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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)

Latest income
£5.3m
Latest spending
£5.3m
Registered
1991

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

Total income
£5.3m
Total spending
£5.3m
Cost of raising funds
£1.1m
Reserves (reported)
£1.1m
Employees
103

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

Trustees

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£5.3m£5.3m
31/03/2024£5.1m£5.0m
31/03/2023£4.7m£5.6m
31/03/2022£4.4m£4.8m
31/03/2021£4.3m£4.2m

Common questions

Who funds MARINE CONSERVATION SOCIETY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MARINE CONSERVATION SOCIETY as a grant recipient include JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION, THE SCHRODER FOUNDATION, THE ACCESS FOUNDATION, FAT FACE FOUNDATION, THE CONSTANCE TRAVIS CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmount
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATIONFY2025£150k
THE SCHRODER FOUNDATIONFY2025£100k
THE ACCESS FOUNDATIONFY2025£85k
FAT FACE FOUNDATIONFY2025£75k
THE CONSTANCE TRAVIS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£60k
THE CONSTANCE TRAVIS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£50k
PEACOCK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£16k
MARTIN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£15k
DELVES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£12k
THE BATCHWORTH TRUSTFY2025£10k
Q CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£10k
THE VALENTINE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£10k
DELVES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£10k
THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£5k
THE FALCONER FAMILY TRUSTFY2024£5k
CECIL PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
MARJORIE COOTE ANIMAL CHARITY TRUSTFY2024£5k
THE MICHAEL MARKS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
THE LESLIE MARY CARTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
CECIL PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£5k
CECIL PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£4k
RUTH SMART FOUNDATIONFY2022£3k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3k
RUTH SMART FOUNDATIONFY2022£2k
ANSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1k
LILIAN FRANCES HIND BEQUEST (TRUSTEES OF LADY HIND)FY2024£1k
THE WYNDHAM CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
THE WYNDHAM CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
R G HILLS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE FALCONER FAMILY TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE FALCONER FAMILY TRUSTFY2025£1k
Evelyn Partners Charitable TrustFY2025£700
AFPA TRUSTFY2024£500
THE IAN ASKEW CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£500
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTSFY2024£0
MARTIN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£0

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund09/12/2025£200k"Scottish Seas Roadshow – Expanding Ocean Literacy and Marine Community Engagement Across Scotland"
Postcode Lottery25/02/2025£1.1mRegular Grant 2025
The National Lottery Heritage Fund07/11/2024£237k"One Ocean Roadshow: Transforming Ocean Literacy in Hard-to-Reach Communities Across Northern England"
Postcode Lottery01/12/2023£1.1mRegular Grant 2024
Postcode Lottery07/02/2023£1.1mRegular Grant 2023
The National Lottery Heritage Fund19/12/2022£34k"#NNF2 Hiraeth?yn?y Môr (HYYM) - Advancing Ocean Literacy in North East Wales through marine citizenship"
Postcode Lottery10/02/2022£1.0mRegular Grant 2022
The National Lottery Heritage Fund10/08/2020£142k"COVID19: Marine Conservation Society"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund20/07/2004£50k"Seasearch Roadshow"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund16/09/2002£50k"National Pilot Seasearch Programme"