CHAGOS CONSERVATION TRUST

Registered charity 1155836 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CCT

Promoting and undertaking environmental conservation, scientific and historical research, and advancing education concerning the Chagos archipelago

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND UNDERTAKE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, SCIENTIFIC AND HISTORICAL RESEARCH, AND ADVANCE EDUCATION CONCERNING THE CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO.

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

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

Registered contact address: Herefordshire, County of, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£40k

Latest spending

£127k

Registered

2014

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with total reserves of £965,101, which includes £256,994 in cash, providing sufficient liquidity to cover fixed costs. The charity reported a net deficit of £51,227 for the year, driven by a net expenditure of £86,693 partially offset by a £35,466 gain on investments. The trustees confirm the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: preserve as much as is practical of the capital sum of the legacy (reserves figure: £965k)

“Our policy is therefore to preserve as much as is practical of the capital sum of the legacy, and to fund operational spending out of returns gained from investments.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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 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
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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 31/08/2025

Volunteers: 2
Government income: £35,589 — contracts £35,589 (1); 89% of the £40,171 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

Government income: £14,323 — grants £14,323 (1); 82% of the £17,418 total gross income on the same return

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

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (01/05/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

CHRISTOPHER STANLEY DAVIESchair
Dr Bryan Wilson
Dr COLIN PETER CLUBBE · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Clare Embling
Dr JOHN TURNER
Dr Kenneth Johnson
Dr Nicole Pozas Esteban
James Edmund Bruce Clarke
Jean-Francois Nellan
Steve Cole

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£40k	£127k
31/08/2024	£6k	£95k
31/08/2023	£17k	£152k
31/08/2022	£64k	£146k
31/08/2021	£21k	£58k

Common questions

Is CHAGOS CONSERVATION TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with total reserves of £965,101, which includes £256,994 in cash, providing sufficient liquidity to cover fixed costs. The charity reported a net deficit of £51,227 for the year, driven by a net expenditure of £86,693 partially offset by a £35,466 gain on investments. The trustees confirm the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CHAGOS CONSERVATION TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CHAGOS CONSERVATION TRUST as a grant recipient include THE THOMAS RAWCLIFFE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE THOMAS RAWCLIFFE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2021	£250
THE THOMAS RAWCLIFFE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	amount not stated

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
ASPEN TRUST	1	£2.2m
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION	1	£390k
THE AURUM CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£145k
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£110k
THE DIXON FOUNDATION	1	£65k
BRCK Foundation	1	£45k
THE LINDER FOUNDATION	1	£30k
THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST	1	£21k

Charities like this

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

GALAPAGOS CONSERVATION TRUST income £2.1m
EARTH TRUST income £2.6m
CHURCHES CONSERVATION income £408k
Ocean Conservation Trust Limited income £7.1m
KEMERTON CONSERVATION TRUST income £41k
THE CLEARY FOUNDATION income £49k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CHAGOS CONSERVATION TRUST	£40k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
GALAPAGOS CONSERVATION TRUST FY2025	£2.1m	£70,000 - £79,999	1	within	—	no doubt
EARTH TRUST FY2025	£2.6m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHURCHES CONSERVATION FY2025	£408k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
Ocean Conservation Trust Limited FY2026	£7.1m	£100,001 - £110,000	4	above	43.7%	no doubt
KEMERTON CONSERVATION TRUST FY2025	£41k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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