SEA-CHANGERS

Registered charity 1142119 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC043922 (OSCR)

Sea-Changers object is to promote the conservation protection and improvement of the physical and natural marine environment and promote marine bio-diversity. The key strategic aim is to raise significant additional funds for marine conservation projects by running an annual and on-going campaigns which makes it as easy as possible for sea-users to give something back to protect the environment.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL MARINE ENVIRONMENT AND PROMOTE MARINE BIO-DIVERSITY.

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

Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Blaby, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£303k

Latest spending

£332k

Registered

2011

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Sea-Changers reported a deficit of £28,540 for the year 2025, despite total income more than doubling to £303,272. The charity maintains a minimum reserve policy of £15,000 to cover three months of notice costs and contingencies, though the specific unrestricted reserves balance is not explicitly stated in the provided text.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Restricted Funds (76% of income)

“During the year 2025 we raised £230,335 (2024: £45,500) in restricted funds specifically for this use.” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months notice to any employees or regular contractors, any ongoing expenses, and a contingency for unforeseen costs including costs involved in winding up the charity

“A Minimum Reserve Level is set to provide sufficient funds to provide three months notice to any employees or regular contractors, any ongoing expenses, and a contingency for unforeseen costs including costs involved in winding up the charity. The levels, reviewed in 2025 are: Administration and Employment Cost Reserve:£9,000 Contingency Reserve: £6,000 Minimum Reserve Policy:£15,000” — page 17

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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.

Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding 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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 20
Government income: £2,620 — grants £2,620 (1); under 1% of the £303,272 total gross income on the same return
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 15
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 15
Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — SEA-CHANGERS (matched by registered charity number).

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (13/05/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Paul Martinchair
Chloe Victoria Harvey
Christopher Mills
Emma Alexandra Armshaw
LEIGH SHERIDAN MORRIS
Micah Douglas
Penny Nelson
Sue Holden · trustee of 1 other charity
Tanya Louise Ferry · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£303k	£332k
31/12/2024	£138k	£189k
31/12/2023	£172k	£119k
31/12/2022	£159k	£146k
31/12/2021	£79k	£49k

Common questions

Is SEA-CHANGERS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that Sea-Changers reported a deficit of £28,540 for the year 2025, despite total income more than doubling to £303,272. The charity maintains a minimum reserve policy of £15,000 to cover three months of notice costs and contingencies, though the specific unrestricted reserves balance is not explicitly stated in the provided text.

Who funds SEA-CHANGERS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SEA-CHANGERS as a grant recipient include SWIRE 2765, BERNARD LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST, LIONTRUST FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
SWIRE 2765	FY2024	£570k
BERNARD LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£150k	General funding
BERNARD LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£61k	General funding
LIONTRUST FOUNDATION	FY2025	£25k
BERNARD LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£15k	General funding
BERNARD LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2021	£15k	General funding
SWIRE 2765	FY2025	amount not stated
BERNARD LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	amount not stated	General funding

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
THE MICHAEL MARKS CHARITABLE TRUST	3	£12k
R G HILLS CHARITABLE TRUST	3	£8k
THE SCHRODER FOUNDATION	2	£190k
M J CAMP CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	2	£41k
THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£23k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£14k
THE NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£9k
THE LANCASHIRE FOUNDATION	2	£8k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MARINE CONSERVATION SOCIETY.

MARINE CONSERVATION SOCIETY income £5.3m
THE SEA CHANGE TRUST income £170k
SEA - CHANGE PROJECTS LTD income £204k
SURFERS AGAINST SEWAGE income £4.0m
THE SUSTAINABLE SHIPPING INITIATIVE LIMITED income £370k
YOUNG CLIMATE WARRIORS income £62k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SEA-CHANGERS	£303k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
MARINE CONSERVATION SOCIETY FY2025	£5.3m	£80,001 - £90,000	—	within	20.0%	no doubt
THE SEA CHANGE TRUST FY2025	£170k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SEA - CHANGE PROJECTS LTD FY2025	£204k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
SURFERS AGAINST SEWAGE FY2025	£4.0m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE SUSTAINABLE SHIPPING INITIATIVE LIMITED FY2025	£370k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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