THE NATIONAL LOBSTER HATCHERY

Registered charity 1105434 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q6974202 · Wikipedia · also known as THE PADSTOW LOBSTER HATCHERY

To promote the concept of sustainability in fisheries and aquaculture and to improve the long term productivity of the lobster fishery for all, through an active stock enhancement programme.

Objects

A) TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION OF THE LOBSTER POPULATIONS AROUND THE CORNISH COAST FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CONSERVATION OF THE LOBSTER POPULATIONSC) TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT SUSTAINABILITY OF LOBSTER FISHERIES.

Area of benefit: CORNWALL

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

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Registered contact address: Cornwall, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state a net surplus of £28,187 for the year ended 31 March 2026, compared to a surplus of £8,111 in the prior year. Total incoming resources were £425,482, while total resources expended amounted to £397,295. The document does not disclose any specific reserves policy or unrestricted reserves figures.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 06/06/2024, 127 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The National Lobster Hatchery (matched by registered charity number).

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Charles Creed Thompson
• Dr Joanna Henley
• Katie Ashworth
• Lord St Levan · trustee of 1 other charity
• Richard Vlasto
• Robert David Clifford-Wing · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Cornwall

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RIBBLE RIVERS TRUST LIMITED.

• RIBBLE RIVERS TRUST LIMITED income £3.8m
• FISHING INTO THE FUTURE income £270k
• THE SUSTAINABLE SHIPPING INITIATIVE LIMITED income £370k
• LANGLAND CONSERVATION LTD income £473k
• LABURNUM BOAT CLUB income £411k
• Litter Watch income £92k

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