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Galapagos Conservation Trust

Galapagos Conservation Trust is a registered charity (number 1043470) based in London, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by Charmian Caines since 2018. Latest income £2.1m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as GCT (Charity Commission)

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £2.1m (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage and 1 more
Where
City Of Westminster, Ecuador
Website
www.galapagosconservation.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Galapagos Conservation Trust
Registered
1995

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£2.1m£1.7m
  • 2024£1.8m£1.7m
  • 2023£1.8m£1.3m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.3m£1.3m
  • 2021£1.1m£1.1m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 5%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, CONSERVATION AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND RESEARCH ABOUT THE CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT, ECOSYSTEM, FLORA AND FORNA OF THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS AND THEIR SURROUNDINGS MARINE AREA AND MARINE LIFE IN SUCH WAYS THAT ARE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND IN PARTICULAR:3.1 TO ADVANCE RESEARCH (AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH) AND THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE NATURAL SCIENCES, AND IN PARTICULAR ZOOLOGY, BOTANY, GEOLOGY AND METEROLOGY, INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES (AND THE REARING, BREEDING AND KEEPING OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS). 3.2 TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF NATURAL HABITATS AND TO SUPPORT THE LONG-TERM SUTAINABILITY OF SUCH HABITATS.3.3 TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.3.4 TO PROMOTE THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS.

Grants received

4 grants · £164,674 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £82,454 (2 grants)
  • Coop Foundation · £77,220
  • SHAREGIFT · £5,000

Most recent

  • SHAREGIFT £5,0002023-06-21
  • Coop Foundation £77,2202022-05-11
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £30,2072022-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £52,2472022-04-01
Board analysis

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

5.1y median 4y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.6y
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.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 9Education/training 9Animals 8Environment/conservation/heritage 1

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

Finance 16Professional services 10Utilities 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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£1.8m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
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.

2.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

14 from 10 in 2020
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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1043470
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 21/12/1994AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/04/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/11/2014
Companies House
Company number 03004112 · Active
Contact on the register
02073997440 · gct@gct.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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