Registered charity · London
Blue Marine Foundation
- 7 trustees
- Income £13m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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
- Education/training, Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Devon, Dorset, Hampshire, Belize and more
- Website
- www.bluemarinefoundation.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Blue Marine Foundation
- Registered
- 2010
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£13m£12m
- 2024£12m£12m
- 2023£11m£9.5m
Earlier years
- 2022£7.8m£6.2m
- 2021£6.3m£4.2m
Charitable objects
1 TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BY PROMOTING MARINE PRESERVATION AND THE PREVENTION OF MARINE BIODIVERSITY DECLINE; AND 2 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CONSERVATION PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT
Board analysis for researchers
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Chris Gorell Barnes
- Charles Derek Nelson since 2024
- Dr Arlo Brady since 2012
- Elsa Palanza since 2024
- George Lincoln Duffield
- Jovitha Vidyamaya Sonali Siriwardena since 2024
- Lord Frank Zacharias Robin Goldsmith since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Arlo Brady since 2012
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Chris Gorell Barnes
- Charles Derek Nelson since 2024
- Dr Arlo Brady since 2012
- Elsa Palanza since 2024
- Jovitha Vidyamaya Sonali Siriwardena since 2024
- Lord Frank Zacharias Robin Goldsmith since 2024
Portfolio (1)
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
2.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 5.7 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1137209
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 03/03/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/06/2013 as amended on 10 Jun 2020
- Companies House
- Company number 07176743 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02078455850 · info@bluemarinefoundation.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th 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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