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Registered charity (CIO) · Cumbria

Morecambe BAY Partnership

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £487k (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, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Recreation
Where
Cumbria, Lancashire
Website
www.morecambebay.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2017

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£487k£428k
  • 2024£494k£627k
  • 2023£525k£485k
Earlier years
  • 2022£362k£423k
  • 2021£337k£329k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 2% · Government grants 62%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1) TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF MORECAMBE BAY FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE PROTECTION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE BAY'S COASTAL AND MARINE ENVIRONMENTS.2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE NATURAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY, CONSERVATION, ENVIRONMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF MORECAMBE BAY.3) TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY OF MORECAMBE BAY IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.4) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS IN THE MORECAMBE BAY AREA WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIALCIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Grants received

4 grants · £2,089,049 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

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £2,050,000 (2 grants)
  • Garfield Weston Foundation · £20,000
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £19,049

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £19,0492024-11-21
  • Garfield Weston Foundation £20,0002024-07-10
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £50,0002020-08-17
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £2,000,0002011-07-19
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.

11 trustees on the board

2.2y median 1y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (1)

1
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 11General Charitable Purposes 11Arts/culture/heritage/science 10Education/training 1

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

Health and social care 1Other services 1Professional services 1

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£487k latest income
64%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1173489
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 20 Jun 2017
Contact on the register
07880 345754 · info@morecambebay.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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