01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received Late
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 26 June 2009
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 06748860
- Financial period
- 1 December 2024 – 30 November 2025
- Latest income
- £57,006
- Latest expenditure
- £75,756
- Gift Aid
- No
- Owns or uses land
- Yes
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: Unit 1, Shrine Barn, Sandling Road, Hythe, England, CT21 4HE
02 Activities
What the charity does
Objectives are to promote for the benefit of the public the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment of whale shark and marine biological diversity by: (a) promoting and carrying out for the public benefit research and publishing or otherwise disseminating the useful results of such research: (b) raising awareness and understanding of marine conservation.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 December 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 November 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 September 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 30 October 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 30 October 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £57,006
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £75,756
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 December 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 November 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 September 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 26 September 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 26 September 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £249,973
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £261,146
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 December 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 November 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 September 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 25 September 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 25 September 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £259,882
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £263,786
- Accounts Qualified
- Yes
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 December 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 November 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 September 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 28 September 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 28 September 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £212,072
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £198,585
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 December 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 November 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 September 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 28 September 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 28 September 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £106,908
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £103,757
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Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 December 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 November 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 30 September 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 30 October 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £57,006
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £75,756
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 December 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 November 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 30 September 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 26 September 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £249,973
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £261,146
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 December 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 November 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 30 September 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 25 September 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £259,882
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £263,786
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- Yes
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 December 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 November 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 30 September 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 28 September 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £212,072
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £198,585
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- Yes
- Charity Agreement Commerical Participator
- Yes
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 46
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 December 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 30 November 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 30 September 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 28 September 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £106,908
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £103,757
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- Yes
- Charity Agreement Commerical Participator
- Yes
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Grants
- £12,020
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 3
05 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Maldives
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Asia
- Welsh Ind
- No
06 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 111
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Animals
- Classification Code
- 113
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 308
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
07 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- MALDIVES WHALE SHARK RESEARCH PROGRAMME LIMITED
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 2009-06-26T00:00:00
08 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 13 NOVEMBER 2008 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 17 JUNE 2009
- Charitable Objects
- "THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE TO PROMOTE FOR THEBENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION ANDIMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF WHALE/SHARK AND MARINE BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY BY:(A) PROMOTING AND CARRYING OUT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFITRESEARCH AND PUBLISHING OR OTHERWISE DISSEMINATINGTHE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH:(B) RAISING AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF MARINECONSERVATION."
- Area Of Benefit
- UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS.
09 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures