CHALLENGER SOCIETY FOR MARINE SCIENCE

Registered charity 328091 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance the study and application of marine science through research and education. Specifically through contribution to public debate, holding scientific meetings, setting up specialist groups, disseminating knowledge of marine science to the public and the activities of the society to its members and providing financial assistance to students in marine science.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE STUDY AND APPLICATION OF MARINE SCIENCE IN ALL ITS DISCIPLINES THROUGH RESEARCH AND EDUCATION.

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.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £96,398, which significantly exceed the stated reserve policy targets of £15,000 for emergencies and £20,000 for contingencies. The trustees confirm adequate resources for the foreseeable future, and the charity operates entirely on unpaid volunteers with no salaried employees.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr James Alexander Brearley
• Dr KATHARINE ROSEMARY LASH · trustee of 1 other charity
• Prof Maeve Lohan

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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