FISHING INTO THE FUTURE

Registered charity 1160123 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FITF

Our mission is the 'Chart a course towards sustainable and prosperous UK fisheries'. We work with industry and a range of stakeholders to take action that makes a difference at critical points in relation to our mission. We work mainly in the fields of industry generated data, industry innovations, training for sustainability and providing a coordination and stakeholder engagement mechanism.

Objects

THE PURPOSES OF THE CIO ARE:(A) TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN UK FISHERIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY:(I) THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND THE PROTECTION OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF MARINE RESOURCES; AND(II) THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION IN UK FISHERIES.(B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN SUBJECTS RELATED TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN UK FISHERIES AND THE PROTECTION, ENHANCEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT AND TO PROMOTE STUDY AND RESEARCH IN SUCH SUBJECTS PROVIDED THAT THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH STUDY ARE DISSEMINATED TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: City of London, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£270k

Latest spending

£234k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus for the year with total income increasing to £272,586. Unrestricted funds held in the bank account were £190,855, which exceeds the trustees' stated minimum policy target of £100,000. The accounts were subject to an independent examination with no matters requiring attention identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: increase the funds held as unrestricted to a minimum of £100,000 at any time (reserves figure: £191k)

“It was approved by the board of trustees to increase the funds held as unrestricted to a minimum of £100,000 at any time.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: Payments made to trustees for consultancy fees and expenses above ordinary duties.

“In line with the procedures in our constitution, the following payments were made to trustees for consultancy fees for project work and expenses, above and beyond ordinary Trustee duties” — page 12

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Governance: Governance structure identified as not optimised

“However, we identified that our current governance structure is not optimised for charitable functioning.” — page 6

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.

Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
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 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 20
Government income: £67,878 — grants £67,878 (2); 25% of the £269,731 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
Grant-making is its main activity

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

Volunteers: 10
Government income: £66,469 — grants £66,469 (2); 41% of the £161,769 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

Volunteers: 10
Government income: £68,914 — grants £68,914 (1); 50% of the £137,681 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

David Stevenschair · trustee of 1 other charity
ALAN STEER
Aisling Jimi Lannin
Ashley Mullenger
Carl Glynn Davies
David Anderson
David Leonard Jarrad
Dr Magnus Laurence Johnson · trustee of 1 other charity
George Lamplough
Hannah Fennell
Ian William Wightman
Kara Brydson
Karl Price
Michael John Warner
Michael Park OBE
Neil Witney
PAUL DAVID GILSON
Philip Michael Davy McBryde
Richard Kenneth Stride
STEVEN MACKINSON
Thomas Catchpole
Toby Wright

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£270k	£234k
31/12/2024	£162k	£150k
31/12/2023	£138k	£130k
31/12/2022	£178k	£105k
31/12/2021	£71k	£78k

Common questions

Is FISHING INTO THE FUTURE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a surplus for the year with total income increasing to £272,586. Unrestricted funds held in the bank account were £190,855, which exceeds the trustees' stated minimum policy target of £100,000. The accounts were subject to an independent examination with no matters requiring attention identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds FISHING INTO THE FUTURE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FISHING INTO THE FUTURE as a grant recipient include The Seafarers' Charity (King George's Fund for Sailors).

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
The Seafarers' Charity (King George's Fund for Sailors)	FY2024	£23k	Grants-advocacy and campaigns

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	19/08/2024	£18k	Fisheries and Seafood Scheme (FaSS) 2
UK government	11/03/2024	£31k	Fisheries and Seafood Scheme (FaSS) 2
UK government	11/03/2024	£36k	Fisheries and Seafood Scheme (FaSS) 2
UK government	07/03/2023	£69k	Fisheries and Seafood Scheme (FaSS) 2
UK government	07/03/2022	£44k	Fisheries and Seafood Scheme (FaSS) 1

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 BATCHWORTH TRUST	2	£20k
THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£15k
Founders Pledge Ltd	1	£6.5m
EFFECTIVE VENTURES FOUNDATION	1	£1.0m
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION	1	£384k
THE NFU MUTUAL CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£294k
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION	1	£120k
THE WOODLAND TRUST	1	£85k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES AND COMMUNITIES TRUST.

SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES AND COMMUNITIES TRUST income £952k
LINKING ENVIRONMENT AND FARMING income £3.2m
THE SUSTAINABLE SHIPPING INITIATIVE LIMITED income £370k
FEEDING FAMILIES income £913k
CHARITY ENTREPRENEURSHIP income £4.3m
THE RIVERS TRUST income £10.5m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
FISHING INTO THE FUTURE	£270k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES AND COMMUNITIES TRUST FY2025	£952k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LINKING ENVIRONMENT AND FARMING FY2025	£3.2m	£120,001 - £130,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SUSTAINABLE SHIPPING INITIATIVE LIMITED FY2025	£370k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
FEEDING FAMILIES FY2025	£913k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CHARITY ENTREPRENEURSHIP FY2025	£4.3m	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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