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The Seal Project

The Seal Project is a registered charity (number 1187703) based in Devon, governed by 4 trustees. Latest income £9k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £9k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
Education/training, Animals
Where
Throughout England
Website
thesealproject.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2020

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£9k£5k
  • 2024£5k£6k
  • 2023£13k£14k
Earlier years
  • 2022£9k£6k
  • 2021£11k£8k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 39%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(1) TO ADVANCE THE CONSERVATION OF THE GREY SEAL POPULATION IN TOR BAY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA OF DEVON, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY DEVELOPING RESEARCH AND PROVIDING APPROPRIATE PROTECTION OF GREY SEALS;(2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ABOUT THE GREY SEALS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING AND DELIVERING EDUCATIONAL PACKAGES TO SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES IN TORBAY.

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.

4 trustees on the board

6y median 6y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (2)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Animals 4Education/training 4The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 2

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£9k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1187703
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 03 Feb 2020
Contact on the register
07818034668 · SEALPROJECTUK@GMAIL.COM
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 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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