THE DARWIN CENTRE FOR BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE

Registered charity 1038170 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

tO PRESENT AN ANNUAL PROGRAMME OF SCIENCE ACTIVITIES, WORKSHOPS & LECTURES WITH THE AIM OF ENGAGING YOUNG PEOPLE AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY IN SCIENCE.

Objects

TO UNDERTAKE AND PROMOTE BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

Area of benefit: WALES

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £2,819 for the year ended 31 July 2025, reducing total funds to £104,369. The trustees note that these funds will be utilized for the 2025/2026 Darwin Experience and other related activities. The financial statements were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Dragon LNG — “Thanks to our core sponsorship from Dragon LNG, every school in Pembrokeshire has access to free field trips and workshops.” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANTHONY EDWARD SANGSTERchair · trustee of 5 other charities
• DAVID OWEN JOHN SHOUBRIDGE LORT-PHILLIPS · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Anthony Clee
• Dr BARRY NEIL WALTERS
• Dr KENNETH TAYLOR WANN
• Dr STEPHANIE BEATRIX MATHEWS
• Dr Verity Marie Jones
• Georgina Amy Campbell Flatter
• Laura Kate Callan
• PROF TONY CAMPBELL

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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