVER THEIR ABILITIES AND SOCIAL BACKGROUNDS.

Grants received

14 grants · £273,236 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

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £152,740 (3 grants)
  • Garfield Weston Foundation · £92,500 (6 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £21,546 (3 grants)
  • Sport England · £4,450
  • Foundation Scotland · £2,000

Most recent

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.

6 trustees on the board

4.2y median 3y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

18.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

6
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 6Environment/conservation/heritage 6

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 10Arts and leisure 2Mining 2

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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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£311k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
285899
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 8TH OCTOBER 1982 as amended on 20 Nov 2025
Companies House
Company number 01670772 · Active
Contact on the register
07821 281950 · sailing@excelsiortrust.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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