THE SEAHORSE TRUST

Registered charity 1086027 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Seahorse Trust is an advisory, educational and research charity that looks into and studies Seahorses and the environment worldwide

Objects

1. TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION OF RARE AND ENDANGERED SPECIES OF MARINE AND TERRESTRIAL FLORA AND FAUNA AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, SEAHORSES AND RELATED SPECIES.2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY ABOUT WILD FLORA AND FAUNA.3. TO CONDUCT RESEARCH AND ENQUIRY INTO ENDANGERED SPECIES OF MARINE AND TERRESTRIAL FLORA AND FAUNA AND, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY SEAHORSES AND RELATED SPECIES, AND TO PUBLISH THE RESULTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE WORLDWIDE

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintains reserves at the level required to fund its ongoing commitments, with no specific target amount defined. The independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention, and the trustees confirmed no employee received emoluments above £50,000.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Sealife Centres — “The Sealife Centres have kindly funded the project as part of a large scale worldwide education/conservation project.” (source page)
• Postcode Lottery Trust — “The design and production of this course was kindly funded by the Postcode Lottery Trust and we would like to say a massive thanks to them a…” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Barbara Gainswin
• Lydia Morrison
• Tim Haywood

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

Operates in: Jordan · Malta · Spain · Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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