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Registered charity · London

Captain Paul Watson Foundation UK

  • 3 trustees
  • Income £569k (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
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Animals and 1 more
Where
Faroe Islands, Throughout England And Wales, Iceland, Scotland and more
Website
www.paulwatsonfoundation.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Captain Paul Watson Foundation UK
Registered
2005

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£569k£518k
  • 2024£517k£804k
  • 2023£587k£1.3m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.6m£840k
  • 2021£773k£309k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY ARE:1) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE FIELD OF MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOLOGY:2) TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION OF MARINE AND FRESHWATER LIVING ORGANISMS;3) TO PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS ANIMALS, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY MARINE ANIMALS, WHICH ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION BY REASON OF SICKNESS, MALTREATMENT, POOR CIRCUMSTANCES OR ILL-USAGE;4) ANY OTHER PURPOSES DEEMED CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND & WALES

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.

3 trustees on the board

11.3y median 12y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

18.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

3
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 3General Charitable Purposes 3The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 3

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

Other services 4Retail and trade 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • 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
incomespending£569k 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.

3.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 26.9 in 2021

4 from 3 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.
28 days
Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1110501
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM & ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 7 JUNE 2005 AS AMENDED ON 12 JAN 2015AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 21 JUN 2023
Companies House
Company number 05474362 · Active
Contact on the register
03001110501 · info@paulwatsonfoundation.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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