The HMS Beagle Trust

To maintain and further develop the trust's scientific and educational work by chartering or acquiring a suitable HMS Beagle lookalike sailing ship to work with on an interim basis, while continuing to pursue the raising of funds for a new ship with inbuilt educational and research programmes to encourage aspirant scientists and strengthen interest in evolutionary history and scientific discovery

In the charity's own words, from the register.

Elsewhere

• Throughout England and Wales

Area of benefit in its governing document: Undefined. in Practice National

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 30 June 2025, it had income of £0 and spent £0.

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Income over time

Up 327%, from £997 in the year to 30 June 2021 to £4,261 in the year to 30 June 2022.

Spending against income

It spent 83% of its income in the year to 30 June 2022. It spent more than its income in 1 of the 2 years shown.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.

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6 trustees run the charity.

• David Owen John Shoubridge Lort-phillips
• Dr SIMON BOXHALLAppointed 13 August 2012
• Elizabeth Anne Lort-PhillipsAppointed 11 October 2013
• Mr i D CampbellAppointed 13 August 2012
• Professor Pietro SpanuAppointed 14 September 2020
• Professor Richard Peter OliverAppointed 14 September 2020

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 1 arrived by the deadline.

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

Charity number

1126192

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

7 October 2008

Governing document

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 9 JUNE 2008 AS AMENDED BY WRITTEN RESOLUTION DATED 23 AUGUST 2008

Company number

06614575This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House

Website

www.hmsbeagleproject.orgAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Pembrokeshire

• Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.

• This charity on the Charity Commission register
• 360Giving open grants data
• This charity on OpenEconomy

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