CASP

Registered charity 298729 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CAMBRIDGE ARCTIC SHELF PROGRAMME

The advancement of public education by conducting research into the geology of regions throughout the world and the publication of the useful results of such research.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION BY CONDUCTING RESEARCH INTO THE GEOLOGY OF THE ARCTIC AND NEIGHBOURING REGIONS AND OTHER REGIONS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Education/training · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus for the year, with total income exceeding total expenditure. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, indicating a stable financial position.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by BDO. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02210675 · Financial health read from its filings

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• HICKMAN, Carol Ann, Dr — director, appointed 01/06/2025on trustee list
• HOWELL, John Anthony, Professor — director, appointed 13/06/2022on trustee list
• MOLYNEUX, Sally Helen — director, appointed 11/04/2022on trustee list
• KAPE, Stephanie Jane, Dr — director, appointed 30/03/2018on trustee list
• HIRST, James Philip Parkinson, Dr — director, appointed 15/05/2015on trustee list
• LEVELL, Bruce, Dr — director, appointed 14/03/2014on trustee list
• WHITELEY, Martin John, Dr — director, appointed 08/03/2013on trustee list
• GIBSON, Sally Anne, Prof. — director, appointed 22/02/2008not on trustee list
• MARSHALL, John Edward Alan, Professor — director, appointed 23/02/2007on trustee list
• NICHOLS, Gary John, Dr — director, appointed 23/02/2007on trustee list
• PICKTON, Clive Anthony Graham — director, appointed 03/03/2006on trustee list
• KAPE, Stephanie Jane, Dr — secretary, appointed 11/10/2024

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): linkedin

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/01/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~39.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (90% 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: 2.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• PROFESSOR JOHN MARSHALLchair
• CLIVE ANTHONY GRAHAM PICKTON
• DR Bruce K Levell
• DR SALLY ANNE GIBSON FGS
• Dr Carol Ann Hickman
• Dr David William Waters
• Dr GARY NICHOLS
• Dr John Anthony Howell · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Martin John Whiteley
• Dr Philip Hirst
• Dr Stephanie Jane Kape
• Sally Molyneux

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CASPARI FOUNDATION.

• CASPARI FOUNDATION income £172k
• GESGB income £463k
• LHASA LIMITED income £20.6m
• THE PALAEONTOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION income £439k
• TASAAGA PRIMARY SCHOOL SUPPORTERS UK income £47k
• THE CERTIFIED ACCOUNTANTS EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £297k

Side by side with its peers

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