Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: -9

Support Score: 1

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Very static board: -5
All male board: -3

Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: -13

THE MERSEA HARBOUR PROTECTION TRUST

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IN THE AREA OF WEST MERSEA HARBOUR, ESSEX, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROTECTING WEST MERSEA HARBOUR FROM EXCESSIVE EROSION BY CLIMATE CHANGE STORM WAVES BUT STILL ALLOW NATURAL COASTAL PROCESS TO APPLY AND IMPACT;

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
The Board is completely male
The Board composition appears to be very static

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Established: 9 years

www.savemerseaharbour.org

info@savemerseaharbour.org

01206382843

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/10/23		£14	£14	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/10/22		£19	£19	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/10/21		£44	£45	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/10/20		£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/10/19		£1	£1	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/10/18	*	£11	£9	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/17		£1	£10	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/16		£21	£32	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/10/15	*	£55	£31	£23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Animals
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
Recreation

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Essex,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
2 volunteers

Who's supporting 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Essex Community Foundation - Mersea Recharge - Post Consent Management
£4,000	28/06/2018 23	Towards consultancy fees for an environmental project in West Mersea to protect the harbour

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ALAN CHARLES LESLIE MOGRIDGE Appointed: 2014

DAVID ROBERT STOKER Appointed: 2014

JON FRENCH Appointed: 2014

MARK DIXON Appointed: 2014

RICHARD TAYLOR Appointed: 2014, Other trusteeship: THE FRIENDS OF WEST MERSEA PARISH CHURCH,

SIMON PLATER Appointed: 2015

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 06/11/2014, number: 1159088

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission

Filing Record

9 returns made; AR18: 122 days late, AR15: 77 days late,

Main office

10 Brickhouse Close
West Mersea
Colchester
CO5 8LA

Objectives

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IN THE AREA OF WEST MERSEA HARBOUR, ESSEX, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A) PROTECTING WEST MERSEA HARBOUR INCLUDING THE BAP EUROPEAN FLAT OYSTER BEDS FROM EXCESSIVE EROSION BY CLIMATE CHANGE STORM WAVES BUT STILL ALLOW NATURAL COASTAL PROCESS TO APPLY AND IMPACT;B) PROVIDING NEW AND MORE ROBUST NESTING SITES FOR THE BAP LITTLE TERN; ANDC) ENHANCING WHEREVER POSSIBLE WITHIN THE PROJECT, THE CONSERVATION DESIGNATION AND INTEGRITY OF PROTECTED SPECIES AND HABITATS.

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