Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 8

Strong growth: +2
Fundraising costs low: +3
No PartB

(no info on trustees)

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 13

THE OPEN SEAS TRUST

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Established: 9 years

www.openseas.org.uk

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Period ending	31/12/17	31/12/18	31/12/19	31/12/20	31/12/21	31/12/22
Charitable activities
Donations & Legacies
Other Income
Investment Income
Total income	£83,700	£80,293	£177,200	£154,300	£286,960	£415,243
Charitable activities spending						£364,851
Fundraising costs						0%
Other spending
Total spending	£77,378	£77,713	£98,783	£114,462	£197,388	£365,151
Surplus/deficit	£6,322	£2,580	£78,417	£39,838	£89,572	£50,092

Listed activities

It carries out activities or services itself

Purposes

The advancement of education
The advancement of citizenship or community development
The advancement of environmental protection or improvement

Where it operates

Scotland and other parts of the UK, main operating location: Perth And Kinross

Who it helps

No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

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

LUND TRUST	£253,000
John Ellerman Foundation	£105,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£50,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
LUND TRUST - Towards core costs
£75,000	01/12/2022	Towards core costs
John Ellerman Foundation - Salary costs for team plus modest overheads
£105,000	24/11/2022	Salary costs for team plus modest overheads
LUND TRUST - Open Seas Trust parliamentary/public affairs officer
£178,000	30/06/2021	Towards the salary and related overheads of a new parliamentary/public affairs officer for four years
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£50,000	18/06/2019	Switching toward Sustainable Seafood

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees

Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

Legal constitution

Charity registered in Scotland on 12/06/2015, number: SC045699

Filing Record

5 returns made; all on time

Main office

c/o J&H Mitchell,, 51 Atholl Road, Pitlochry, PH16 5BU

Objectives

The Charitable Purposes of the SCIO ('the Charitable Purposes') are: 3.1.1 to conserve and to advance the environmental protection, and to promote the conservation and the environmental protection, of marine species in the waters and seas surrounding the United Kingdom. 3.1.2 to advance the environmental protection and improvement of the waters, seas and seabed surrounding the United Kingdom. 3.1.3 to promote the responsible use of marine resources and species in and for the United Kingdom. and 3.1.4 to advance education through scientific and other research in relation to the marine species, waters, seas and seabed surrounding the United Kingdom, and to disseminate the results to policy-makers, the fishing, supply and food industries and to the public generally.

Data Sources