The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

The Paddle Steamer Preservation Society

Registered charity 298328 Registered since 1987

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland

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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.

7.8y median 7y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

18.4y
average years in governance
15
company-linked trustees

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

Environment/conservation/heritage 15Arts/culture/heritage/science 14Economic/community Development/employment 1Education/training 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.

Arts and leisure 21Transport 10Other services 4

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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£6.1m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

9.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 4.5 in 2020

37 from 30 in 2022
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

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Contact

Websitehttp://www.paddlesteamers.org
Emailsecretary@paddlesteamers.org
Phone07947774471
Address51 Chalkwell Esplanade, Westcliff-on-Sea, SS0 8JH

Finances

£5,650,192 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£251,348£138,885
2022£3,481,602£3,517,691
2023£5,553,675£4,548,800
2024£6,051,895£5,114,780
2025£5,650,192£5,659,783

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides Services

Charitable objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ACQUIRE PRESERVE AND EXHIBIT IN SAILING CONDITION OR OTHERWISE ONE OR MORE EXAMPLES OF PADDLE STEAMERS OR PADDLE PROPELLED VESSELS AND TO ACQUIRE PRESERVE AND EXHIBIT A COLLECTION OF MARINE EQUIPMENT AND OTHER APPURTENANCES AND MATERIAL ASSOCIATED WITH THEM WITH A VIEW TO EDUCATING THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF PADDLE STEAMERS IN THE NATION'S MARITIME AND INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 22/09/1987AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/11/2012NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 22/03/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19 NOV 2016AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27 NOV 2017

Trustees (15)

15trustees
70median age
9aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Paddle Steamer Preservation Society · 02167853 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 22/09/1987

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

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