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The Steam Boat Trust

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1208717
Status
Registered
Reporting
Up to date Last filed Feb. 4, 2026. Filing history
Registered
June 18, 2024
Legal form
CIO

Address

Address
44 Park Farm Avenue
Fareham
Hampshire
PO15 6LH

Activities

To ensure the continued preservation, operation and public awareness of our maritime heritage.

Objects: To Preserve, Protect, Restore And Maintain For The Public Benefit The Historic Steam Tug Boat 'Challenge', As A Working Example Of Maritime Heritage. Built In 1931 And Which Participated In The Evacuation From Dunkirk In 1940, Being The Last Working Example Of A Large Purpose-Built, Thames Ship-Handling Steam Tug And One Of Only Three Surviving Steam Vessels Left Of The Many Which Were Once In Use On The River Thames. To Maintain The Engineering And Seafaring Skills Of The Past By Restoring And Operating The Boat And To Preserve And Display Her For The Public Benefit And Education Of All, By Sailing In Thames, UK And European Waters Where And Whenever Possible.to Preserve, Protect, Restore And Maintain For The Public Benefit Other Historic Vessels That May Become Available Such As Steam Tug Boat 'Portwey'.

Classification

How
Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
What
General Charitable Purposes
Who
The General Public/mankind

Geography

Region
Throughout England

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure
April 5, 2025 Feb. 4, 2026On time £1,358 £1,209

Trustees

Name Appointed
Oliver George West (Chair) Sept. 1, 2026
Edward George Thomas Ions June 18, 2024
Lucy Dorothy Doreen Gardner Sept. 1, 2026
Margaret Elizabeth McEwan June 18, 2024
Russell Victor Sawyer June 18, 2024