Overall GiG Score: -9 ?
Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: -8
Support Score: 0
  • Spending falling: -1
  • No PartB
  • 2 Trustees: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • All male board: -3
  • No supporters identified

THE SIR ALISTER HARDY FOUNDATION FOR OCEAN SCIENCE 

SAHFOS manages the Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey which is a long-term marine plankton monitoring programme. It is the longest and most geographically extensive marine biological survey in the world that contains a unique dataset of marine biodiversity and provides a wide range of environmental and climatic indicators. SAHFOS operates globally out of Devon.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 2 trustees
  • The Board is completely male
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
Established: 33 years

www.cprsurvey.org

info@mba.ac.uk

01752426415

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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£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/22£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£42£89£-48n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£6£11£-4n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£101£1,918£-1,817n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18?£2,441£2,120£320£0£1,883£1,7309.8230
31/12/16£1,719£1,748£-29£0£1,564£1,45010300
31/12/15£1,690£1,791£-101£0£1,616£1,50210.1300
31/12/14£1,638£1,901£-263£145£1,717£1,71710.8350
31/12/13£2,178£1,807£371£86£1,980£1,98013.1300
31/12/12£1,777£1,854£-77£23£1,609£1,60910.4330
31/12/11£1,596£1,817£-222£27£1,686£1,68611.1330
31/12/10£1,812£1,621£191£16£1,907£1,90714.1290
31/12/09£1,790£1,428£362£14£1,716£1,71614.4270
31/12/08£1,449£1,165£284£11£1,354£1,35413.9260
31/12/07£1,122£1,010£112£11£1,070£1,07012.7220
31/12/06£1,002£932£70£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£982£894£88£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£877£812£65£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Devon,

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
HM Revenue & Customs - SME Brexit Support Fund
£2,000 11/08/2021
Funding provided for Professional Advice Grant
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Mechanistic understanding of the role of diatoms in the success of the Arctic Calanus complex and implications for a warmer Arctic
£21,639 01/02/2017
[Placeholder]
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Can we detect changes in Arctic ecosystems?
£33,898 01/02/2017
[Placeholder]

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (2)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 67-74
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/12/1990, number: 1001233
  • Registered at Companies House on 29/11/1990, number: 02563736
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

SAHFOS
THE LABORATORY
CITADEL HILL
THE HOE
PLYMOUTH
PL1 2PB

Objectives

TO CARRY OUT RESEARCH ON AND TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY DISSEMINATING INFORMATION DERIVED FROM THE STUDY OF PLANKTON POPULATIONS IN THE OCEANS AND COASTAL SEAS

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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