**Charity registration number 1140497**
**Company registration number 07455580 (England and Wales)**
## **MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY SEA TRUST**
**ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024**
## **MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY SEA TRUST**
## **LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION**
**Trustees** J M Jefferson A K Dymock P A J Cordingley E Bussey-Jones P C Goodship D Tweedle (Appointed 11 January 2024) **Charity number** 1140497 **Company number** 07455580 **Registered office** 22 Wycombe End Beaconsfield Buckinghamshire HP9 1NB **Independent examiner** S&W Partners (Thames Valley) Limited 22 Wycombe End Beaconsfield Buckinghamshire HP9 1NB
## **MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY SEA TRUST**
## **CONTENTS**
||**Page**|
|---|---|
|Trustees' report|1 - 3|
|Independent examiner's report|4|
|Statement of financial activities|5|
|Balance sheet|6 - 7|
|Notes to the financial statements|8 - 15|
## **MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY SEA TRUST**
## **TRUSTEES' REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS' REPORT)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024**_
The trustees present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 30 September 2024.
The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 1 to the accounts and comply with the charity's governing document, the Companies Act 2006 and “Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)” (as amended for accounting periods commencing from 1 January 2016)
## **Objectives and activities**
The objectives of the charitable company as set out in the governing document are:
To advance the education on the public in the maritime heritage, focusing in particular (but without limitation) on maritime archaeological material, by such means as the directors in their discretion shall from time to time think fit including:
- dedication to enhancing, through outstanding archaeology and research, the understanding of our Nation's rich underwater cultural heritage and
- the dissemination of the educationally useful results of such investigation to the general public.
In setting the objectives and planning the activity of the charitable company, the trustees have given careful consideration to the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit.
## _Public benefit_
The trustees have paid due regard to guidance issued by the Charity Commission in deciding what activities the charity should undertake.
## **Achievements and performance**
## _Significant activities and achievements against objectives_
We believe that to protect our nation's future we must understand our past. We believe that this country's rich maritime heritage can provide a critical insight to our history, through the underwater archaeology resulting from thousands of years of trade, wars and alliances.
We believe that we have a chance to preserve our future, but only together with the help of the people who are forging it, by evaluating and recording our underwater archaeology.
## Below are some highlights.
The Maritime Observatory: We continued working with OceanMind, a not-for-profit organisation which specialises in the monitoring of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing for governments and the private sector, to harness the growing capabilities of the space sector to better protect important maritime sites from unauthorised salvage.
This Maritime Observatory function has been proven nationally and we are now working with European and British partners, concentrating in 2024 on sites in the South China Sea.
The Observatory establishes a cross-sector team with strong government input that creates a hub for monitoring the maritime domain and sharing intelligence with relevant stakeholders to protect important maritime sites. Observatory work in the South China Sea also highlighted internationally the flagrant looting of naval war graves from World War Two by a Chinese salvage barge, in particular of HMS Prince of Wales.
New technology for finding and exploiting wrecks has allowed increased unauthorised salvage activity in the high seas beyond territorial waters where criminals exploit the limited jurisdiction and absence of enforcement. There is a huge disparity between the protection afforded to military remains ashore and those on the seabed which has enabled WWI and WWII wrecks to be ravaged. The Observatory is combining OceanMind’s satellite surveillance with specialist intelligence to enable much more effective monitoring of known wreck sites and the tracking of bad actors.
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## **MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY SEA TRUST**
## **TRUSTEES' REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS' REPORT) (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024**_
In 2024 the Observatory uncovered the return of the Chinese barge, the _Chuan Hong 68_ to the site of HMS Prince of Wales. Our timely alert allowed the authorities to arrest the vessel again.
The Observatory aims to help detect and thus deter unauthorised recoveries from wrecks, both historic and modern - eg. merchant ships carrying valuable cargos, ancient wrecks, warships which may contain human remains, and sites at risk due to their pollution potential (oil and ordnance).
The Observatory is one of the partners of Project Tangaroa, a global framework whose principal aim is to prevent old metal shipwrecks from leaking oil or other harmful substances through the sharing of data on Potentially Leaking Wrecks (PPWs). There are an estimated 8,500 PPWs at the bottom of the world's ocean dating from around 1870, some containing oil or unexplored ordnance - their metals deteriorating over time, and some even more vulnerable due to their attraction to looters.
MAST is working to develop the Royal Navy List following a grant from the Lloyds Register Foundation. The LL is currently a full searchable and downloadable database that we developed to understand the RN's vast reach and influence across the world. We are working on a far greater and more comprehensive database that will also encompass the National Museum of the Royal Navy's collections database and MoD's Salvage and Marine (Salmo) database of Legacy wrecks so that we can build on our knowledge of centuries of British naval and military history. Thanks to Salmo's resource and its inclusion of potentially leaking wrecks the resulting new database will be useful not just for the education and research but also for managing the entire maritime resource globally, looking at environmental risk.
**Advocacy** : MAST continues to provide advice to British Government departments, including the FCDO and MoD. It continues to contribute to policy-building and is working to ensure with international partners such as UNESCO, along with national partners that the marine environment and maritime cultural heritage are seen as symbiotic and are considered holistically. This is crucial with the extension of offshore energy generation development and the likely discoveries of new UCH.
## **Financial review**
During the year the trust's made surplus of £14,256 (2023: a deficit of £78,415). At the year end the trust's unrestricted funds showed a deficit of £54,018 (2023: £68,774) and the restricted funds show a surplus of £10,000 (2023: £10,500) leaving the charity with a funds deficit of £44,018 (2023: £58,274) at the year-end.
The trustees have appointed a fund raiser to help raise funds for the charity and have a reasonable expectation that the charity will be able to raise additional unrestricted funds. The Trustees are committed to supporting the charity and believe that its is able to continue to operate with continued support from its subsidiary which has made a donation to the charity of £100,000 in June 2024 and a further £61,620 will be made after the year end and will clear the deficit.
## **Structure, governance and management**
The charity is a company limited by guarantee, constituted under a Trust Deed dated 18 February 2011 and a registered charity number 1140497.
The trustees, who are also the directors for the purpose of company law, and who served during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were:
J M Jefferson A K Dymock P A J Cordingley E Bussey-Jones P C Goodship H J Brailsford D Tweedle
(Resigned 11 November 2024) (Appointed 11 January 2024)
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## **MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY SEA TRUST**
## **TRUSTEES' REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS' REPORT) (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024**_
## _Recruitment and appointment of trustees_
New trustees are appointed by the existing trustees based on their experience of the sectors and the needs of the charity.
None of the trustees has any beneficial interest in the company. All of the trustees are members of the company and guarantee to contribute £1 in the event of a winding up.
## **Trustees' Responsibilities**
The trustees, who are also the directors of Maritime Archaeology Sea Trust for the purpose of company law, are responsible for preparing the Trustees' Report and the accounts in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
Company Law requires the trustees to prepare accounts for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that year.
In preparing these accounts, the trustees are required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the accounts; and
- prepare the accounts on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation.
The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the accounts comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The trustees' report was approved by the Board of Trustees.
J M Jefferson **Trustee**
28 March 2025
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## **MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY SEA TRUST**
## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT**
## **TO THE TRUSTEES OF MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY SEA TRUST**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of Maritime Archaeology Sea Trust (the charity) for the year ended 30 September 2024.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the trustees of the charity (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (the 2006 Act).
Having satisfied myself that the financial statements of the charity are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s financial statements carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act). In carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
- 1 accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or
- 2 the financial statements do not accord with those records; or
- 3 the financial statements do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
- 4 the financial statements have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the financial statements to be reached.
Keir Singleton **S&W Partners (Thames Valley) Limited**
22 Wycombe End Beaconsfield Buckinghamshire HP9 1NB
Dated: 28 March 2025
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## **MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY SEA TRUST**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT**
## _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024**_
|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**funds**
**2024**
**2024**
**Notes**
**£**
**£**
**Income and endowments from:**
Donations and legacies
**2**
101,300
-
Charitable activities
**3**
1,210
19,365
Investments
**4**
577
-
Other income
**5**
6,859
-
**Total income**
109,946
19,365
**Expenditure on:**
Raising funds
**6**
26,232
-
Charitable activities
**7**
68,958
19,865
**Total expenditure**
95,190
19,865
**Net income/(expenditure)**
14,756
(500)
Transfers between
funds
-
-
**Net movement in**
**funds**
**8**
14,756
(500)
**Reconciliation of funds:**
Fund balances at 1 October
2023
(68,774)
10,500
**Fund balances at 30**
**September 2024**
(54,018)
10,000|**Total**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**funds**
**2024**
**2023**
**2023**
**£**
**£**
**£**
101,300
100
-
20,575
21,098
62,534
577
312
-
6,859
-
-
129,311
21,510
62,534
26,232
26,000
-
88,823
84,425
52,034
115,055
110,425
52,034
14,256
(88,915)
10,500
-
833
(833)
14,256
(88,082)
9,667
(58,274)
19,308
833
(44,018)
(68,774)
10,500|**Total**
**2023**
**£**
100
83,632
312
-
84,044
26,000
136,459
162,459
(78,415)
-
(78,415)
20,141
(58,274)|
|---|---|---|
All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.
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## **MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY SEA TRUST**
## **BALANCE SHEET**
## _**AS AT 30 SEPTEMBER 2024**_
|**2024**
**Notes**
**£**
**Fixed assets**
Tangible assets
**12**
**Current assets**
Debtors
**13**
41,084
Cash at bank and in hand
72,724
113,808
**Creditors: amounts falling due within**
**one year**
**14**
(194,843)
**Net current liabilities**
**Total assets less current liabilities**
**Net assets excluding pension liability**
**The funds of the charity**
Restricted income funds
**16**
Unrestricted funds|**2023**
**£**
**£**
37,017
26,444
69,210
95,654
(171,323)
(81,035)
(44,018)
(44,018)
10,000
(54,018)
(44,018)|**£**
17,395
(75,669)
(58,274)
(58,274)
10,500
(68,774)
(58,274)|
|---|---|---|
The company is entitled to the exemption from the audit requirement contained in section 477 of the Companies Act 2006, for the year ended 30 September 2024.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year in question in accordance with section 476.
The Directors/Trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for ensuring that the charity keeps accounting records which comply with section 386 of the Act and for preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at the end of the financial year and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, for the financial year in accordance with the requirements of sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the company.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year in question in accordance with section 476.
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
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## **MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY SEA TRUST**
## **BALANCE SHEET (CONTINUED)**
## _**AS AT 30 SEPTEMBER 2024**_
The financial statements were approved by the trustees on 28 March 2025
J M Jefferson
## **Trustee**
Company registration number 07455580 (England and Wales)
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## **MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY SEA TRUST**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024**_
## **1 Accounting policies**
## **Charity information**
Maritime Archaeology Sea Trust is a private company limited by guarantee incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 22 Wycombe End, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, HP9 1NB.
## **1.1 Accounting convention**
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the charity's memorandum and articles of association, the Companies Act 2006, FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the Charities SORP "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)" (effective 1 January 2019). The charity is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102.
The charity has taken advantage of the provisions in the SORP for charities not to prepare a Statement of Cash Flows.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the charity. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
## **1.2 Going concern**
These financial statements are prepared on the going concern basis. The trustees are aware that at the year end the unrestricted funds were in deficit. They have taken action since the year end to address this and as such they have no concerns about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
## **1.3 Charitable funds**
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of their charitable objectives.
Restricted funds are subject to specific conditions by donors or grantors as to how they may be used. The purposes and uses of the restricted funds are set out in the notes to the financial statements.
## **1.4 Incoming resources**
Cash donations are recognised on receipt. Other donations are recognised once the charity has been notified of the donation, unless performance conditions require deferral of the amount. Income tax recoverable in relation to donations received under Gift Aid or deeds of covenant is recognised at the time of the donation.
Grants receivable are recognised when the expenditure relating to the terms of the grant are incurred. The remaining balance of the grant is carried forward for expenditure in future years and shown within deferred income.
Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable and represents amounts receivable for goods and services provided in the normal course of business, net of discounts, VAT and other sales related taxes
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## **MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY SEA TRUST**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024**_
## **1 Accounting policies**
**(Continued)**
## **1.5 Resources expended**
Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to transfer economic benefit to a third party, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement, and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably.
Expenditure is classified by activity. The costs of each activity are made up of the total of direct costs and shared costs, including support costs involved in undertaking each activity. Direct costs attributable to a single activity are allocated directly to that activity. Shared costs which contribute to more than one activity and support costs which are not attributable to a single activity are apportioned between those activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources. Central staff costs are allocated on the basis of time spent, and depreciation charges are allocated on the portion of the asset’s use.
Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be recovered and is reported as part of the expenditure to which it relates.
## **1.6 Tangible fixed assets**
Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.
Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:
Plant and equipment 25% reducing balance Computers 20% straight line
The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is recognised in the statement of financial activities.
## **1.7 Financial instruments**
- The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ”Basic Financial Instruments” to all of its financial instruments.
Financial instruments are recognised in the company’s balance sheet when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
## _**Basic financial assets**_
Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances are measured at transaction price less any provision for impairment. Loans receivable are measured initially at fair value, net of transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised costs using the effective interest method, less any provision for impairment.
## _**Basic financial liabilities**_
Basic financial liabilities, including creditors and bank loans are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.
## **1.8 Employee benefits**
The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received.
Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the charity is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.
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## **MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY SEA TRUST**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024**_
## **1 Accounting policies**
## **(Continued)**
## **1.9 Retirement benefits**
Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.
## **2 Income from donations and legacies**
||**Unrestricted**|**Unrestricted**|
|---|---|---|
||**funds**|**funds**|
||**2024**|**2023**|
||**£**|**£**|
|Donations and gifts|101,300|100|
## **3 Income from charitable activities**
|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**funds**
**2024**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**Education**
Diving courses
1,000
-
Grants
-
19,365
Other income
210
-
**Research**
Grants
-
-
1,210
19,365
**4**
**Income from investments**
Bank interest recieved
**5**
**Other income**
Net gain on disposal of tangible fixed assets|**Total**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Total**
**funds**
**funds**
**2024**
**2023**
**2023**
**2023**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
1,000
19,220
-
19,220
19,365
-
42,198
42,198
210
1,878
-
1,878
-
-
20,336
20,336
20,575
21,098
62,534
83,632
**Unrestricted**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**funds**
**2024**
**2023**
**£**
**£**
577
312
**Unrestricted**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**funds**
**2024**
**2023**
**£**
**£**
6,859
-|**Total**
**2023**
**£**
19,220
42,198
1,878
20,336|
|---|---|---|
|||83,632|
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## **MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY SEA TRUST**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024**_
## **6 Expenditure on raising funds**
||**Unrestricted**|**Unrestricted**|
|---|---|---|
||**funds**|**funds**|
||**2024**|**2023**|
||**£**|**£**|
|**Fundraising and publicity**|||
|Support costs|26,232|26,000|
## **7 Expenditure on charitable activities**
|**Education**
**Research**
**2024**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**Direct costs**
Staff costs
32,579
-
Depreciation and profit on
disposal of fixed assets
10,585
-
Insurance
6,263
-
Repairs and maintenance
11,864
-
Research
-
3,657
Printing and stationary
1,187
-
Computer running costs
524
-
Motor running expenses
1,426
-
Travelling expenses
2,213
-
Consultancy fees
504
-
Accountancy
6,410
-
Bank charges
409
-
Sundry expenses
2,767
-
Professional
subscriptions
1,294
-
Rent and rates
(953)
-
Advertising
7,329
-
Other charitable
expenditure
765
-
85,166
3,657
**Analysis by fund**
Unrestricted funds
68,958
-
Restricted funds
16,208
3,657
85,166
3,657|**Total**
**Education**
**Research**
**2024**
**2023**
**2023**
**£**
**£**
**£**
32,579
32,578
-
10,585
5,798
-
6,263
6,783
-
11,864
6,611
-
3,657
42,198
9,836
1,187
1,737
-
524
804
-
1,426
40
-
2,213
2,237
-
504
-
-
6,410
6,702
-
409
398
-
2,767
1,268
-
1,294
12,433
-
(953)
6,596
-
7,329
316
-
765
124
-
88,823
126,623
9,836
68,958
84,425
-
19,865
42,198
9,836
88,823
126,623
9,836|**Total**
**2023**
**£**
32,578
5,798
6,783
6,611
52,034
1,737
804
40
2,237
-
6,702
398
1,268
12,433
6,596
316
124|
|---|---|---|
|||136,459|
|||84,425
52,034|
|||136,459|
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## **MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY SEA TRUST**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024**_
|**8**|**Net movement in funds**|**2024**|**2023**|
|---|---|---|---|
|||**£**|**£**|
||The net movement in funds is stated after charging/(crediting):|||
||Depreciation of owned tangible fixed assets|10,585|5,798|
||Profit on disposal of tangible fixed assets|(6,859)|-|
## **9 Trustees**
None of the trustees (or any persons connected with them) received any remuneration or benefits from the charity during the year (2022 - £nil).
## **10 Employees**
The average monthly number of employees during the year was:
||**2024**|**2023**|
|---|---|---|
||**Number**|**Number**|
||1|1|
|**Employment costs**|**2024**|**2023**|
||**£**|**£**|
|Wages and salaries|31,812|31,811|
|Other pension costs|767|767|
||32,579|32,578|
There were no employees whose annual remuneration was more than £60,000.
## **11 Taxation**
The charity is exempt from taxation on its activities because all its income is applied for charitable purposes.
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## **MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY SEA TRUST**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024**_
|**12**
**Tangible fixed assets**
**Plant and**
**equipment**
**£**
**Cost**
At 1 October 2023
41,097
Additions
55,948
Disposals
(32,048)
At 30 September 2024
64,997
**Depreciation and impairment**
At 1 October 2023
23,702
Depreciation charged in the year
10,585
Eliminated in respect of disposals
(6,307)
At 30 September 2024
27,980
**Carrying amount**
At 30 September 2024
37,017
At 30 September 2023
17,395
**13**
**Debtors**
**Amounts falling due within one year:**
Other debtors
Prepayments and accrued income
**14**
**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
Other taxation and social security
Trade creditors
Amounts owed to subsidiary undertakings
Other creditors
Accruals and deferred income|**Computers**
**£**
4,474
-
-
4,474
4,474
-
-
4,474
-
-
**2024**
**£**
33,753
7,331
41,084
**2024**
**£**
502
-
2,466
185,647
6,228
194,843|**Total**
**£**
45,571
55,948
(32,048)
69,471
28,176
10,585
(6,307)
32,454
37,017
17,395
**2023**
**£**
22,070
4,374
26,444
**2023**
**£**
586
167
6,755
158,295
5,520
171,323|
|---|---|---|
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## **MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY SEA TRUST**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024**_
|**15**|**Retirement benefit schemes**|||
|---|---|---|---|
|||**2024**|**2023**|
||**Defined contribution schemes**|**£**|**£**|
||Charge to profit or loss in respect of defined contribution schemes|767|767|
The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme for all qualifying employees. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the charity in an independently administered fund.
## **16 Restricted funds**
The restricted funds of the charity comprise the unexpended balances of donations and grants held on trust subject to specific conditions by donors as to how they may be used.
||**At 1 October**|**Incoming**|**Resources**|**Transfers**|**At 30**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**2023**|**resources**|**expended**||**September**|
||||||**2024**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Honor Frost Foundation|8,000|4,208|(12,208)|-|-|
|Historic England|2,500|5,157|(7,657)|-|-|
|Lloyds Register Foundation|-|10,000|-|-|10,000|
||10,500|19,365|(19,865)|-|10,000|
|**Previous year:**|**At 1 October**|**Incoming**|**Resources**|**Transfers**|**At 30**|
||**2022**|**resources**|**expended**||**September**|
||||||**2023**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|HMS Invincible's swivel guns|833|-|-|(833)|-|
|Honor Frost Foundation|-|15,336|(7,336)|-|8,000|
|Heritage Lottery Fund|-|42,198|(42,198)|-|-|
|Historic England|-|5,000|(2,500)|-|2,500|
||833|62,534|(52,034)|(833)|10,500|
The purpose of the National Lottery grant is to fund the rescue excavation, recovery, conservation and public display material from the wreck of HMS Invincible.
The purpose of the HMS Invincible's swivel guns fund is to fund the conservation of the swivel guns from the wreck of HMS Invincible. The transfer from this fund to unrestricted funds reflects the fact that the objective of this funds have been achieved.
The purpose of the Honor Frost Foundation fund developing an open source methodology for the remote monitoring of marine protected areas.
The purpose of the Historic England fund is to fund the AIS, remote sensing and reporting of Goodwin Sands and Poole Bay
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## **MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY SEA TRUST**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2024**_
## **17 Unrestricted funds**
The unrestricted funds of the charity comprise the unexpended balances of donations and grants which are not subject to specific conditions by donors and grantors as to how they may be used. These include designated funds which have been set aside out of unrestricted funds by the trustees for specific purposes.
|**At 1**
General funds
**Previous year:**
**At 1**
General funds|**October**
**2023**
**Incoming**
**resources**
**Resources**
**expended**
**Transfers**
**At 30**
**September**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
(68,774)
109,946
(95,190)
-
(54,018)
**October**
**2022**
**Incoming**
**resources**
**Resources**
**expended**
**Transfers**
**At 30**
**September**
**2023**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
19,308
21,510
(110,425)
833
(68,774)|
|---|---|
## **18 Analysis of net assets between funds**
|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**funds**
**2024**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**At 30 September 2024:**
Tangible assets
37,017
-
Current assets/(liabilities)
(91,035)
10,000
(54,018)
10,000
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**funds**
**2023**
**2023**
**£**
**£**
**At 30 September 2023:**
Tangible assets
17,395
-
Current assets/(liabilities)
(86,169)
10,500
(68,774)
10,500|**Total**
**2024**
**£**
37,017
(81,035)
(44,018)
**Total**
**2023**
**£**
17,395
(75,669)
(58,274)|
|---|---|
## **19 Related party transactions**
There were no disclosable related party transactions during the year (2023- Nil).
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