Overall GiG Score: 11 based on 18 data points
Finance: 0
Governance: 4
Support: 7
No volunteer policy: -2, Good trustee age range: +3, Dynamic board: +3,
Supporters: +7

PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY 

PML undertakes scientifically excellent research that generates greater understanding of the marine environment, the threats it faces, and its relationship with society. PML uses this greater understanding to effect demonstrable change in the way in which the marine environment is appreciated, managed, protected and valued. PML activities are aimed at supporting a sustainable ocean for society.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
Established: 22 years

www.pml.ac.uk

forinfo@pml.ac.uk

01752633100

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This Charity did not raise funds from the public in its latest financial period
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£14,000£14,035£-35£1,278£8,443£4,3293.717626
31/03/22£15,021£14,557£464£828£8,654£4,4233.61780
31/03/21£14,282£13,559£723£444£8,024£4,3743.91770
31/03/20£16,416£15,728£688£367£6,553£2,8402.21632
31/03/19£13,825£13,162£663£402£6,089£1,8911.71536
31/03/18£13,199£13,130£69£299£5,252£1,7171.61520
31/03/17£10,681£10,770£-89£189£5,125£2,2072.51510
31/03/16£9,980£10,155£-175£172£4,688£1,8812.21570
31/03/15£10,879£10,849£30£310£5,207£2,6642.91580
31/03/14£10,897£10,690£207£289£4,966£1,6141.81510
31/03/13£11,274£10,762£512£547£4,670£2,6342.91520
31/03/12£11,297£10,992£306£896£3,918£1,5261.71530
31/03/11£11,569£11,162£408£1,147£3,557£3,5573.81530
31/03/10£10,742£10,509£233£1,053£3,046£3,0463.51480
31/03/09£9,889£9,618£271£1,058£2,309£2,3092.91390
31/03/08£8,965£8,784£181£620£2,494£2,4943.41270
31/03/07£8,393£8,375£18£392£2,548£2,5483.71150
31/03/06£7,981£7,913£68n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/05£7,078£7,014£64n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/04£7,318£6,939£379n/an/an/an/an/a0
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 10.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 9.3%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 8%
Highest pay band: £130,000-£140,000
Liabilities/Assets: 61%
Liabilities/Income: 93%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 3.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 0.8
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
Who works here?
  • 176 employees
  • 26 volunteers
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Norway, Philippines, South Africa, South Korea,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Wolfson Foundation£748,000
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy£366,204
Garfield Weston Foundation£40,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Wolfson Foundation
£0 08/06/2023
Visiting Fellowship Award over 1 year made to one fellow, Department of Earth Observation Science and Applications, under the Royal Society Wolfson Research Fellowship Awards. WF contributing 50% of ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation
£40,000 23/09/2022
A decision-support tool to facilitate the expansion of UK offshore renewable energy in an environmentally friendly way
Wolfson Foundation
£748,000 09/12/2021
Remote, autonomous instruments supporting marine and climate science research
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
£85,000 01/05/2020
Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=105915
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
£129,395 01/04/2019
Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=NE/S002502/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
£151,809 01/04/2019
Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=EP/T003820/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
£250,255 01/04/2018
To support high quality research
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
£186,525 01/04/2018
Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=104981
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
£501,040 01/04/2018
Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=NE/R006849/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
£362,070 01/04/2018
Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=NE/R010382/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
£751,873 01/04/2018
Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=NE/R011087/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
£151,819 01/04/2018
Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=NE/R012814/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
£314,475 01/04/2018
Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=NE/R012830/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
£466,192 01/04/2018
Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=NE/S003568/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
£148,418 01/04/2018
Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=NE/S004947/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
£391,261 01/04/2018
Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=NE/S005390/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
£404,617 01/04/2018
Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=NE/S012567/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
£40,901 01/04/2018
Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projectsref=NE/S013253/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
£152,364 01/10/2017
Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/projects?ref=NE/R003521/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
£1,461,975 01/10/2017
Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/projects?ref=NE/P021107/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
£157,117 31/07/2017
Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/projects?ref=NE/P021409/1
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
£50,788 01/05/2017
To support high quality research
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
£104,352 01/05/2017
To support high quality research
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
£24,252 14/02/2017
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Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
£91,713 01/02/2017
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Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
£20,242 01/02/2017
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Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
£27,387 01/02/2017
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Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
£108,533 01/01/2017
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How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 35-72
Dan is Ocean and Climate Director of Blue Marine Foundation. Based in London, Blue Marine supports marine protected areas, fights unsustainable fishing and restores marine habitats. Dan leads a specialist unit focused on building the value of the ocean as a solution to climate change. In this capacity he supports various ocean climate science,....more
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 20/03/2002, number: 1091222
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/03/2001, number: 04178503
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Main office

PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY
PROSPECT PLACE
PLYMOUTH
PL1 3DH

Objectives

TO CARRY OUT RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INCLUDING MARINE AND ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, AND DISSEMINATE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH AND DATA AND IDEAS GENERATED IN THE COURSE OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH RESEARCH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF SUCH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.

Defined Area of Benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE WORLDWIDE.

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