# THE FROZEN ARK PROJECT

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1118044
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Feb. 20, 2007
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1118044


## Contact

- **Address:** SCHOOL OF LIFE SCIENCES, University of Nottingham, University Park, NOTTINGHAM
- **Postcode:** NG7 2RD
- **Phone:** 01159513319
- **Email:** info@frozenark.org
- **Website:** www.frozenark.org



## Activities

**Objects:** A. TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION OF BIO-DIVERSITY ON THE PLANET FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY:I. COLLECTING AND CONSERVING GENETIC MATERIAL IN THE UK FROM ENDANGERED NON-HUMAN ANIMALS WORLDWIDE.II. SUPPORTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF GENOME RESOURCE BANKS OF ENDANGERED ANIMALS WORLDWIDE.III. ESTABLISHING DATABASES TO IDENTIFY WHERE GENETIC MATERIALS ARE STORED AND TO IDENTIFY WHICH GENE POOLS ARE IN NEED OF COLLECTION AND PRESERVATION AND THE TIME SCALES INVOLVED.IV. PROVIDING A SOURCE OF GENETIC MATERIALS TO COMBAT THE LOSS OF GENETIC DIVERSITY IN CONSERVATION EFFORTS.B. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY: I. CONTRIBUTING TO SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE BY CARRYING OUT RESEARCH AND DISSEMINATING THE RESULTS TO DISCOVER THE BEST METHODS OF COLLECTING AND STORING SAMPLES FOR THE LONG TERM PRESERVATION OF TISSUE, DNA AND VIABLE CELLS OF ENDANGERED ANIMALS.II. PROVIDING RESOURCES AND INFORMATION FROM THE COLLECTION AND CONSERVATION OF GENETIC MATERIAL FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE

**Activities:** Collecting and preserving DNA, tissue and viable cells of endangered species from zoo and wild populations.  Co-ordinating an International Consortium of Members.  Creation of a database containing information about the collections of samples  already collected worldwide. Carrying out a research programme on best methods of preserving materials.

**Area of benefit:** WORLDWIDE




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | £2150 | £7313 | — | — |
| June 30, 2024 | £9706 | £22795 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £40961 | £61053 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £67112 | £65565 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £64938 | £76134 | — | — |



## Trustees

- PROFESSOR BRENDON NOBLE — appointed Sept. 30, 2014
- Professor John Anthony Armour — appointed May 12, 2014
- Professor Sara Goodacre — appointed April 21, 2021


