# THE SUTTON HOO SHIP'S COMPANY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1175475
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Oct. 31, 2017
- **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=1175475


## Contact

- **Address:** THE LONGSHED, TIDE MILL WAY, WOODBRIDGE, SUFFOLK
- **Postcode:** IP12 1FP
- **Phone:** 07785990311
- **Email:** contact@saxonship.org
- **Website:** www.saxonship.org



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN NAUTICAL ARCHAEOLOGY BY THE FOLLOWING MEANS:A) CONSTRUCTING, MAINTAINING AND OPERATING A REPLICA SHIP BASED ON THE SEVENTH CENTURY SHIP FOUND AT SUTTON HOO IN SUFFOLK, ENGLAND.B) CARRYING OUT TRIALS OF THE REPLICA SHIP ON WATER AND LAND.C) CONDUCTING RESEARCH ON THE REPLICA SHIP, AND SHARING THE RESULTS WITH THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY AND THE WIDER PUBLIC. D) PUBLICLY EXHIBITING THE REPLICA SHIP.E) PROVIDING CRAFT OPPORTUNITIES DURING CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION FOR PERSONS OF DIFFERING LEVELS OF ABILITY.

**Activities:** THE SUTTON HOO SHIP'S COMPANY WILL RECONSTRUCT THE SHIP BURIED UNDER MOUND 1 AT SUTTON HOO AROUND 625 . THE SHIP WILL BE BUILT ON THE SURVIVING INFORMATION AND THE BEST ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH OF THE DAY. THE SHIP WILL BE TRIALLED ON THE WATER TO TEST HYPOTHESES ABOUT ITS USE. THE BUILD AND TRIALS  WILL INVOLVE SHIPWRIGHTS AND ROWERS OF ALL ABILITIES, THE COUNTRY WILL ACQUIRE A HISTORICAL  ICON.




## Classification

- **How:** Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Cambridgeshire
- Derbyshire
- East Riding Of Yorkshire
- Essex
- Lincolnshire
- Norfolk
- Suffolk
- Throughout London



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 30, 2024 | £223977 | £41321 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2023 | £204263 | £35682 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | £203399 | £32175 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | £112255 | £67595 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2020 | £112255 | £67595 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Sean McMillan** (Chair) — appointed June 25, 2023
- ANDREW FITZGERALD — appointed Sept. 15, 2016
- Dr Angela Care Evans — appointed Oct. 11, 2021
- Dr Damian Robinson — appointed Oct. 11, 2021
- Helen Geake — appointed June 25, 2023
- Jonathan David Lea — appointed March 18, 2022
- Professor  MARTIN CARVER — appointed Sept. 15, 2016
- Richard Anthony Startin — appointed Jan. 27, 2019
- Sharon Kindleysides — appointed March 18, 2022
- Simon Jonathon Steel — appointed Jan. 27, 2019
- William Newman — appointed March 19, 2025