Ocean Generation

Registered charity 1139843 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q106171901 · also known as PLASTIC OCEANS, PLASTIC OCEANS FOUNDATION

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("OBJECTS) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE PROMOTION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT FROMPLASTIC WASTE.

Objects

2.1 The Charity’s objects (“Objects”) are specifically restricted to the promotion for the public benefit of the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment, in particular but not exclusively by:2.1.1 promoting the restoration of a healthy connection between humanity and the ocean; 2.1.2 raising public awareness of the problem of man-made waste in the environment, including the public health implications and the impact of associated environmental toxins; and2.1.3 the identification and support of environmental solutions aimed at reducing the level and impact of plastic pollution on the environment and public health.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

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

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £705,147, resulting in a surplus of £100,959 for the year. However, the Board notes that cash reserves of £97,234 are considered low and outside the targeted range, having breached the 12-week reserve trigger three times during the financial year. Despite this, the trustees confirm adequate resources exist to continue operations for the foreseeable future.

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 6 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Ocean Generation (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~5.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (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: 18.0% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Philip Peter Scaleschair
• Alexander Stonor
• Alexandra Lazenby
• Alvar Boyd De Wolff
• Andrew John Cartland
• Edward Garrett
• Evagelia Emelia Holdaway
• Laura Blake
• Nancy Hobhouse
• Phillip Donald Jenkins

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE OCEAN TRUST.

• THE OCEAN TRUST income £145k
• OCEANA UK income £2.3m
• Ocean Conservation Trust Limited income £7.1m
• OCEAN FAMILY FOUNDATION income £329k
• PEGASUS income £261k
• OCEAN REGENERATION TRUST income £149k

Side by side with its peers

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