Finance Score: 8

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 12

Fundraising costs low: +3
Future income +5
No PartB

(no info on trustees)

Overall weighted support: +12

Overall GiG Score: 20

SEAWILDING

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Period ending	30/04/21	30/04/22	30/04/23
Charitable activities
Donations & Legacies			£451,723
Other Income
Investment Income			£300
Total income	£103,345	£498,590	£479,908
Charitable activities spending			£359,198
Fundraising costs		1%	1%
Other spending
Total spending	£66,743	£236,224	£363,574
Surplus/deficit	£36,602	£262,366	£116,334

Established: 4 years

www.seawilding.org

Listed activities

It carries out activities or services itself

GiG Classification

Land or water management

Purposes

The advancement of education
The advancement of environmental protection or improvement

Where it operates

More than one local authority area in Scotland, main operating location: City of Edinburgh

Who it helps

No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Who supports 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

Esmee Fairbairn	£348,618
John Ellerman Foundation	£114,000
William Grant Foundation	£72,230

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Seawilding
£264,810	23/04/2024 36	Towards core costs to cover the salaries of two Seawilding employees for three years to deliver the native oyster and seagrass restoration programme
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Seawilding
£5,238	20/02/2023	Towards core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
William Grant Foundation - Wester Ross Native Oyster Restoration
£72,230	03/03/2022	To contribute to the costs of supporting community-led restoration of native oyster beds in the Wester Ross region and the creation of a native oyster nursery in Loch Broom.
John Ellerman Foundation - Seawilding's Administrator Salary - Core Costs - £34,000 PA + employer's costs (£4000) for three years.
£114,000	27/01/2022 36	Towards supporting the growth of the organisation
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Seawilding
£78,570	17/06/2020 36	Towards core costs for community restoration of relic native oysters beds at Loch Craignish, Argyll and at other Scottish sea-lochs with the aims of habitat restoration, improving the marine ....more Towards core costs for community restoration of relic native oysters beds at Loch Craignish, Argyll and at other Scottish sea-lochs with the aims of habitat restoration, improving the marine ecosystem, and creating self-sustaining fisheries

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 01/05/2020, number: SC050126

Filing Record

1 returns made; all on time

Main office

Achanarnirch, Craignish, Nr Lochgilphead, Argyll, PA31 8QS

Objectives

To advance the environmental protection and improvement of Scottish coastal waters by developing and delivering projects to restore degraded marine habitats and species, including native oysters and other priority marine features around coastal shorelines. To advance the education of marine science, marine conservation and best-practice marine habitat restoration by creating citizen science and research opportunities with schools, community groups, organisations, and academic partners. To advance the environmental protection and improvement of Scottish coastal waters by campaigning for sustainable and responsible use of marine resources.