Sea Life Trust Limited

Analysis

Sea Life Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2017, 9 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 10833916). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Sea Life Trust Limited reported income of £4.2m and spending of £5.1m, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £4.0m to £4.2m (+4.8%), an average of +1.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Sea Life Trust 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 Yorkshire Dales Railway Museum Trust (Holdings) Limited (£4.2m), Suffolk Agricultural Association (£4.3m) and Keighley & Worth Valley Railway Preservation Society Limited (£4.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 59%, donations and legacies 26% and trading 15%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £155k. Charitable activities took 78% of spending and raising funds 21%. Grants to other organisations totalled £41k. Reserves of £4.4m would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 77 people.