MARINE CONSERVATION SOCIETY

Registered charity 1004005 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as M C S, THE MARINE CONSERVATION SOCIETY LIMITED · also registered in Scotland as SC037480 (OSCR)

The Marine Conservation Society fights for the future of our ocean through people powered action, with science on our side. We defend habitats and species, with communities, businesses and governments. Together, we work towards a cleaner, better protected, healthier ocean. For seas full of life, where nature flourishes and people thrive.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £5.34m, representing a 6% increase on the prior year, while total expenditure was £5.25m. The charity reported a net deficit of £52k on unrestricted funds, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £1.09m at year-end, which the trustees consider to be in line with their policy of holding between 3 and 4 months of unrestricted expenditure.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Trading subsidiary: M C S SALES LIMITED Companies House 01766795
• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02550966

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Marine Conservation Society (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• SHIPPEN, Natalie — director, appointed 18/09/2025on trustee list
• ECKSTEIN, Mark — director, appointed 18/09/2025on trustee list
• WILKIN, David Roy — director, appointed 13/05/2025on trustee list
• ROY, Rajah Alexis Unwin — director, appointed 30/08/2024on trustee list
• KOEHRING, Martin Konstantin — director, appointed 30/08/2024on trustee list
• RODNEY, Rebecca — director, appointed 14/12/2022on trustee list
• BURNS, Polly Rose — director, appointed 14/12/2022on trustee list
• THERNSTROM, Helena Youn Ha — director, appointed 17/03/2021on trustee list
• NOBBS, Amanda Jane — director, appointed 18/03/2020on trustee list
• TIRATELLI, Stefano Mario — director, appointed 20/09/2019on trustee list
• AUKER-HOWLETT, Jane — secretary, appointed 01/04/2025

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 20.0% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amanda Jane Nobbs
• David Roy Wilkin
• Helena Thernstrom
• James Arnell · trustee of 2 other charities
• Mark Eckstein
• Martin Konstantin Koehring
• Natalie Shippen · trustee of 1 other charity
• Polly Rose Burns
• Rajah Alexis Unwin Roy
• Rebecca Rodney
• Stefano Tiratelli

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales · Turks And Caicos Islands

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MARINE STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL.

• MARINE STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL income £33.7m
• OCEANA UK income £2.7m
• SEA LIFE TRUST LIMITED income £6.8m
• MALDIVES WHALE SHARK RESEARCH PROGRAMME LIMITED income £250k
• AQUACULTURE STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL income £13.5m
• BLUE MARINE FOUNDATION income £13.0m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.