Registered charity (CIO) · Swansea
Whale Wise
Whale Wise is a registered charity (number 1194223) based in Swansea, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by Rebecca Douglas since 2024. Latest income £39k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 8 trustees
- Income £39k (2025)
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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, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Iceland, Scotland
- Website
- whalewise.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2021
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£39k£30k
- 2024£33k£15k
- 2023£27k£13k
Earlier years
- 2022£4k£3k
Income trend, 2022 to 2025.
Charitable objects
FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF MARINE MAMMALS, IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: (A) CONDUCTING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OF THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN MARINE MAMMALS AND HUMAN ACTIVITY; AND (B) ENGAGING WITH THE PUBLIC THROUGH SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND EDUCATION.
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Rebecca Douglas Chair since 2024
- Abigail Rose Robinson since 2025
- Denise Risch since 2025
- Elisabeth Quirin since 2025
- Helen Mitcheson since 2025
- Laura Wells since 2025
- Rebekka Thorsdottir since 2025
- Valentina Dacosta Jaramillo since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Rebecca Douglas Chair since 2024
- Abigail Rose Robinson since 2025
- Denise Risch since 2025
- Elisabeth Quirin since 2025
- Laura Wells since 2025
- Rebekka Thorsdottir since 2025
- Valentina Dacosta Jaramillo since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Helen Mitcheson since 2025
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.
Gaps to watch
- Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1194223
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 26 Apr 2021
- Contact on the register
- 00447990067776 · info@whalewise.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th 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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