1851 Marine Trust

Analysis

1851 Marine Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Isle Of Wight. It was registered in September 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport, environment/conservation/heritage and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, sponsors or undertakes research and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, 1851 Marine Trust reported income of £671k and spending of £477k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £986k to £671k (-32%), an average of -9.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 160%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 1851 Marine Trust sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The London Sports Trust (£669k), Hawthorn Tree Community Children's Centre (£677k) and The National Pony Society (£669k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 77%, charitable activities 16% and trading 7.0%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 6.2%. It employed 2 people.