BANC D'ARGUIN, AND COASTAL AND MARINE BIODIVERSITY TRUST FUND LIMITED

Registered charity 1136156 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

1) TO PROMOTE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, FIRSTLY OF THE BANC D'ARGUIN NATIONAL PARK, AND SECONDLY OF OTHER MARINE AND COASTAL PROTECTED AREAS IN MAURITANIA.

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Latest income

£700k

Latest spending

£1.3m

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total funds of €41,505,552, comprising a significant endowment fund of €40,997,442 and unrestricted reserves of €508,110. The trustees report a positive investment performance of 5.64% for the year and confirm adequate resources to continue as a going concern. The charity incurred a net expenditure of €585,327, primarily driven by grants of €860,000 and support costs.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: cover the grants to the beneficiaries and the operating costs of the Trust (held: £508k)

“The trustees have a reserves policy which complies with its objectives, which are to cover the grants to the beneficiaries and the operating costs of the Trust.” — page 7

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Wellers. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 06800423

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

MONKAM- DAVERAT, Ignace — director, appointed 24/02/2025not on trustee list
SENHOURY, Ahmed — director, appointed 11/03/2024on trustee list
GOYET, Sylvie Michelle — director, appointed 10/04/2023on trustee list
DAHI, Abdel Aziz — director, appointed 03/10/2022on trustee list
ZEIN, Ahmed — director, appointed 20/07/2021on trustee list
TAYLOR, Guillaume — director, appointed 01/01/2020on trustee list
LEFGHIH, Ahmed — secretary, appointed 01/01/2015

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£700k

Total spending

£1.3m

Cost of raising funds

£155k

Reserves (reported)

£35.2m

Employees

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (100% 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: 22.1% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

ABDEL AZIZ DAHI
AHMED SENHOURY
AHMED ZEIN
Aicha Sidi Bouna
GUILLAUME TAYLOR
Ignace MONKAM-DAVERAT
SYLVIE MICHELLE GOYET

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

Operates in: Mauritania

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£700k	£1.3m
31/12/2023	£538k	£1.2m
31/12/2022	£5.3m	£1.3m
31/12/2021	£1.2m	£1.1m
31/12/2020	£339k	£489k

Common questions

Is BANC D'ARGUIN, AND COASTAL AND MARINE BIODIVERSITY TRUST FUND LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds total funds of €41,505,552, comprising a significant endowment fund of €40,997,442 and unrestricted reserves of €508,110. The trustees report a positive investment performance of 5.64% for the year and confirm adequate resources to continue as a going concern. The charity incurred a net expenditure of €585,327, primarily driven by grants of €860,000 and support costs. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Wellers.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
CONSERVATION COLLECTIVE	1	£560k
THE ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION	1	£500k
PRISM THE GIFT FUND	1	£446k
ISEAL ALLIANCE	1	£159k
THE REGATTA FOUNDATION	1	£100k
THE LINBURY TRUST	1	£50k
THE BADUR FOUNDATION	1	£37k
The Neath Port Talbot Community Voluntary Service Limited	1	£35k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FOUNDATION FOR THE PARKS AND RESERVES OF COTE D'IVOIRE (FPRCI-UK).

FOUNDATION FOR THE PARKS AND RESERVES OF COTE D'IVOIRE (FPRCI-UK) income £4.7m
MALDIVES WHALE SHARK RESEARCH PROGRAMME LIMITED income £250k
TRANSITION BRO GWAUN LTD income £185k
THANET COUNTRYSIDE TRUST FUND income £195k
WEST WALES RIVERS TRUST income £884k
CONSERVATION COLLECTIVE income £4.0m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BANC D'ARGUIN, AND COASTAL AND MARINE BIODIVERSITY TRUST FUND LIMITED	£700k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FOUNDATION FOR THE PARKS AND RESERVES OF COTE D'IVOIRE (FPRCI-UK) FY2024	£4.7m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
MALDIVES WHALE SHARK RESEARCH PROGRAMME LIMITED FY2024	£250k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
TRANSITION BRO GWAUN LTD FY2025	£185k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THANET COUNTRYSIDE TRUST FUND FY2025	£195k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WEST WALES RIVERS TRUST FY2025	£884k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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