ORGANISATION CETACEA

Registered charity 1141728 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ORCA

ORCA works to protect whales, dolphins and porpoises (collectively known as cetaceans) in UK and European waters. We promote the conservation of cetaceans in particular by educating the public and raising awareness of the need for their protection and their natural habitat. We also conduct scientifc research into whale and dolphin habitat, population and distribution.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION OF CETACEANS, SEABIRDS AND OTHER MARINE WILDLIFE, IN PARTICULAR BY:I. EDUCATING THE PUBLIC AND RAISING AWARENESS OF THE NEED FOR THE CONSERVATION OF SUCH WILDLIFE AND ITS NATURAL HABITAT.II. CONDUCTING RESEARCH INTO SPECIES OF SUCH WILDLIFE AND TO PUBLISH THE RESULTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLICIII.ADVISING ON MEASURES CONTRIBUTING TO THE CONSERVATION OF MARINE WILDLIFE

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

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves stood at £183,452, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of £100,000 to £150,000. The charity reported a surplus for the year and the trustees consider there are adequate resources to continue operations in 2025 and beyond.

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 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
• 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

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (54% 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: 24.6% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• WENDY AXFORDchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ELFYN PUGH · trustee of 1 other charity
• Emma Rachel Batchelor
• Michael Trench · trustee of 1 other charity
• RICHARD CHRISTOPHER BULL
• Sarah Louise King
• Stephen David House

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).