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Registered charity · Portsmouth

Tall Ships Youth Trust

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £1.9m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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, Disability, Amateur Sport
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.tallships.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Tall Ships Youth Trust
Registered
1963

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.9m£2.0m
  • 2024£1.9m£1.8m
  • 2023£1.7m£1.8m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.3m£1.5m
  • 2021£1.3m£1.3m
Charitable objects

3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT: 3.1.1 TO PROMOTE THE TRAINING AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE OF ALL NATIONALITIES, SOCIAL AND ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS THROUGH VOYAGES IN SAILING SHIPS AND OTHER MARINE CRAFT AND SHORE-BASED ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING APPROPRIATE ACCREDITATION AND QUALIFICATIONS; 3.1.2 TO PROMOTE AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE AN INTEREST IN TAKING UP MARITIME CAREERS (INCLUDING ROYAL NAVY AND MERCANTILE MARINE) AND CAREERS IN THE WIDER OCEAN ENVIRONMENT, OR IN ANY OTHER SECTOR USING THE SKILLS GAINED WHILST TAKING PART IN THE CHARITY’S VOYAGES OR OTHER MARITIME ACTIVITIES;3.1.3 TO MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC A KNOWLEDGE OF UP-TO-DATE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY ELEMENTS OF VOYAGING AND SEAMANSHIP.

Board analysis for researchers

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.

10 trustees on the board

5.2y median 5.5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (2)

10
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 10Disability 9Amateur Sport 8Arts/culture/heritage/science 1General Charitable Purposes 1Other 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.

Other services 10Arts and leisure 3Construction 2

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£1.9m latest income
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.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

23 from 14 in 2021
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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
314229
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 12 JUN 1956AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10 NOV 1960AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20 SEP 1995AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04 DEC 2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01 AUG 2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03 JUL 2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 14 JUL 2025
Companies House
Company number 00567460 · Active
Contact on the register
02392832055 · info@tallships.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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