The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

SEA Life Trust Limited

Registered charity 1175859 Registered since 2017

Operates: Iceland, Throughout England And Wales, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland

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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.

8 trustees on the board

3.6y median 2y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

2
company-linked trustees

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 30Arts and leisure 12Business services 12

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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£6.8m 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.

17.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 18.8 in 2020

73 from 52 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.
49 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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

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Contact

Websitehttps://www.sealifetrust.org/
Emailhelp@sealifetrust.com
Phone+44 1202 440036
AddressArbor Building 16th Floor, 255 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 9AX

Finances

£6,763,872 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£2,539,580£3,335,702
2021£4,041,123£3,501,730
2022£3,605,486£4,040,439
2023£4,110,740£4,138,774
2024£6,763,872£4,820,643

What it does

What

Environment/conservation/heritage

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Other FinanceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE:TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, PARTICULARLY THE MARINE AND FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT AND THE WELL BEING AND CONSERVATION OF WILD SPECIES LIVING IN THAT ENVIRONMENT AND IN PARTICULAR VULNERABLE AND ENDANGERED SPECIES AND PROMOTING AND CONDUCTING RESEARCH INTO SUCH SPECIES AND PROMOTING AND CONDUCTING BREEDING, CONSERVATION, REHABILITATION AND RELEASE INTO THE WILD OF SUCH SPECIES; AND TO ENCOURAGE AND PROVIDE EDUCATION AND THE DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE MARINE AND FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 23 JUN 2017 as amended on 19 Aug 2024

Trustees (8)

8trustees
54median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

SEA Life Trust Limited · 10833916 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 23/06/2017

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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