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Registered charity · Plymouth

National Aquarium Limited

  • 2 trustees
  • Income £0 (2025)

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
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Cornwall, Devon, Hampshire, Plymouth City and more
Website
national-aquarium.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
National Aquarium Limited
Registered
2003

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£0£246
  • 2024£0£648
  • 2023£5k£0
Earlier years
  • 2022£2.3m£1.8m
  • 2021£1.2m£954k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN AND PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION OF LIVING MARINE AND FRESH WATER AQUATIC ORGANISMS AND IN PARTICULAR THROUGH PROGRAMMES OF EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INCLUDING THE SUSTAINABLE USE OF THE OCEAN'S RESOURCES AND THE EFFECT OF MAN'S ACTIVITIES THEREON AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC

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.

2 trustees on the board

6y median 6y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

2
company-linked trustees

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

Animals 2Education/training 2General Charitable Purposes 2

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

Professional services 3Arts and leisure 1Education 1

Gaps to watch

  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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
incomespendingspending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1098529
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 30/06/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08/07/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06/04/2013
Companies House
Company number 04027669 · Active
Contact on the register
01752275203 · enquiries@national-aquarium.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.

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