GHOST FISHING UK

Registered charity 1174396 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

TO IDENTIFY, SURVEY AND CATALOGUE, THEN REMOVE MARINE LITTER AND ALDFG.TO INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO NETS, LINES, CREELS, LOBSTER POTS AND TRAWLS FROM SHIPWRECKS, REEFS AND OTHER SCUBA DIVING SITES AROUND THE UK.BY INSTRUCTING AND UTILISING SPECIALLY TRAINED VOLUNTEER SCUBA DIVERS TO RETRIEVE THIS LITTER AND ALDFG. RECYCLE, RE-USE OR RESPONSIBLY DISPOSE OF.AND BY RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS.

Objects

THE CHARITYS OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) AREFOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF MARINE WILDLIFE TRAPPED IN AND AROUND MARINE LITTER TO INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO ABANDONED, LOST AND DISCARDED FISHING GEAR (ALDFG) OF THE SEAS, RIVERS AND LAKES OF THE UK.TO IDENTIFY, SURVEY AND CATALOGUE, THEN REMOVE MARINE LITTER AND ALDFG.TO INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO NETS, LINES, CREELS, LOBSTER POTS AND TRAWLS FROM SHIPWRECKS, REEFS AND OTHER SCUBA DIVING SITES AROUND THE UK.BY INSTRUCTING AND UTILISING SPECIALLY TRAINED VOLUNTEER SCUBA DIVERS TO RETRIEVE THIS LITTER AND ALDFG. RECYCLE, RE-USE OR RESPONSIBLY DISPOSE OF, AND BY RAISING THE AWARENESS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF THE HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH MARINE LITTER AND ALDFG.THIS REMOVES A DIRECT THREAT TO MARINE WILDLIFE AND SCUBA DIVERS, ALONG WITH THE ADDITIONAL BENEFIT OF IMPROVED MARINE LIFE WELFARE AND REDUCED UNNECESSARILY WASTEFUL COMPETITION TO THE LOCAL FISHING INDUSTRY. DUE CONSIDERATION IS GIVEN TO PROTECTING THE HISTORICAL SHIPWRECKS OF THE UK.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE "ALDFG" MEANS NO LONGER RETRIEVABLE BY THE OWNER OR OPERATOR USING STANDARD OPERATING PRACTICES.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £2,112 for the year ended 30 September 2025, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £70,685 to £68,573. The trustees note that the charity has clear potential to expand its work, although current administrative procedures are approaching their capacity limits. No material uncertainties regarding going concern were identified in the independent examiner's report.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
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Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr RICHARD WALKERchair
• Alfred Nunn
• Jason Bramwell
• Jonna Meyhoff Fry

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

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