# THE SHAMROCK TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1136535
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** June 22, 2010
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1136535


## Contact

- **Address:** 24a Egerton Park, Birkenhead
- **Postcode:** CH42 4QZ
- **Phone:** 01516440186
- **Email:** secretary@shamrocktrust.org.uk
- **Website:** www.shamrocktrustuk.org



## Activities

**Objects:** 1 THE RESTORATION, PRESERVATION AND OPERATION OF THE HISTORIC WINDERMERE STEAM POWERED SALOON LAUNCH 'SHAMROCK'2 ENABLING 'SHAMROCK' TO CONTINUE, AS IT HAS SINCE 1906, AS A QUINTESSENTIAL PART OF WINDERMERE CULTURE DELIGHTING VISITORS TO THE LAKE3 THE USE OF THE VESSEL TO SHOW TO THE PUBLIC THE HISTORICAL EVOLUTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF MECHANICAL POWER IN SMALL BOATS4 THE ACQUISITION AND PRESERVATION OF BOOKS, DRAWINGS, RECORDS, PHOTOGRAPHS, FILMS, AND ANY ARTIFICATS RELATING TO 'SHAMROCK' AND HER SISTER VESSELS5 THE PROVISION OF EXHIBITIONS, DISPLAYS AND PUBLICATIONS IN A VARIETY OF FORMATS TO INFORM AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC6 THE TRAINING IN THE TRADITIONAL BOAT BUILDING, ENGINEERING AND OTHER SKILLS REQUIRED FOR BUILDING, MAINTAINING AND OPERATING SMALL STEAM POWERED VESSELS

**Activities:** The Operations Manual was updated. The Risk Assessment revised with specific attention to environmental issues. The vessel was shown in steam for 10 days during the year and at Windermere Jetty Museum Festival of the Lake. Website and Facebook Pages were maintained. Promoted at Steam Boat Association AGM and Cumbrian Steam Gathering. A Policy for Reserves was approved for the CH accounts.

**Area of benefit:** WINDERMERE




## Classification

- **How:** Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Cumbria



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £4727 | £2687 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £5468 | £2405 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £5520 | £4396 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £4266 | £3750 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £1846 | £7181 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Austin Peter Hammond Mr — appointed June 21, 2024
- DOROTHY ANN BULLOUGH
- Gregory Philip Simpson — appointed Oct. 19, 2017
- JOHN GRIFFITHS
- MARTYN BLACKBURN
- ROGER MALLINSON
- Robert Thomas Beale Mr — appointed June 21, 2024