THE DARWIN

Registered charity 1190692 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity's key focus is on contributing to the global development of 'intelligent sustainability' through the promotion and development of education, research and associated activities concerning natural sciences. It combines its own initiatives with financial support for charitable projects led by other organisations that satisfy its published criteria.

Objects

1. FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY ENCOURAGING, FOSTERING AND SUPPORTING THE ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE ENJOYMENT AND STUDY OF ZOOLOGY, BOTANY AND GEOLOGY IN RELATION TO THE MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES IN ANY LOCATION.2. FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING, MAINLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE, CONCERNING THE APPLICATION OF ZOOLOGICAL, BOTANICAL AND GEOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES IN ANY LOCATION.3. FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY FOSTERING AND SUPPORTING THE INFORMAL AND FORMAL STUDY OF ZOOLOGY, BOTANY AND GEOLOGY THROUGH THE USE OF APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES AND THE SUPPLY WITHOUT CHARGE OF INFORMATION, EDUCATION AND RESEARCH SERVICES AND GRANTS DIRECTED IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY TOWARDS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

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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Registered contact address: Westmorland and Furness, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

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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
• Conflicting interests
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/05/2023 (received 24/02/2025, 330 days after the 31/03/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Michael Marchantchair
• John Robert Capewell
• Louis-James Davis

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

Operates in: Australia · Ecuador · France · Ireland · Malaysia · Namibia · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales · United Arab Emirates · United States

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