SEA TRUST WALES

Registered charity 1186160 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SEA TRUST, SEATRUST

Promote knowledge of the marine environment around the north Pembrokeshire coast. Promote marine environment conservation. Actively monitor the resident porpoise population around north Pembrokeshire, this includes an identification database of known (recognisable) porpoises

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE;1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE SUBJECTS OF MARINE AND FRESH WATER WILDLIFE, MARINE ENVIRONMENTS AND THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IN GENERAL AND ITS CONSERVATION.2. TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION, AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, SPECIFICALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE WELSH MARITIME ENVIRONMENT AND ITS BORDERING COASTLINE.

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

Causes: Education/training · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Pembrokeshire, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £9,535 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £50,626 to £41,091. The trustees note that the charity is working towards achieving its determined level of reserves and aims to improve financial self-sufficiency by increasing trading income. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention that would prevent a proper understanding of the accounts.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Sea Trust Wales (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Pembrokeshire Nature Partnership — “It is an educational project, funded by Pembrokeshire Nature Partnership and the Bluestone Foundation, focusing on the wide range of biodive…” (source page)
• Bluestone Foundation — “It is an educational project, funded by Pembrokeshire Nature Partnership and the Bluestone Foundation, focusing on the wide range of biodive…” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £125k. 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alwyn Lawrence Griffiths
• Cerian Gronow Goodbourn
• Clive Edward Cross
• Frances Eggby
• Gemma Michelle Lawrence
• Gillian Mary Price
• Russell Stephen Spenceley
• Virginia Ann Spenceley

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

Operates in: Pembrokeshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WEST WALES RIVERS TRUST.

• WEST WALES RIVERS TRUST income £884k
• MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY SEA TRUST income £1.3m
• SOUTH CUMBRIA RIVERS TRUST LIMITED income £663k
• GREENSEAS TRUST income £29k
• THE SOUTH EAST RIVERS TRUST income £2.5m
• SEA LIFE TRUST LIMITED income £4.2m

Side by side with its peers

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