EMIH LIMITED

Registered charity 1073254 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RUNNING DEEP, RUNNING DEEP LIMITED, THE DEEP, THE DEEP MILLENIUM PROJECT, THE DEEP MILLENNIUM PROJECT

The objectives of the charity are: 1) to advance the educational and cultural welfare of the inhabitants of Kingston upon Hull and the community at large; and 2) to promote the conservation of marine organisms by establishing The Deep aquarium in Kingston upon Hull, incorporating an international centre of excellence for education, learning and research of the marine environment.

Objects

THE OBJECTS ("THE MAIN OBJECTS") FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND CULTURAL WELFARE OF THE INHABITANTS OF KINGSTON UPON HULL (THE CITY) IN PARTICULAR AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE AND TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION OF MARINE ORGANISMS BY ESTABLISHING IN THE CITY AN AQUARIUM/MUSEUM AND AN INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR EDUCATION LEARNING AND RESEARCH INTO AND FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT

Area of benefit: KINGSTON UPON HULL

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the group reported an underlying net operational surplus of £1,702,384 for the year ended 31 January 2025, with total unrestricted reserves increasing to £43,987,497. The trustees maintain that reserves are sufficient to cover asset amortisation and provide working capital for at least six months of forecast expenditure. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Smailes Goldie. 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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
• Volunteer management

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/01/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~48.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (36% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 18.2% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Barbara Celia George · trustee of 1 other charity
• Colin Charles Brown
• Dr Lloyd Benjamin Lee Glanville
• Lee James Morton
• Michael Tarbotton
• Professor Lesley Julia Morrell
• Richard John Frostick · trustee of 1 other charity
• Simon James Turner

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

Operates in: Kingston Upon Hull City

Income and spending

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