The New Medway Steam Packet Company Limited

Analysis

The New Medway Steam Packet Company Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gillingham. It was registered in April 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02100358). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The New Medway Steam Packet Company Limited reported income of £144k and spending of £99k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £115k to £144k (+25%), an average of +5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 78%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The New Medway Steam Packet Company Limited sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Skaped (£144k), British Lichen Society (£144k) and Denmead Community Centre CIO (£144k).