The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Whale Wise

Registered charity 1194223 CIO Registered since 2021

Operates: Iceland, Scotland

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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

1.1y median 1y
average tenure
2y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
2.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

2
company-linked trustees

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

Animals 8Education/training 8Arts/culture/heritage/science 7Environment/conservation/heritage 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.

Professional services 2Other services 1

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 4 years.
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£39k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewhalewise.org
Emailinfo@whalewise.org
Phone00447990067776
AddressTHE HAYES, HORTON, SWANSEA, SA3 1LB

Finances

£38,892 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2022£3,680£2,930
2023£27,228£13,202
2024£33,481£15,153
2025£38,892£29,588

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceAnimalsEnvironment/conservation/heritage

How

Provides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

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.

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 26 Apr 2021

Trustees (8)

8trustees
40median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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