Banc D'arguin, and Coastal and Marine Biodiversity Trust Fund Limited

Analysis

Banc D'arguin, and Coastal and Marine Biodiversity Trust Fund Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in June 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06800423). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Banc D'arguin, and Coastal and Marine Biodiversity Trust Fund Limited reported income of £4.3m and spending of £1.5m, leaving 65% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.2m to £4.3m (+256%), an average of +37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 510%. Over the whole period it spent 53% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Banc D'arguin, and Coastal and Marine Biodiversity Trust Fund Limited sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Suffolk Agricultural Association (£4.3m), Centre for Alternative Technology Charity Limited (£4.3m) and Sea Life Trust Limited (£4.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 89% and investments 11%. Charitable activities took 87% of spending and raising funds 8.1%. Grants to other organisations totalled £838k. Reserves of £38.3m would cover about 288 months of spending at that rate. It employed 6 people.