Annual Reports and AGMs

2020 Annual General Meeting

The 2020 Annual General Meeting (for the financial year 1st April 2019-31st March 2020) took place online on the 14th November 2020 from 14:00-16:00 GMT

Documents that presented to the meeting are available to download here:

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Recent Charity Annual Reports

Our officers reports and annual accounts can be found here.

Download 2018-19 Officers Reports

Download the 2018 AGM Minutes

2018-19 Annual Accounts

Download 2017-18 Officers Reports

Download 2017-18 Annual Accounts

Download the 2017 AGM Minutes

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are companies incorporated in England or Wales.

You can search for Nautical Archaeology Society on the Charity Commission website Charity Commission and on the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator website.

Or click NAS Charity Commission overview to see our recent submissions.

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Company Annual Reports

The NAS is a Limited Company and reports annually to Companies House. Details of annual returns can be found online Companies House by searching for Nautical Archaeology Society or an overview can be found Companies House overview.

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Statements

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International Journal of Nautical Archaeology

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Annual Conference

2021 Conference - With the postponement of the 2020 physical event, we hope that we will be able to be in Ireland in 2022. In November 2021 we will be back online hosting a virtual event on the Pheedloop conference platform. Find out more here......
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Our Mission

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