CAPTAIN PAUL WATSON FOUNDATION UK

Registered charity 1110501 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NEPTUNES PIRATES UK, SEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY, SEA SHEPHERD UK

Captain Paul Watson Foundation UK's objective is to protect marine habitats and species. The charity (formerly known as Sea Shepherd UK) engages in campaigns, investigations and actions to uphold marine conservation laws and treaties. The charity manages marine conservation projects in the UK and abroad while also engages in educational outreach to the public via talks, presentations and events.

Objects

THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY ARE:1) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE FIELD OF MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOLOGY:2) TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION OF MARINE AND FRESHWATER LIVING ORGANISMS;3) TO PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS ANIMALS, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY MARINE ANIMALS, WHICH ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION BY REASON OF SICKNESS, MALTREATMENT, POOR CIRCUMSTANCES OR ILL-USAGE;4) ANY OTHER PURPOSES DEEMED CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND & WALES

Area of benefit: NATIONAL & OVERSEAS

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Camden, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £51,371 for the year ended 30 June 2025, with total income of £569,432 against expenditure of £518,061. Per the trustees' report, free reserves amounted to £164,484, which is above the stated policy target of approximately £60,000. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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 5 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
• 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)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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, 5 were received after the due date: year ending 30/06/2025 (received 28/05/2026, 28 days after the 30/04/2026 due date); year ending 30/06/2024 (received 25/11/2025, 209 days after the 30/04/2025 due date); year ending 30/06/2023 (received 07/02/2025, 283 days after the 30/04/2024 due date); year ending 30/06/2022 (received 29/09/2023, 152 days after the 30/04/2023 due date); year ending 30/06/2021 (received 30/06/2022, 61 days after the 30/04/2022 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 — Captain Paul Watson Foundation UK (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• I Am Guardian Foundation — “I Am Guardian Foundation is honoured to be an official Ally of The Captain Paul Watson Foundation UK” (source page)
• Minirig — “Minirig have been amazing supporters of Neptune's Pirates over the past year - they have been matching the amount for every donation made vi…” (source page)
• GoKo Travels — “By travelling with GoKo Travels, not only is every trip carbon balanced as standard but through their charity The GoKo Earth Preservation, t…” (source page)
• Thalassophile — “Thalassophile help make an additional difference in marine conservation by donating 20% of their profits to our campaigns.” (source page)
• Spritzy — “As proud partners of Neptune's Pirates , they love what we do and are committed to helping protect marine wildlife by donating 10% of their …” (source page)
• Susie Harding — “For every Eight Million Tons piece sold, Susie donates 25% of the profit to our work” (source page)
• Seashell — “We're proud to support CPWF and Neptune's Pirates and will be donating 10% of website sale profits over the festive season towards their cau…” (source page)
• Mocean Fitness — “we’re thrilled to be able to donate 10% of our net profits from all items sold from our Earth Collection to Captain Paul Watson Foundation U…” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anna Louise OLIVER
• Paul Franklin Watson
• Shawn Paul Watson

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

Operates in: Faroe Islands · Iceland · Jersey · Namibia · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SEA WATCH FOUNDATION, THE CETACEAN MONITORING UNIT.

• SEA WATCH FOUNDATION, THE CETACEAN MONITORING UNIT income £472k
• THE WATSON FOUNDATION income £176k
• WHALE WISE income £39k
• NATUREWATCH FOUNDATION income £389k
• BATCHWORTH SEA SCOUTS income £131k
• SAVE THE ELEPHANTS income £5.3m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.