# THE SHARK TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1064185
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Sept. 1, 1997
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1064185


## Contact

- **Address:** Unit 4 Creykes Court, 5 Craigie Drive, Plymouth, Devon
- **Postcode:** PL1 3JB
- **Phone:** 01752672008
- **Email:** enquiries@sharktrust.org
- **Website:** www.sharktrust.org



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE CONSERVATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF SHARKS, RAYS AND CHIMAERAS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, EUROPEAN AND INTERNATIONAL WATERS THROUGH EDUCATION, PROMOTING AND DISSEMINATING RESEARCH INTO SUCH CONSERVATION AND SEEKING TO ACHIEVE THEIR SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT

**Activities:** Established in 1997, the Shark Trust is a UK charity works globally to safeguard the future of sharks, skates and rays. It achieves this through policy advocacy, engagement with key stakeholders and a range of education and communication projects to promote conservation action.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Belgium
- Cyprus
- Greece
- Ireland
- Libya
- Spain
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- United States
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £763509 | £787124 | £382228 | 11 |
| March 31, 2024 | £573186 | £684486 | £405843 | 11 |
| March 31, 2023 | £670602 | £745911 | £517143 | 10 |
| March 31, 2022 | £405701 | £411504 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £470256 | £362611 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Charles Stuart Hood** (Chair) — appointed Feb. 9, 2018
- David Elliott — appointed Aug. 23, 2021
- JAYNE CHRISTINE ENSELL-BOWEN — appointed Feb. 15, 2018
- Mark Peter Boothman — appointed Jan. 28, 2025
- Nicholas Obolensky — appointed April 4, 2025
- Patricia Anne Gardiner — appointed Jan. 19, 2025
- ROGER COVEY
- SARAH LOUISE FOWLER