The Nautical Archaeology Society

Analysis

The Nautical Archaeology Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Portsmouth. It was registered in July 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01039270). It says it provides human resources and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Nautical Archaeology Society reported income of £166k and spending of £189k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £280k to £166k (-41%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Nautical Archaeology Society sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include More Trees for Bath and North East Somerset (£166k), Friends of Essex Churches Trust (£167k) and The Festival Energy Revolution (£166k).