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Aquaculture Stewardship Council

Aquaculture Stewardship Council is a registered charity (number 1150418) based in London, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by Margret Thalwitz since 2022. Latest income £14m (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as ASC (Charity Commission)

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £14m (2024)
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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
Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Throughout England, Australia, Austria, Belgium and more
Website
www.asc-aqua.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Aquaculture Stewardship Council
Registered
2013

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£14m£15m
  • 2023£14m£14m
  • 2022£13m£12m
Earlier years
  • 2021£11m£7.3m
  • 2020£9.7m£7.9m

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2020: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1.1 THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (THE “OBJECTS”) ARE TO CONSERVE THE MARINE AND FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH SEAFOOD FARMING FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF RESPONSIBLE SEAFOOD FARMING, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY:1.1.1 PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE SEAFOOD FARMING PRACTICES WHICH PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE MARINE, FRESHWATER AND TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS THAT SUPPORT SEAFOOD FARMING; 1.1.2 ESTABLISHING AND PROMOTING PRINCIPLES, CRITERIA AND REQUIREMENTS FOR RESPONSIBLE SEAFOOD FARMING, IN AREAS INCLUDING THE ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE AND THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF THOSE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN SEAFOOD FARMING; AND1.1.3 MANAGING AND MAINTAINING A RESPONSIBLE SEAFOOD FARMING ACCREDITATION LABEL AND PROMOTING ITS USE.

Grants received

1 grant · £90,000 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.

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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

2.8y median 4y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
3.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

9
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 9Environment/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 15Professional 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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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£13.5m latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

7.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 11.8 in 2020

101 from 33 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
1150418
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 08 AUG 2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 07 OCT 2025
Companies House
Company number 08172832 · Active
Contact on the register
2039185482 · info@asc-aqua.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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