MALDIVES WHALE SHARK RESEARCH PROGRAMME LIMITED

Registered charity 1130369 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · filing overdue (register status)

Objectives are to promote for the benefit of the public the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment of whale shark and marine biological diversity by: (a) promoting and carrying out for the public benefit research and publishing or otherwise disseminating the useful results of such research: (b) raising awareness and understanding of marine conservation.

Objects

"THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE TO PROMOTE FOR THEBENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION ANDIMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF WHALE/SHARK AND MARINE BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY BY:(A) PROMOTING AND CARRYING OUT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFITRESEARCH AND PUBLISHING OR OTHERWISE DISSEMINATINGTHE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH:(B) RAISING AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF MARINECONSERVATION."

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS.

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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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure of £11,173 for the year, reducing its unrestricted reserves from £12,462 to £1,289. The trustees state that the ideal reserve level is £10,000, representing six months of running costs, meaning current reserves are significantly below this policy target. The organization relies on donations and grants to fund its operations and has acknowledged challenges in achieving consistent monitoring and addressing vessel strike injuries.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• RICHARD GERAINT REESchair
• MORGAN RILEY BSC. MPHIL
• RHODRI LLOYD-WILLIAMS

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

Operates in: Maldives

Income and spending

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