The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Ocean Conservation Trust Limited

Registered charity 1032491 Registered since 1994

Operates: Devon

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

9 trustees on the board

3.3y median 2y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

8
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Animals 9Education/training 9General Charitable Purposes 9

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 10Education 3Professional services 3

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£7.5m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

16.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 0.0 in 2021

180 from 98 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

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Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.oceanconservationtrust.org
Emailenquiries@oceanconservationtrust.org
Phone03001020300
AddressNATIONAL MARINE AQUARIUM, ROPE WALK, PLYMOUTH, PL4 0LF

Finances

£7,488,002 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£3,190,963£4,119,417
2022£5,218,765£4,453,080
2023£6,397,000£5,684,000
2024£6,975,977£6,693,272
2025£7,488,002£7,613,177

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingAnimalsEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

To promote and contribute to the conservation, protection and improvement of the Ocean and of all forms of aquatic life and to the conservation and regeneration of aquatic habitats, species and ecosystems that sustain life, all for the benefit of the public. To advance the education of the public in the conservation, protection and improvement of the Ocean and of all forms of aquatic life and in the conservation and regeneration of aquatic habitats, species, and ecosystems that sustain life by the provision of an aquarium and or other programmes of education and research and to disseminate the useful results of such research all for the benefit of the public.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 31/12/1991AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/02/1992AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/12/1993AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/07/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04/02/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/10/2011 as amended on 29 May 2019 as amended on 04 May 2022 as amended on 18 Dec 2025

Trustees (9)

9trustees
49median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Ocean Conservation Trust Limited · 02674910 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 31/12/1991

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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