PROJECT SEAGRASS

Registered charity 1162824 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC046788 (OSCR)

Project Seagrass is committed to saving the worlds seagrass. Project Seagrass works towards the conservation of seagrass ecosystems through community, research, and action, both in the UK and globally.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£1.8m

Latest spending

£1.4m

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased by 41% to £1.82m, driven largely by a 61% rise in project-specific grants. Unrestricted reserves rose to £281,381, which the trustees report is within their stated reserves corridor of three to twelve months' operating costs. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £50,000 - £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)

“One employee received emoluments in the band £50,000 to £60,000 (2024: 1) and one in the band £40,000 to £50,000 (2024: 1).” — page 30

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Largest income source: Research and Conservation Grants (77% of income)

“Research and Conservation Grants contributed a significant £1,399,617” — page 15

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: Two trustees were paid for services to the Charity £5,250 (2024: £4,425). No trustee received remuneration (salary) during the year (2024: nil).

“Two trustees were paid for services to the Charity £5,250 (2024: £4,425). No trustee received remuneration (salary) during the year (2024: nil).” — page 30

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Streets Audit LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Project Seagrass (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Dr Leanne Cullen-Unsworth — Chief Executive Officer (source)
Dr Richard Unsworth — Chief Scientific Officer (source)
Dr Benjamin Jones — Chief Conservation Officer (source)
Dr Celia Marlowe — Chief Operating Officer (source)
Rosslyn Barr — Chair of Trustees (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£1.8m

Total spending

£1.4m

Cost of raising funds

£24k

Reserves (reported)

£282k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (77% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Rosslyn Barrchair · trustee of 1 other charity
David King · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr BEVIS MATTHEW Watts
Dr Sarah Pilgrim-Morrison
Laura Audrey Evans
Michael David Furness
Robert Christian Raimes

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

Operates in: Australia · France · Indonesia · Malaysia · Netherlands · Philippines · Portugal · Scotland · Spain · Thailand · Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£1.8m	£1.4m
31/03/2024	£1.3m	£1.3m
31/03/2023	£933k	£866k
31/03/2022	£827k	£372k
31/03/2021	£366k	£174k

Common questions

Is PROJECT SEAGRASS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased by 41% to £1.82m, driven largely by a 61% rise in project-specific grants. Unrestricted reserves rose to £281,381, which the trustees report is within their stated reserves corridor of three to twelve months' operating costs. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Streets Audit LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of PROJECT SEAGRASS earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £50,000 - £60,000 band.

Who funds PROJECT SEAGRASS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PROJECT SEAGRASS as a grant recipient include SYNCHRONICITY EARTH, HARTSWOOD TRUST, SWIRE 2765, NEWBY TRUST LIMITED, LUCILLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
SYNCHRONICITY EARTH	FY2025	£117k	Ocean Programme
HARTSWOOD TRUST	FY2024	£50k
SWIRE 2765	FY2022	£50k
SYNCHRONICITY EARTH	FY2022	£25k
SWIRE 2765	FY2023	£25k
NEWBY TRUST LIMITED	FY2023	£10k	Special Category - Environment
LUCILLE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£10k
SYNCHRONICITY EARTH	FY2023	£3k	Ocean
BELVEDERE TRUST	FY2022	£1k
SYNCHRONICITY EARTH	FY2024	£0	Ocean

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	29/02/2024	£55k	#NNF3 Facilitating Accelerated Nature Networks for Seagrass (FANNS)
The National Lottery Community Fund	28/03/2016	£5k	TPP1 Mission SEA: Inspiring Children to Protect our Sea

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
BERNARD LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£241k
THE MIRIANOG TRUST	1	£70k
THE ASSOCIATION OF SAIL TRAINING ORGANISATIONS	1	£40k
THE LORD MAYOR'S APPEAL	1	£26k
HOMELESS LINK	1	£25k
LIONTRUST FOUNDATION	1	£25k
THE SILVER LADY FUND INCORPORATING THE ALL NIGHT TRAVELLING CAFE	1	£20k
THE CORPORATION OF TRINITY HOUSE OF DEPTFORD STROND	1	£11k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SEA - CHANGE PROJECTS LTD.

SEA - CHANGE PROJECTS LTD income £204k
SEA-CHANGERS income £303k
THE NATURE RECOVERY PROJECT income £661k
NORTH SEA CONSERVATION income £294k
THE BRITISH GRASSLAND SOCIETY income £150k
SEA LIFE TRUST LIMITED income £6.8m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PROJECT SEAGRASS	£1.8m	£50,000 - £60,000	within	—	no doubt
SEA - CHANGE PROJECTS LTD FY2025	£204k	—	above	—	no doubt
SEA-CHANGERS FY2025	£303k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE NATURE RECOVERY PROJECT FY2025	£661k	—	below	—	no doubt
NORTH SEA CONSERVATION FY2025	£294k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE BRITISH GRASSLAND SOCIETY FY2024	£150k	—	above	—	no doubt

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