Whale Wise

Whale Wise advances marine mammal conservation by:a) studying the interaction between marine mammal populations and human activity through scientific research;b) engaging the public with our work and marine conservation generally.

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

Elsewhere

• Iceland
• Scotland

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £38,892 and spent £29,588.

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 957%, from £3,680 in the year to 31 March 2022 to £38,892 in the year to 31 March 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 76% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent less than its income in each of the 4 years shown.

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

Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

8 trustees run the charity.

• Rebecca DouglasChairAppointed 8 November 2024
• Abigail Rose RobinsonAppointed 1 April 2025
• Denise RischAppointed 1 April 2025
• Elisabeth QuirinAppointed 1 April 2025
• Helen MitchesonAppointed 1 April 2025
• Laura WellsAppointed 1 April 2025
• Rebekka ThorsdottirAppointed 1 April 2025
• Valentina Dacosta JaramilloAppointed 1 April 2025

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

Of the last 4 annual returns that were due, 4 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

1194223

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

26 April 2021

Governing document

CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 26 Apr 2021

Website

whalewise.orgAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Swansea

• 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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