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Registered charity · London

Marine Stewardship Council

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £34m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
City Of London, Australia, Canada, Chile and more
Website
www.msc.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Marine Stewardship Council
Registered
1997

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£34m£35m
  • 2024£33m£31m
  • 2023£33m£31m
Earlier years
  • 2022£30m£29m
  • 2021£30m£27m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS (THE "OBJECTS") ARE TO CONSERVE THE MARINE AND FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF CONSERVATION, PARTICULARLY. BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY . BY [A] CONSERVING MARINE AND FRESHWATER FISH POPULATIONS AND THE ENVIRONMENT ON WHICH THEY DEPEND; [B] PROMOTING FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF FISHERIES, AND ENSURING THE SUSTAINABILITY OF GLOBAL FISH STOCKS AND THE HEALTH OF AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS GENERALLY; [C] ESTABLISHING AND PROMOTING THE APPLICATION OF A BROAD SET OF PRINCIPLES, STANDARDS AND CRITERIA FOR SUSTAINABLE FISHINGG

Grants received

3 grants · £49,800 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

Most recent

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

3.6y median 3y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

6
company-linked trustees

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

Environment/conservation/heritage 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.

Agriculture 8Tech and media 2Other services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£33.7m 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.

13.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 15.2 in 2021

267 from 227 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1066806
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 17 FEB 1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16 OCT 1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21 JUN 2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05 NOV 2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03 FEB 2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04 DEC 2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03 MAR 2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 29 OCT 2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09 FEB 2021AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09 JUN 2023AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09 JUN 2023AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14 MAR 2024
Companies House
Company number 03322023 · Active
Contact on the register
020 7246 8900 · info@msc.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
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