# THE MARY ROSE TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 277503
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** March 28, 1979
- **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=277503


## Contact

- **Address:** Mary Rose Trust, 1-10 College Road, H M Naval Base, PORTSMOUTH
- **Postcode:** PO1 3LX
- **Phone:** 023 92 750521
- **Email:** mail@maryrose.org
- **Website:** www.maryrose.org



## Activities

**Objects:** A. TO FIND, RECORD, EXCAVATE, RAISE, BRING ASHORE, PRESERVE, PUBLISH, REPORT ON AND DISPLAY FOR ALL TIME IN PORTSMOUTH THE "MARY ROSE" (OR ANY OF THESE ACTIVITIES).B. TO ESTABLISH, EQUIP AND MAINTAIN A MUSEUM OR MUSEUMS IN PORTSMOUTH TO HOUSE THE MARY ROSE AND RELATED OR ASSOCIATED MATERIAL.C. TO PROMOTE AND DEVELOP INTEREST, RESEARCH AND KNOWLEDGE RELATING TO:(I) THE MARY ROSE AND ALL MATTERS RELATING TO OR ASSOCIATED WITH HER, AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE FOREGOING HER PLACE IN MARITIME, NAVAL, MILITARY AND SOCIAL HISTORY AND HER EXCAVATION, AND DISPLAY, AND(II) ALL MATTERS RELATING TO UNDERWATER CULTURAL HERITAGE, WHEREVER LOCATED ALL FOR THE EDUCATION AND BENEFIT OF THE NATION.

**Activities:** To conserve the Mary Rose and her artefacts and display them to a wide audience.To maintain the archives and publish archaeological information and to promote and make accessible, research and knowledge relating to the Mary Rose.To provide world class expertise for maritime archaeology and the conservation of material recovered from underwater.To enable lifelong learning and outreach.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Hampshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £3208481 | £4419140 | £25128165 | 67 |
| March 31, 2024 | £3612088 | £4263313 | £26338824 | 67 |
| March 31, 2023 | £2939424 | £4231821 | £26990049 | 47 |
| March 31, 2022 | £3588060 | £4105571 | £28282446 | 46 |
| March 31, 2021 | £2184005 | £3250677 | £28799957 | 49 |



## Trustees

- **NIGEL KEITH PURSE** (Chair) — appointed Oct. 2, 2020
- Adam Humphryes — appointed June 28, 2013
- Aileen Marion Peirce — appointed Nov. 16, 2023
- Bobby Shailesh Mehta — appointed Nov. 21, 2025
- CHRISTOPHER JOHN BRANDON — appointed June 28, 2013
- Dr Andrew David Painting — appointed Nov. 16, 2023
- Dr Nicholas John Merriman — appointed Nov. 21, 2025
- Flora Jane Craig — appointed Nov. 21, 2025
- Kirsten Victoria Suenson-Taylor — appointed Nov. 16, 2023
- Professor Terence Richard Stevens — appointed Nov. 4, 2022
- Rosemary Audrey Sinclair Grey — appointed Nov. 16, 2023
- Suzannah Rebecca Gabriella Lipscomb — appointed Dec. 4, 2020
- Timothy Mark Rusby — appointed Oct. 5, 2018
- Trevor William Keeble — appointed Nov. 16, 2023