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Registered charity · Ambleside

Freshwater Biological Association

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £1.0m (2025)
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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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Public contracts won

1 contract

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

  • Captive Rearing of Afon Irfon & Dee Freshwater Pearl Mussels 26-27 Buyer: Natural Resources Wales Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    Rearing juvenile pearl mussels is a difficult and highly specialist activity that requires a combination of technical expertise, attention to detail, and excellent water quality. It is not carried out commercially and there is therefore no …

About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.fba.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Freshwater Biological Association
Registered
1963

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.0m£906k
  • 2024£1.0m£959k
  • 2023£955k£907k
Earlier years
  • 2022£732k£839k
  • 2021£631k£804k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 53%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

A) TO PROMOTE THE UNDERSTANDING AND INVESTIGATION OF THE BIOLOGY (IN THE WIDEST INTERPRETATION OF THE WORD) OF THE ANIMALS AND PLANTS AND OTHER ORGANISMS FOUND IN FRESH (INCLUDING BRACKISH) WATERS. B) TO PROMOTE THE SOUND AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS AND RESOURCES.

Grants received

4 grants · £78,990 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 · £49,600
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £15,000
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £14,390 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £15,0002018-02-01
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £49,6002012-12-18
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £4,9702009-04-15
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,4202007-05-07
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.

7 trustees on the board

2y median 2y
average tenure
3y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
8.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

7
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 7Education/training 7Environment/conservation/heritage 7

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

Property 7Business services 1Dormant 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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£1.0m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

4.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 49.6 in 2021

18 from 12 in 2021
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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
214440
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 03/03/1932AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22/09/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 15/03/2011
Companies House
Company number 00263162 · Active
Contact on the register
01539442468 · info@fba.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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