## **Shark Guardian**
# (Registered charity, number 1152654) **Financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2025**
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|2 – 3|Trustees’ annual report|
|4|Receipts & payments account|
|5|Statement to assets and liabilities|
|6|Notes to the accounts|
## **Shark Guardian**
Trustees’ annual report for the year ended 30 June 2025
**Full Name** Shark Guardian **Organization Type** Charitable Incorporated organization **Registered Charity number** 1152654 **Principle address** 66 Hayden Lane, Hucknall, Nottingham, NG158BS **Trustees** Marcus Adams, Chair Padraig O’Grady, Trustee Max Smithson, Trustee Alex Hofford, Trustee Lydia Perkins, Trustee
## **Governance and Management**
The Charity is operated under the rules of its association model constitution adopted 7[th] February 2013 and most recently amended 8[th] January 2018, registered as a CIO 1[st] July 2013. If the CIO is wound up, the members of the CIO have no Liability to contribute to its assets and no personal liability for settling its debts and liabilities.
The recruitment and appointment of new trustees – we advertise on internet site ‘Nonexecutive Directors.com’ and Linkedin, and then applicants are shortlisted for interview following discussion with all the board. The selected applicants are then informally interviewed by a Director and a Trustee and then roles offered/decided by the board.
## **Objectives and activities**
1. To advance the education of the public in shark species worldwide, enhancing knowledge, skills and understanding that can be applied to protecting the natural environment.
2. To advance for the public benefit the conservation of shark species worldwide, through education, conservation, promoting research and projects, seeking to achieve their sustainable management.
## **Public benefit statement**
The Trustees confirm that they have compiled with the duty in section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit, ‘Charities and Public Benefit’.
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## **Shark Guardian**
Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit: -
Shark Guardian continues to strengthen 4 key operations (Conservation, Education, Research and Expeditions) for shark conservation in 2024 and leading to 2025: **Conservation** summary and achievements:
- Several reports published in 2024 on the Shark Guardian website related to overfishing, FADs and countries engaging in fishing where sharks are either targeted or caught as by-catch;
- Continue our partnership with Stop Finning EU campaign to end the trade of shark fins in Europe;
- Leading the ‘Fly without Fins’ campaign to encourage as many airlines as possible to pledge and announce banning the transportation of shark fins on their planes;
- **Education** summary and achievements:
- Shark Guardian presented to over 12,000 people via virtual presentations worldwide;
- ● Shark Guardian presented to over 4,000 people during in person presentations worldwide;
- Hosted several public, in-person events in Thailand
**Research** summary and achievements:
- Assisting with global whale shark research through citizen science;
- Assisting with global Zebra shark research through citizen science
- Assisting with eOceans - Global citizen science platform for conservation;
- **Expedition** (Education and research based) summary and achievements:
- Led several International School Shark diving/snorkeling and conservation trips in Thailand;
- Led and presented Shark Guardian to several groups from volunteer organization GIVE;
- Multiple shark expeditions to the Maldives
The charity has no policy with regard to the level of reserves.
Signed on behalf of the charities trustees:
Signed:
Marcus Adams, Trustee Date: 15th April 2026
**Receipts & payments account for the year ended 30 June 2025**
**2024**
**2025**
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## **Shark Guardian**
|**Shark Guardian**||
|---|---|
|**£**
**Receipts**
-
Bank interest
13,068
Donations
-
Membership donations
97
Exchange gain
38,166
Diving Trips
3,709
School Presentations
65
Sales
1,410
Sundry receipts
**56,515**
Total Receipts
**Payments**
4,992
Accommodation
106
Accounting & IE fee
434
Advertising & promotional
187
Bank charges
23
Communications
18,865
Diving Trips & Shark Expeditions
-
Exchange loss
2,418
Fundraising
-
Insurance
430
Meals & entertainment
1,556
Office rental
-
Office supplies
15
Postage & telephone
-
Printing
23,885
Professional fees
-
Purchases for resale
1,413
Sundry expenditure
1,391
Travel
1,018
Website & Social Media
**56,733**
**Total Payments**
**(218)**
**Net receipts/(payments)**
4,937
Cash funds at start of this period
**4,719**
**Cash funds at end of this period**|**£**
1
7,476
-
740
1,260
14,944
-
0|
||**24,421**|
||1,951
183
1,049
178
-
9,539
-
-
-
11
349
79
-
-
4,092
-
895
608
549|
||**19,483**|
||**4,938**
4,719|
||**9,657**|
## **Statement of assets and liabilities at 30 June 2025**
**2024 £ Cash assets**
**2025 £**
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|**Shark Guardian**
1,380
Bank accounts
3,339
Cash in hand
**4,719**
**Other monetary assets**
0
Debtors
0
Gift aided donation from Shark Guardian Trading Ltd**2**
4,057
Stock
54
Prepayments
**3**
**4,111**
**Liabilities**
0
Creditors
**4**
0|9,249
408|
|---|---|
||**9,657**|
||669
0
4,057
54|
||**4,780**|
||0|
||0|
These financial statements are accepted on behalf of the charity by:
Signed :
Marcus Adams, Trustee
Date: 15[th] April 2026
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## **Shark Guardian**
## **Notes to the accounts for the year ended 30 June 2025**
## **1. Receipts & payments accounts**
Receipts and payments accounts contain a summary of money received and money spent during the period and a list of assets and liabilities at the end of the period. Usually, cash received and cash spent will include transactions through bank accounts and cash in hand.
## **2. Trading company**
On 11[th] March 2016 a trading company called Shark Guardian Trading Limited (company number 09484117) was incorporated which handles trading of merchandise for the charity.
## **3. Prepayments**
|Accounting|**£**
54|
|---|---|
||**54**|
|||
## **4. Creditors**
|None|**£**
0|
|---|---|
||**0**|
## **5. Trustees’ remuneration**
Trustees received no expenses, remuneration or benefits in this period.
## **6. Related party transactions**
There were no related party transactions in this period.
## **7. Glossary of terms**
**Creditors:** These are amounts owed by the charity but not paid during the accounting period.
**Debtors:** These are amounts owed to the charity but not received in the accounting period.
**Prepayments:** These are services that the charity has paid for in advance but not used during the accounting period.
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