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

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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 (held: £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.

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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 JOHN TURNER
Dr Joshua Daniel Greatorex-Davies · trustee of 1 other charity
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	FY2022	£0