NATIONAL COASTWATCH INSTITUTION

Registered charity 1159975 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NATIONAL COASTWATCH, NCI

Latest income

£980k

Latest spending

£823k

Registered

2015

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Total income

£980k

Total spending

£823k

Cost of raising funds

£98k

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (01/10/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (19/01/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

Stephen John Handchair
Frank Moxon
Graeme Gordon · trustee of 1 other charity
Helen Simpson
Ian Granville Whalley
Lesley Ann Suddes
Linda Lawrence
Philip Styles
Sir Alan Massey
Thomas Scrimgeour

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/09/2025	£980k	£823k
30/09/2024	£957k	£1.1m
30/09/2023	£804k	£926k
30/09/2022	£861k	£810k
30/09/2021	£517k	£504k

Common questions

Who funds NATIONAL COASTWATCH INSTITUTION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NATIONAL COASTWATCH INSTITUTION as a grant recipient include BALTIC EXCHANGE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE JONATHAN TOWLER FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
BALTIC EXCHANGE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2023	£10k
BALTIC EXCHANGE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2022	£10k
THE JONATHAN TOWLER FOUNDATION	FY2023	£3k
THE JONATHAN TOWLER FOUNDATION	FY2024	£0

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	12/03/2014	£49k	"On the Lookout: Increasing accessibility to and engagement with National Coastwatch Institution Torbay"