MARINE RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1190861 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We work with research groups, nonprofits, communities, NGOs and governments to facilitate conservation. This includes conducting research, awarding grants, and supporting science-based policy and advocacy. Our work is centred on threatened marine species such as sharks and rays, that serve as umbrella species to the wider marine environment.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION, AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY CONDUCTING AND ASSISTING IN THE CONDUCTING OF RESEARCH INTO MARINE MEGAFAUNA SPECIES AND THEIR HABITATS AND BY RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING ON SUCH MATTERS.

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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Latest income

£59k

Latest spending

£58k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £17,375 against unrestricted income of £22,240 for the year. The trustees declare no outstanding debts or guarantees, and the independent examiner confirmed no material matters were found during the examination.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient to preserve financial viability in event of short-term income fall and to enable setting up of new and innovative projects on a pilot basis (held: £17k)

“The charity’s policy on reserves is to generate and maintain a balance which is sufficient: a) To preserve the financial viability of the charity in the event that unforeseen and/or unavoidable circumstances precipitate a short-term fall in its income; b) To enable the charity, in the interests of meeting its objectives, to undertake from time to time the setting up of new and innovative projects on a pilot basis to demonstrate the viability and potential benefits of such activities as a precursor to securing the external funding necessary to maintain such projects on an on-going basis.” — page 5

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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Paying staff
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Benjamin David White
Samuel Matthews
William Giles

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

Operates in: Indonesia · Malaysia · Maldives · Philippines · Thailand · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/04/2025	£59k	£58k
30/04/2024	£82k	£70k
30/04/2023	£47k	£19k
30/04/2022	£23k	£15k
30/04/2021	£3k	£656

Common questions

Is MARINE RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £17,375 against unrestricted income of £22,240 for the year. The trustees declare no outstanding debts or guarantees, and the independent examiner confirmed no material matters were found during the examination. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.